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The Talented Mr. Ripley

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Sequel:

Ripley's Game

Remake of:

Purple Noon

Original title

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Year

1999

Running time

139 min.

Country

United States

Director

Anthony Minghella

Screenwriter

Anthony Minghella. Novel: Patricia Highsmith

Cast

Music

Gabriel Yared

Cinematography

John Seale

Producer

Miramax, Paramount Pictures, Mirage Entertainment, Timnick Films

Genre

Drama. Mystery. Thriller | 1950s. Psychological Thriller. Crime. Jealousy. Cop Movies. Remake

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Patricia Highsmith Adaptations

Synopsis

Set in Italy in the late 1950s, Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) craves the life led by Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law). When Dickie's father, a wealthy ship builder, asks Tom to bring his errant playboy son back home to America, Dickie and his beautiful expatriate girlfriend, Marge Sherwood (Gwyneth Paltrow), never suspect the dangerous extremes to which Tom will go to make their lifestyle his own. After all, it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.

Rankings Position

#93 Best Remakes in the history of film

Awards: 1999: 5 nominacines for Oscar, including Supporting Actor (Law), Costume Design and Music

1999: 5 Nominations for Golden Globe, including Best Director, Movie - Drama, OST

1999: BAFTA Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Jude Law). 7 Nominations

1999: 2 Awards National Board of Review: Best Director, Supporting Actor (Hoffman)

1999: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Music Score

2000: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

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Critics' reviews

"'The Talented Mr. Ripley' offers diabolically smart surprises (...) a scenic, voluptuously beautiful film that has a traffic-stopping cast"

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"The talented Mr. Minghella has made an imperfect movie but not an impersonal one. His morality tale means to get under the skin, and does."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"Minghella is confident enough to leave something to the viewer's imagination. It will also leave audiences in a state of suspended tension that they haven't felt since 'The Sixth Sense'."

Bob Graham: SFGATE
"On balance, The Talented Mr. Ripley is worth seeing more for its undeniably delightful journey than its final destination."

Andrew Sarris: The New York Observer
"Displaying impressive talent indeed, 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' is a mostly intoxicating and involving tale of intrigue and crime"

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"Although he never matches the book in either brilliance or sheer perversity, Minghella has remained essentially true to his source"

Manohla Dargis: LA Weekly
"An enticing, intelligent, well-shaped picture about the extreme perils of class envy and sexual panic. "

Lisa Schwarzbaum: Entertainment Weekly
"'The Talented Mr Ripley' begins as an ingenious exposition of the great truth about charming people having something to hide (...) It ends up as a dismayingly unthrilling thriller"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian

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56 My Favorite Remakes (12)
78 My Favorite Book to Film Adaptation (27)

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