The Talented Mr. Ripley

– Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nob..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.40 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 19 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Dec 1999

Language:

English, Italian

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Anthony Minghella

Writer:

Patricia Highsmith (novel), Anthony Minghella (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett

Plot:

The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. When the wealthy father of a recent Princeton grad chats Tom up, Tom pretends to know the son and is soon offered $1,000 to go to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return home. In Italy, Tom attaches himself to Dickie and to Marge, Dickie's cultured fiancée, pretending to love jazz and harboring homoerotic hopes as he soaks in luxury. Besides lying, Tom's talents include impressions and forgery, so when the handsome and confident Dickie tires of Tom, dismissing him as a bore, Tom goes to extreme lengths to make Greenleaf's privileges his own.

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 75 nominations.

Production:

Paramount Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
Metacritic:
76%