movie poster for THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY

Flicks ID

9166

Cert

15

Running time

133 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY (1999)

ANTHONY MINGHELLA

Plot

Dickie Greenleaf (Law) has pretty much everything; good looks, the love of a beautiful woman, a charm and charisma that is hypnotic, and courtesy of his millionaire father, wealth and the idle time to spend it as he chooses. Idyllically ensconced on the summer coast of Italy, Dickie unwittingly invites Tom Ripley (Damon), a young man with none of Dickie's financial advantages but a sociopathic determination to have them, to share his world. What begins as an intriguing drama develops into a dark tense thriller as our anti-hero bludgeons and deceives his way ever closer to his ambition. The Talented Mr Ripley is a classy film, flawlessly convincing with some superb acting, Jude Law's performance in particular is outstanding.