THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY (1999)

ANTHONY MINGHELLA

Thriller Drama 1950s LGBTQI+Insanity Serial Killers Nigel's Choice Recommended

Cast

MATT DAMON JUDE LAW GWYNETH PALTROW CATE BLANCHETT JACK DAVENPORT PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN PATRICIA HIGHSMITH

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.