Should you watch The Talented Mr. Ripley?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Film · 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 sides of The Talented Mr. Ripley
- A young man sent to Italy to bring back a rich heir
- Sunlit 1950s Italian coastlines
- A life borrowed through lies
The Talented Mr. Ripley is good for you if…
- you like following Tom Ripley as he slips into someone else's life.
- you like the dread of a liar who might be found out at any moment.
- you like the sun, jazz clubs and coastlines of 1950s Italy.
The Talented Mr. Ripley is bad for you if…
- two hours and twenty minutes is too much for you.
- you need an ending that leaves you some hope.
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