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The Talented Mr Ripley (DVD)

 
Description: Genre: Crime & Thriller - Thriller / Theatrical Release: 1999 / Director: Anthony Minghella / Actors: Matt Damon, ... more
The Talented Mr Ripley (DVD) ... Gwyneth Paltrow ... / DVD released 08 January, 2001 at Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / "I feel like I've been handed a new life", says Tom Ripley at a crucial turning point of this well-cast, stylishly crafted psychological thriller. And indeed he has, because the devious, impoverished Ripley (played with subtle depth by Matt Damon) has just traded his own identity for that of Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), the playboy heir to a shipping fortune who has become Ripley's model for a life worth living. Having been sent by Dickie's father to retrieve the errant son from Italy, Ripley has smoothly ingratiated himself with Dickie and his lovely, unsuspecting fiancée, Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow). In due course, the sheer evil of Ripley's amoral scheme will be revealed.Superbly adapted from the acclaimed novel by Patricia Highsmith (also the basis of the acclaimed French version, Purple Noon), The Talented Mr Ripley is writer-director Anthony Minghella's impressive follow-up to his Oscar-winning triumph The English Patient. Recreating late-1950s Italy in exacting detail, the film captures the sensuousness of la dolce vita while developing the fracturing of Ripley's mind as his crimes grow increasingly desperate. And where Hitchcock was necessarily discreet with the homosexual subtext of Highsmith's Strangers on a Train, Minghella brings it out of the closet, increasing the dramatic tension and complexity of Ripley's psychological breakdown. Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Cate Blanchett are excellent in pivotal supporting roles, and the film's final image is utterly effective: Ripley's talents have gone too far, and this study of class distinction, obsession and deadly desire reaches a disturbing yet richly appropriate conclusion. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Newest Review: ... (Dolby Digital 5.1) and Italian, as well as subtitles in the same languages. The film is pretty long being over two hours, ... more

 ... you don't really notice it as the story is very interesting and pulls you in. The cast is 'A Class' with Matt Damon being the lead actor as Tom Ripley. Jude Law/Gwyneth Paltrow as 'Dickie' and 'Marge are amongst a few of the other stars. Set in the 1950's Tom Ripley does odd jobs, one important being at Princton university as a piano tuner. The beginning of the movie sees him borrowing a Princton jacket from someone who is injured, this is where the first of many lies in the movie start. He meets a wealthy man a...more

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sandrabarber
Premium Review The Talented Mr Ripley (DVD): The Talented Messrs Damon and Law (728 words)
by - written on 12/01/02 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ (1999) was director Anthony Minghella's follow up to the hugely acclaimed ‘The English Patient’. Because of this, I very nearly missed it. I LOATHED ‘The English Patient’ both as a book and a film and couldn’t think of Minghella without being reminded of the hours of utter boredom I’d been subjected to by his last effort (though not his fault – what CAN you do with a story as thin as that except put a couple of beautiful people in the frame and photograph them beautifully?). I was dragged along to TTMR by a friend, and how very glad I was. It is absolutely superb. ...  Read the complete review

EnglishPatient
Premium Review This man will ruin your life (1234 words)
by - written on 07/03/01 (Very useful, 85 readings)
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Anthony Minghella's last film - The English Patient (1996) - scooped 9 Oscars and met with rapturous acclaim from all quarters. Just how do you follow that? The answer was with The Talented Mr. Ripley - via connections with Sydney Pollack, whose company had acquired the movie rights to Patricia Highsmith's classic tale of identity and deception. Initially hired to write the screenplay, once onboard he sought to helm the project as well. It's a story which has already been filmed, some 40 years earlier as Plein Soleil (starring French icon Alain Delon). This latest adaptation keeps closer to the tone and content of the book, however. ...  Read the complete review

HanSolo876
Premium Review The Talented Mr Ripley (DVD): Any Vertigo fans? Turned off by the English Patient? (196 words)
by - written on 23/10/00 (Very useful, 11 readings)
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If you are either of the above you will love this film. Not that the English Patient wasn't very good - it was just, what's the word... boring? Vertigo (see my opinion) is one of my favourite films of all time and has a darkness and a complexity not matched by Ripley but at least reminiscent. The Talented Mr. Ripley, although not as good as Vertigo, is an absolute classic. I have a friend who said "nothing happens for the first hour" - I promptly took an oar to him (or a marble bust - see the film - it's quite gory by the way, so I hope you're not too squeamish!). He didn't get entangled into the emotional complexities - ...  Read the complete review

Chandler
Premium Review The Bizarre, Twisted and Rather Strange Mr Ripley (244 words)
by - written on 13/08/00 (Very useful, 9 readings)
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Well having red wine with this film was a big mistake. What a complex film of deceit, lies, cover ups and confusion...it was very good. It centres on a man played by Matt Damon called Tom Ripley, who is sent on an errand by another mans father. He is to persuade the man, Dickie, played by Jude Law to return home to New York. Ripley has other ideas and begins assuming identities as soon as he arrives in Italy, where Dickie resides. Tom soon enters his circle of friends, then weird things happen, and the film takes many twists. It has excellent performances in it from Damon and Law, but also from the amazing Gwyneth Paltrow (what a great british ...  Read the complete review

Cuchulain
Premium Review The Talented Mr Ripley (DVD): The Boring Mr. Ripley (692 words)
by - written on 02/05/01 (Very useful, 39 readings)
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Yesterday, oh joy of joys, my girlfriend and I both had the day off work together for a change. So we decided to be lazy and do nothing other than eat nice food and sit in front of the television watching movies. I choose the first film, Space Quest, which I am sure to write an opinion about soon, and then she choose The Talented Mr. Ripley. What a load of pants... Granted, yes I wasn't particularly set on watching what I thought would be a chick-flick, but it wasn't that type of film. It was a murder thriller kinda thang, but that still doesn't save it... Tom Ripley is talented, cos it does exactly what it says on the tin, see. Tom's ...  Read the complete review

 
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