Talented Mr. Ripley

Pros: I liked Matt Damon's performance.
Cons: I hate myself whenever I like anything associated with Damon.

What are we to make of it when two people go out on a boat—but only one returns to the shore? Theodore Dreiser posed this question in An American Tragedy, which George Stevens adapted to the screen in his brilliant and brutal A Place in the...

Pros: Fine performances by the major characters and nice scenery of Italy
Cons: Flawed plot line

This movie was touted by some respected reviewers as one of the top movies of 2000. This is a mystery to me. I found this movie to be fairly absorbing for the first hour or so, until the first murder occurred. From that point on, the story line...

Pros: Cinematography. Jude Law's performance.
Cons: Plot drags and uses too many coincidences.

Imagine being mistaken for someone else, and you knew that playing along with it could mean a much better life for you. That was the case with Tom Ripley, a young man struggling to get by in 1950s New York. When Tom (Matt Damon) is playing the piano to ...

Pros: Great acting all around, superb visuals.
Cons: A little twisted, and not enough Jude Law.

Note: Originally on January 25, 2000 I posted a review of this movie, but I have now updated it, a lot....enjoy.

Slick
This movie is beautiful in a very sick kind of way. I remember seeing this movie in the theater and...

Pros: Italy
Cons: Damon

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Pros: every goddamn thing
Cons: not a goddam thing

With a title like that, you don't wanna read huh? Well, what if I tell you this is the 3rd revision of this review? Would you take pity on me and read anyway? Do what you gotta do


The Talented Mr. Ripley is hands down...

Pros: Beautiful Scenery
Cons: Bad Plot, Weak Plot, Way Too Long and Lots More...

I was incredibly disappointed with this movie. I had looked forward to seeing it, I had been told it was a good movie by several friends and relatives-most of whom usually have good taste in movies! I went into watching this movie expecting a good movie...

Pros: Europe in its best scenic and landscaped appeal...
Cons: Somewhat shadows the acting especially out-door scenes

Pack your bags! We're going to Europe!

The charm of Europe is plastered all over this movie. Pardon me while I clean up the drool on my cinema seat...I'm not that seasoned a traveller to feel jaded yet. Oh! the idyllic waters of Venice, the...

Pros: Breath-taking, endlessly fascinating
Cons: None whatsoever, perhaps a bit confusing for some viewers

How many times must we have that same stupid argument over films being different than their novel counterparts? It's pointless to even go there. I think you're either a book fan or a film fan. Don't listen to the people who whined about the movie not ...

Pros: Great plot and great acting
Cons: Confusing, but leaves you thinking.

What can we say about Tom Ripley (Matt Damon)?

Tom Ripley has been nobody his whole life, or at least that is what he thinks of himself. He has a basement apartment, no money, no car and nothing going for him. Well it all changes when he meets...

Pros: Exquisite scenery, music, costumes, acting and directing
Cons: Tests the boundaries of belief, dark brooding plot

I could make a fortune writing bumper stickers about the movie!

The Talented Mr. Ripley - Another Prozac Moment

Narcissist Playboy meets insecure, underprivileged psycho killer.

Secret of Success: Study Hard, Kill...

Pros: Beautiful scenery, great cast, good acting, suspensful plot
Cons: Poor character development, homosexual tones may disturb some viewers

The Talented Mr. Ripley contains all of the elements for a major success – picturesque scenery, beautiful people, a captivating tale of wealth, jealousy and murder that Hitchcock might have written – so what goes wrong? Why doesn’t this movie work? What...

Pros: Acting Damon, Paltrow, Blanchett et al., Photo travelog of Italy, Sound track.
Cons: Depressing and extraordinarily long story

This movie is an artistically brilliant showcase for some talented young actors. Chief among them is Matt Damon, with Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jack Davenport. The story is a complex expansion of the rags to...

Pros: A compelling cast, sunny cinematography and jazzy score make this bearably watchable
Cons: Too long and turtle-paced for what should be a jarring Hitchcockian thriller

Who is Tom Ripley? A cunning counterfeit who kills in cold blood? A shy young social misfit who stumbles into a lie of his own making? Don’t come to The Talented Mr. Ripley expecting to know what makes the title character tick.

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Pros: Good and creepy! Damon's great! Gwyeth's Gwyneth. :-)
Cons: Should have ended 40 minutes earlier than it did!

Hitchcockian? A bit. Entertaining? For most of the film. Too long? By about 45 minutes!

I must say that, overall, I enjoyed 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' for a good 80% of the film. I also have to say
that the ending, in my...