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THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (1999)

(135 mins., R)

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Release Date: Dec 25, 1999; Rated: R; Length: 139 Minutes; Genres: Drama, Suspense; With: Jude Law, Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow See More

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The Talented Mr. Ripley

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW

It's not Patricia Highsmith's chillingly perverse psychological crime novel, but Anthony Minghella's adaptation imagines an effective psychopath for our time: pleasant except when cornered, cute except when evil. Matt Damon plays Ripley, an impoverished phony who adores the luxe life (in late-'50s Italy) so much, he's willing to kill for it; magnetic Jude Law is Dickie, the fickle rich boy Ripley envies; and Gwyneth Paltrow hangs around as Dickie's girlfriend. A-

Posted Jan 14, 2000

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