| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| Why did everyone love The Talented Mr. Ripley? I can't understand. Simply
put up front, I hated The Talented Mr. Ripley. I thought it was a bore and
it was nothing special. more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Alex Ioshpe |
| After the passionate and sensually seductive "The English Patient", everyone
were waiting in anticipation for director Anthony Minghella's next film. And
here it is. A sophisticated and brilliantly creepy film experience that will
mesmerize and shock you...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Gary Jones |
| Written and directed by Anthony Minghella, and based on Patricia
Highsmith's novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley is a psychological thriller
of jealousy and confused identity among the privileged classes. Tom
Ripley (Matt Damon) is paid by a wealthy...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Indra Moeljadi |
| Everybody has one talent. Ronaldo's talent is scoring goals. Monica
Lewinsky's talent is smoking cigars. Jay Leno's is making jokes about Monica
Lewinsky's talent. Mine talent is unclear yet, it's somewhere between making
things to break up suddenly or...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| Our hero in question is Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) whose trip begins when
he wears a Princeton jacket to a piano recital. The father of
Princeton graduate Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) then requests Tom to
travel to Italy to convince his errant son to return...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| Director Anthony Minghella was challenged to come up an encore to his
runaway 1996 hit 'The English Patient'. That film won nine Oscars, some of
the most in history, and although Minghella will be hard pressed in the
minds of many to top that effort,...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Shay Casey |
| Year: 1999
Starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip
Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, James Rebhorn, Sergio Rubini, Philip Baker
Hall
Screenplay by Anthony Minghella
Directed by Anthony Minghella
Rated R more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Duncan Stevens |
| Anthony Minghella's Talented Mr. Ripley recalls his last directorial
effort, The English Patient, in one respect: both screenplays are adapted
from novels, and both take significant liberties in their adaptation. And
just as Minghella made an effective...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Mac VerStandig |
| The most impressive part of The Talented Mr. Ripley isn't Matt Damon's
excellent performance or the picturesque Italian scenery, but rather
the abnormally disturbing chills that commence running down your spine
at the 10-minute juncture of the...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Jerry Saravia |
| How does one comprehend the chameolonic Mr. Tom Ripley's actions, and his
desires to be someone else by any means necessary? Is it an attraction to the
posh lifestyle of his new friend, Dickie , or a need to come to terms with his
own identity? Director...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Joe Chamberlain |
| In some strange way, The talented Mr. Ripley is what you would consider to
be a chick flick. I'm not sure why, but that's how it ends up. The two guys
who I saw the movie with both disliked it as much, if not more, than I did.
But yet my buddy's wife and...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Jamey Hughton |
| “The Talented Mr. Ripley” is an offbeat addition to the Holiday movie
schedule - perhaps the most unlikely contender of the Christmas season.
In his follow-up to “The English Patient”, director Anthony Minghella
appears to be channeling Alfred Hitchcock,...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Stephen Graham Jones |
| These Pacific Heights type stories are usually told from the victims' point
of view, which serves to make the 'villain' more threatening, as he could
pop into any scene. In The Talented Mr. Ripley, director Anthony Minghella
(working from Patricia...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by David N. Butterworth |
| Anthony Minghella's film (he made "The English Patient") is the
second adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel; the first, a 1960 French
feature starring '50's heartthrob Alain Delon, was called "Plein Soleil"
("Purple Noon"). As time and circumstance...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, THE(director/writer: Anthony Minghella;
Screenwriter: based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith; cinematographer:
John Seale; cast: Matt Damon (Tom Ripley), Gwyneth Paltrow (Marge
Sherwood), Jude Law (Dickie Greenleaf), Cate Blanchett...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Eugene Novikov |
| He's a talented one himself, this Anthony Minghella. Three years ago,
he scored big-time with his WWII weepie The English Patient. The film
all but swept the Oscars and was a resounding critical and box-office
success. Now Minghella comes out with...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by John Beachem |
| "No matter what you've done, no matter how terrible, no one ever thinks that
they're a bad person." These words are uttered by Mr. Tom Ripley, played
perfectly by Matt Damon. The line perfectly sums up the kind of character
Ripley is. Looking back over...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: This is an old-fashioned murder
story. There is little real violence, no chases;
it is just one very ingenious, very unscrupulous
person trying to get away with what he can. But
the show...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Jerry Bosch |
| I frequently twist my son’s arm to go with me to an early show. We normally
seat one seat apart. As the show progresses, if the movie is boring me I
lean hard across the empty seat and whisper in his ear, more or less after
the priest’s sick mother in...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Homer Yen |
| If you’ve seen or heard some of the nominations from
various film critic societies around the country, then
you probably know that this movie has been mentioned
for a couple of reasons. Many applaud the gorgeous
cinematography and the strong...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by John Sylva |
| In forty years or so, as people do now with such movies as "Bringing Up Baby"
or "Gone With the Wind", people will look back on one film that starred a chunk
of the A-list of actors that made their mark in the movie industry during the
early years of the...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by edwin jahiel |
| THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (1999) *** Written and directed by Anthony
Minghella; based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith. Photography,
John Seale. Editing, Walter Murch. Production design, Roy Produced by
William Horberg and Tom Sternberg. Cast: Matt...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Anthony Minghella.
Cast: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour
Hoffman, Jack Davenport, James Rebhorn, Philip Baker Hall.
1999 - 135 minutes
Rated R (for violence, profanity, brief nudity, and gore).
Reviewed...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Nick Lyons |
| Anthony Minghella's last film (The English Patient) was highly overrated, but
when I heard he had a new project with an intriguing premise, I took notice.
Thankfully, it's neither boring nor overrated, but rather a chilling mystery
that captures your...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| PLOT:
A certain Mr.Ripley is hired by a worried American father to go to Italy and
convince his rich, spoiled, playboy son to return to the States. Once Ripley
meets up with the man and his fiance, he finds himself strangely attracted
to the man, his...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Lars Lindahl |
| Directed by Anthony Minghella
Written by Anthony Minghella
Starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Jack Davenport,
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall, and James Renhorn. more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| The big surprise of the year-end awards season has been the strong showing
by this adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, written and directed by
Anthony Minghella. The raft of accolades is somewhat understandable; this
'50s-set thriller is certainly...more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Bob Bloom |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Matt Damon,
Gwyenth Paltrow, Jude Law, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cate Blanchett, Jack
Davenport and James Rebhorn. Written and directed by Anthony Minghella. more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Ross Anthony |
| As the title appears on screen, the word "Talented" arrives only after
shuffling tentatively through a series of other fitting words: passionate,
confused, misunderstood, lost, etc. Telling insight into Ripley's character. more |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY
(Paramount/Miramax)
Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip
Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport, James Rebhorn.
Screenplay: Anthony Minghella, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith.
Producers:...more |
