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A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 85%, Metacritic 76/100. Scores higher than 95% of the 951 1990s thriller movies in this catalog. Streaming on Paramount+.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic76/100
4,290 audience votes
Key crew
- Anthony MinghellaDirector
- Anthony MinghellaScreenplay
- Gabriel YaredOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Matt DamonTom Ripley
- Gwyneth PaltrowMarge Sherwood
- Jude LawDickie Greenleaf
- Cate BlanchettMeredith Logue
- Philip Seymour HoffmanFreddie Miles
- Jack DavenportPeter Smith-Kingsley
- James RebhornHerbert Greenleaf
- Sergio RubiniInspector Roverini
- Philip Baker HallAlvin MacCarron
- Celia WestonAunt Joan
- FiorelloFausto
- Stefania RoccaSilvana
Stills
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Themes
new york cityfriendshipshipnew lovelovesicknessjealousydual identitydouble lifebased on novel or bookvenice, italybeguilementitaly
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