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Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999)

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Release Date: December 25, 1999
Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense
Running Time: 139 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity.
Director: Anthony Minghella
Writer: Anthony Minghella, Patricia Highsmith
Cast: Stefania Rocca, James Rebhorn, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall, Caterina Deregibus, Jack Davenport, Cate Blanchett, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon

To be young and carefree amid the blue waters and idyllic landscape of sun-drenched Italy in the late 1950s; that's la dolce vita Tom Ripley craves - and Dickie Greenleaf leads. When Dickie's father, a wealthy ship builder, asks Tom to bring his errant playboy son back home to America, Dickie and his beautiful expatriate girlfriend, Marge Sherwood, never suspect the dangerous extremes to which Ripley will go to make their lifestyle his own. After Read more

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Grade: B There have been a good deal of serial killer movies, but nothing is like The Talented Mr. Ripley, except Hitchcock's Psycho. In fact, this movie has the same feel as a Hitchcock movie, only with a grander, more brilliant look. Read the full movie review

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