
Release Date
December 25, 1999
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Running Time
139 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity
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... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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. Full movie review »