The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

RDecember 25, 1999 (US)Thriller, Crime, Drama2 hours and 20 minutes
72%
User score

How far would you go to become someone else.

Description

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.

Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$128,798,265

Keywords
new york cityfriendshipshipnew lovelovesicknessjealousydual identitydouble lifebased on novel or bookvenice, italybeguilementitalyhomicideyachtsecret identityatlantic oceannew identityprosecutionfake identityrejectioninferiorityinferiority complexwealthmale homosexualityenvyidentity theftgay themefrightened