Fresh
As slithery and seductive a thriller as you'll find.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Ripley's Game
Older. Wiser. More Talented.
2002 · 1h 50m · R
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Liliana Cavani
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Ripley's Game
Overview
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and little to leave them. If Ripley draws Jonathan into the game, can Ripley maintain control? Does it stop at one killing? What if Ripley develops a conscience?
Director and cast
- Liliana Cavani Director
- John Malkovich as Tom Ripley
- Dougray Scott as Jonathan Trevanny
- Ray Winstone as Reeves
- Lena Headey as Sarah Trevanny
- Chiara Caselli as Luisa Harari
- Uwe Mansshardt as Terry
- Hanns Zischler as Art Dealer
- Paolo Paoloni as Franco
- Lutz Winde as Ernst
- Emidio La Vella as Shoe Store Owner
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Arguably the most satisfying distillation of Highsmith's nastiness, ingenuity and humor, with the added dividend of Mr. Malkovich's diabolical charm and insouciance.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
The movie may, late in Cavani's career, come to be seen as her best work.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
Malkovich's elegantly malicious performance gives Ripley's Game a magnetic center.
David Rooney, Variety
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