Story Line
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.
“How far would you go to become someone else.”
Top Cast

Matt Damon
Tom Ripley

Gwyneth Paltrow
Marge Sherwood

Jude Law
Dickie Greenleaf

Cate Blanchett
Meredith Logue

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Freddie Miles

Jack Davenport
Peter Smith-Kingsley
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Rating
7.2/ 10
Release Date
1999-12-25
Runtime
2h 20m
Genres
ThrillerCrimeDrama
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User Reviews (2)

CinemaSerf
7/10
•1/18/2024With his son off galavanting around Europe, the wealthy "Greenleaf" (James Rebhorn) happens upon the eponymous character (Matt Damon) whom he charges with travelling - first class - to track down "Dickie" (Jude Law) and bring him home. He manages an ...
Mickerdoo
8/10
•12/25/2025An intricate web of lies that spirals out of control. Law is easily coveted. Damon is calculated and cunning. Hoffman had to go.






