
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... (Full plot summary below)
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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? Luisa prepares for her concert.
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| european-films.netBoyd van HoeijSee this film for its story and for Malkovich' performance, or if you are easily distracted and irritated, buy the book and imagine everything yourself instead. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonNow we have the real Ripley: John Malkovich. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.A surprising film with so much going for it including a lot of intrigue in Hitchcockian proportions... |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonJohn Malkovich [delivers] a performance that's as playful as it is perverse. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversAs slithery and seductive a thriller as you'll find. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordJohn Malkovich is perfectly cast as the amoral epicurean |
| UK CriticIan Waldron-MantganiCavani uses a seedy, spying camera and beautiful European locations to draw us into the action and dress it up as art. She's a sick puppy, but she's good at what she does. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaNão é surpresa constatar que John Malkovich se revela o melhor entre os quatro intérpretes do personagem. |
| BBC.comNev PierceProvides plenty of blackly comic enjoyment, but it never really moves. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsA stylishly intelligent thriller with an enthralling performance by John Malkovich. |