The Talented Mr. Ripley (film) Currently, the film has a rating of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 128 reviews with an average rating of 7.8/10. The Talented Mr. Ripley (film) The Talented Mr. Ripley is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written for the screen and directed by Anthony Minghella. An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel of the same name, the film stars Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf, Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood, Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue, and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Freddie Miles. The novel was previously filmed as "Purple Noon" in 1960. Tom Ripley is
Tom Ripley Ripley believes that getting his own way is worth whatever price anyone else might have to pay. We all have a little of that in us." In his 2001 book "Malignant Self-Love: Narcissism Revisited", Sam Vaknin writes that Ripley (as portrayed in the 1999 film "The Talented Mr. Ripley") meets five of the seven criteria for antisocial personality disorder, and displays narcissistic traits. Across the five books, Ripley commits homicide nine times, and indirectly causes an additional five deaths. Highsmith's first three Ripley novels have been adapted into films. "The Talented Mr. Ripley" was filmed as "Purple Noon (French: Plein