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
The Room (film) ring, but because she "betray[ed] him multiple times", their relationship ended in a break-up. Defining the script as "an advisory warning about the perils of having friends", Sestero has described "The Room" as Wiseau's "life study of human interaction", dealing with additional themes of trust, fear and truth. Sestero further postulates that Wiseau based Lisa's explicit conniving on the character Tom Ripley, after Wiseau had a profound emotional reaction to the film "The Talented Mr. Ripley", and matches elements of its three main characters to those in "The Room"; Sestero has likewise indicated that the character Mark was named for