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Ripley's Game

2002 · 110 min

A cool, calculated thriller that draws you into a morally murky game of manipulation, with tension simmering beneath elegant surfaces.

Tagline
Older. Wiser. More Talented.
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?

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • morality
  • deception
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, thriller
Directed by
Liliana Cavani
Written by
Liliana Cavani, Charles McKeown
Starring
John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Ray Winstone, Lena Headey, Chiara Caselli, Uwe Mansshardt, Hanns Zischler, Paolo Paoloni
Music
Ennio Morricone
Cinematography
Alfio Contini
Runtime
110 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America, Italy
Languages
English

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