Movie

Ripley Under Ground

2007 · 96 min

A sleek, amoral thriller that keeps you complicit in its protagonist's elegant deceptions, with a dry, unsettling wit.

Overview: Now living a quiet, luxurious life at his French estate—funded by past crimes and his marriage to an heiress—Tom Ripley finds that an art scam he supports—selling forged paintings by a supposedly living artist named Derwatt—beginning to collapse. An inquisitive American collector suspects his Derwatt painting is fake and demands answers. As the situation escalates, Ripley turns to murder and elaborate identity deception to protect his reputation.
How it feels: Dark, tense, cynical and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Deception, crime, identity, obsession
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
crime
identity
obsession
betrayal
Places: single country house
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild