In Netflix’s Ripley — Steven Zaillian’s foray into the world of con man Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley — Eliot Sumner’s Freddie Miles is English. Considering that in both the book and previous 1999 movie, the character is very American, the singer-actor took a risk with the audition.
“I got sent the audition in February 2021, and this was still pandemic time, so I’d been doing a lot of tapes but not getting much work, and this one comes up and I couldn’t really believe it,” says Sumner, whose parents are Sting and actress Trudie Styler. “I thought that I definitely wouldn’t get it. I did it the way that I heard it in my head, and I risked it all by playing Freddie as an English person. Intuitively, I thought it might add some contrast to the rest of the characters.
“I got sent the audition in February 2021, and this was still pandemic time, so I’d been doing a lot of tapes but not getting much work, and this one comes up and I couldn’t really believe it,” says Sumner, whose parents are Sting and actress Trudie Styler. “I thought that I definitely wouldn’t get it. I did it the way that I heard it in my head, and I risked it all by playing Freddie as an English person. Intuitively, I thought it might add some contrast to the rest of the characters.
- 5/22/2024
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Hundreds of product come across our desks each month, but we’ve been known to, occasionally, have to order things online for ourselves. That’s why we’ve rounded up some of our recent favorites that we’ve ordered off the “Everything Store” — yes, we’re talking expert-recommended essentials we’ve ordered from Amazon, life-changing stuff we never knew we needed, fun gadgets and new tech finds, and some very,...
Hundreds of product come across our desks each month, but we’ve been known to, occasionally, have to order things online for ourselves. That’s why we’ve rounded up some of our recent favorites that we’ve ordered off the “Everything Store” — yes, we’re talking expert-recommended essentials we’ve ordered from Amazon, life-changing stuff we never knew we needed, fun gadgets and new tech finds, and some very,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com
If you have already seen The Idea of You and are looking for something similar, then these movies are for you.
1. Hello I Must Be Going, 2012
An indie rom-com that is most valuable for its lead actress – Melanie Lynskey, who started her career with a bang in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures and went on to star in one of the biggest hits of recent years, Yellowjackets.
In Hello I Must Be Going, she plays a middle-aged divorced woman who loses everything and moves into her parents' house. She is sure that the dark streak in her life will never end, but a confident 19-year-old boy appears on the horizon and unexpectedly illuminates a possible path to a new life.
2. Licorice Pizza, 2021
Gary Valentine is a charismatic teenager who loves to go on adventures. It's the early 1970s and Gary is trying to become both an actor and an entrepreneur,...
1. Hello I Must Be Going, 2012
An indie rom-com that is most valuable for its lead actress – Melanie Lynskey, who started her career with a bang in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures and went on to star in one of the biggest hits of recent years, Yellowjackets.
In Hello I Must Be Going, she plays a middle-aged divorced woman who loses everything and moves into her parents' house. She is sure that the dark streak in her life will never end, but a confident 19-year-old boy appears on the horizon and unexpectedly illuminates a possible path to a new life.
2. Licorice Pizza, 2021
Gary Valentine is a charismatic teenager who loves to go on adventures. It's the early 1970s and Gary is trying to become both an actor and an entrepreneur,...
- 5/8/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
May 11 is fast approaching, when Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson return in the Tardis for eight brand new Doctor Who episodes. See the latest trailer here.
Fans of British crime dramas are eating well at the moment, from new Tudor-set murder mystery Shardlake, which comes adapted from Cj Sansom’s novel series and is available now on Disney+. Shardlake stars Arthur Hughes as the titular lawyer sent to investigate a murder at a monastery that Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean) is determined to close down.
There’s also the second series of Belfast-set Blue Lights currently airing on BBC One, as well as the second series of Liverpool-set The Responder, starring Martin Freeman and available to stream in full now. And if your Brit TV tastes extend to the stranger side of things, then Alibi has The Red King, an original crime mystery set on a weird island where the...
Fans of British crime dramas are eating well at the moment, from new Tudor-set murder mystery Shardlake, which comes adapted from Cj Sansom’s novel series and is available now on Disney+. Shardlake stars Arthur Hughes as the titular lawyer sent to investigate a murder at a monastery that Thomas Cromwell (Sean Bean) is determined to close down.
There’s also the second series of Belfast-set Blue Lights currently airing on BBC One, as well as the second series of Liverpool-set The Responder, starring Martin Freeman and available to stream in full now. And if your Brit TV tastes extend to the stranger side of things, then Alibi has The Red King, an original crime mystery set on a weird island where the...
- 5/8/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
“The light. Always, the light.” Tom Ripley is staring at a Caravaggio painting in a Roman church, his typical blank expression a touch more bewildered than usual, when a priest comes up behind him and tells him to pay attention to the light, how the artist uses the contrast of brightness and deep shadow to direct the eye. The moment is brief; Tom isn’t one for introspection, and like a shark, he never stays in place for long. But the line doubles as a clue to the audience as well, some of whom have been as bemused as Tom by “Ripley’s” quietly dazzling style.
In Steven Zaillian’s adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley” for Netflix, shot entirely in precise, pitiless black-and-white, light is Zaillian’s most crucial storytelling tool in “Ripley.” The script is carefully paced, often wordless, but every shot shines a light on a new,...
In Steven Zaillian’s adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley” for Netflix, shot entirely in precise, pitiless black-and-white, light is Zaillian’s most crucial storytelling tool in “Ripley.” The script is carefully paced, often wordless, but every shot shines a light on a new,...
- 4/25/2024
- by Josh Richmond
- Gold Derby
Netflix’s surprise hit psychological dark comedy series Baby Reindeer is surprising people with its cute name and intensely dark story. Created by Richard Gadd, the Netflix series is based on Gadd’s autobiographical one-man show of the same name and it tells Gadd’s experience of being sexually assaulted in his 20s. Baby Reindeer stars Gadd in the lead role with Jessica Gunning, Nava Mau, Tom Goodman-Hill, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Danny Kirrane, Hugh Coles, and Nina Sosanya starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the psychologically thrilling look on obsession and the rawness of the dark comedy in Baby Reindeer you should check out these similar shows next.
You (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
You is a psychological crime thriller series created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. Based on a novel series of the same name by Caroline Kepnes, the Netflix series follows the story of Joe Goldberg, a young...
You (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
You is a psychological crime thriller series created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. Based on a novel series of the same name by Caroline Kepnes, the Netflix series follows the story of Joe Goldberg, a young...
- 4/25/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
I never liked Tom Ripley but I keep meeting him.
I’ve “met” Ripley in five films, and he’s now the protagonist of a somber eight-part Netflix series. So filmmakers clearly find his character intriguing. Even though he has no character.
That, in itself, reminds me that Hollywood is suffering the same problem as Washington: an absence of vital young protagonists. Voters are confronted by an election that’s really a rerun, likely opened by a debate no one wants to witness.
In filmmaking, the worldwide success of Oppenheimer told us that a complex story becomes more interesting if it’s also about someone interesting. Yet movies with vibrant young protagonists seem to be losing their moment.
Dan Lin, the new chief of film at Netflix, confides a desire — since rebutted by Ted Sarandos on Thursday’s Q1 earnings call — to steer away from mindless mega-budget action films like...
I’ve “met” Ripley in five films, and he’s now the protagonist of a somber eight-part Netflix series. So filmmakers clearly find his character intriguing. Even though he has no character.
That, in itself, reminds me that Hollywood is suffering the same problem as Washington: an absence of vital young protagonists. Voters are confronted by an election that’s really a rerun, likely opened by a debate no one wants to witness.
In filmmaking, the worldwide success of Oppenheimer told us that a complex story becomes more interesting if it’s also about someone interesting. Yet movies with vibrant young protagonists seem to be losing their moment.
Dan Lin, the new chief of film at Netflix, confides a desire — since rebutted by Ted Sarandos on Thursday’s Q1 earnings call — to steer away from mindless mega-budget action films like...
- 4/19/2024
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Tom Ripley remains one of the most enigmatic characters to ever cross from literature to both the big and small screen, with a wealth of portrayers – from Alain Delon to Andrew Scott – bringing Patricia Highsmith’s character to life. With Ripley out on Netflix, one of the stars of 1999’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, Jude Law, has some major praise for the latest adaptation. (You can also read our own Alex Maidy’s 9/10 review here.)
Jude Law may not have played Tom Ripley (he portrayed the conned Dickie Greenleaf), but he recognizes just how good Steven Zaillian’s version is while also praising the source material. “I’ve watched at least five or six of [the episodes]…Like any great source material, it’s really rewarding and interesting to watch something from a new perspective, a new angle…I’m enjoying it…How can one not? It’s such great material. You...
Jude Law may not have played Tom Ripley (he portrayed the conned Dickie Greenleaf), but he recognizes just how good Steven Zaillian’s version is while also praising the source material. “I’ve watched at least five or six of [the episodes]…Like any great source material, it’s really rewarding and interesting to watch something from a new perspective, a new angle…I’m enjoying it…How can one not? It’s such great material. You...
- 4/17/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Tom Ripley is getting another chance on the awards circuit. The sinister con artist, created by author Patricia Highsmith in a series of novels, is played by Andrew Scott in the new limited series “Ripley” from Netflix. A quarter-century ago a variation of the same story was told in Anthony Minghella‘s film “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” but while that iteration received five Oscar nomination, it was snubbed for Best Picture, and star Matt Damon was left out of Best Actor. Can Scott make up for that with a nom for Best Movie/Limited Actor?
Damon’s portrayal of Tom Ripley had more warmth to it, a sense of longing (“I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody”). He was a tragic monster who trapped himself in a web of lies and murder. Scott’s performance suggests someone more methodical and calculating.
Damon’s portrayal of Tom Ripley had more warmth to it, a sense of longing (“I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody”). He was a tragic monster who trapped himself in a web of lies and murder. Scott’s performance suggests someone more methodical and calculating.
- 4/16/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The character of Tom Ripley first appeared in Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley," a salacious story about a con man who is hired to locate an old school chum named Dickie Greenleaf but who ends up becoming obsessed with him, killing him, and supplanting him. Ripley is not a charming con man, but he is staggeringly clever and possesses a talent for subterfuge. He's also driven by his baser desires, unable to resist pursuing the women and men he lusts after (Ripley is likely bisexual) or stealing the money he so desperately wants. Each time, Ripley gets away with it, as evidenced by the fact that he starred in five novels published through to 1991.
A critic once pointed out that Tom Ripley's character arc is a direct inversion of traditional storytelling. A typical crime novel protagonist will learn new things as the story progresses and then use...
A critic once pointed out that Tom Ripley's character arc is a direct inversion of traditional storytelling. A typical crime novel protagonist will learn new things as the story progresses and then use...
- 4/13/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The premiere week of Netflix’s “Ripley” elbowed “3 Body Problem” out of the No. 1 slot among streaming original series for the week of April 5-11, according to Luminate streaming ratings.
Among streaming original movies, “Scoop” managed a solid break for Netflix while Amazon Prime Video’s “Road House” hung tough in its third full week in release, as reported by Luminate in its weekly Top 10 Streaming Originals charts for series and movies.
“Ripley,” the much talked-about adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s classic fraudster saga “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” from Oscar-winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian, debuted with about 670.1 million minutes watched across its eight episodes. That translates to about 1.5 million views.
A sleeper entrant at No. 2 was Netflix’s unscripted crime docu “Files of the Unexplained,” with 531.3 million minutes watched across eight episodes. The show’s audience grew 276% in its first full week in release after premiering on April 3.
Landing at No.
Among streaming original movies, “Scoop” managed a solid break for Netflix while Amazon Prime Video’s “Road House” hung tough in its third full week in release, as reported by Luminate in its weekly Top 10 Streaming Originals charts for series and movies.
“Ripley,” the much talked-about adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s classic fraudster saga “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” from Oscar-winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian, debuted with about 670.1 million minutes watched across its eight episodes. That translates to about 1.5 million views.
A sleeper entrant at No. 2 was Netflix’s unscripted crime docu “Files of the Unexplained,” with 531.3 million minutes watched across eight episodes. The show’s audience grew 276% in its first full week in release after premiering on April 3.
Landing at No.
- 4/13/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Ripley is back and in a big way. First introduced in Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 psychological thriller novel, Ripley is a sociopath, murderer, and con artist. He’s also the character Highsmith identified with-no wonder she wrote four more novels featuring Ripley. A 2023 New York Times article stated, “her concepts are daring, her portrayals of men in the throes of personality disorder and psychopathic leanings are equally repulsive and propulsive…she was a lesbian who identified more with men; an ardent pursuer of pleasure, especially in her youth…a raging antisemite…she could never hold on to happiness.”
Andrew Scott, the “hot priest” of “Fleabag,” is the latest actor to play the character described as having “an elusive sexuality,” in Netflix’s “Ripley,” a handsome, black-and-white limited series from Oscar-winning screenwriter/director Steve Zaillian (“Schindler’s List”).
Ripley’s a small-time con man living in a seedy room in New York...
Andrew Scott, the “hot priest” of “Fleabag,” is the latest actor to play the character described as having “an elusive sexuality,” in Netflix’s “Ripley,” a handsome, black-and-white limited series from Oscar-winning screenwriter/director Steve Zaillian (“Schindler’s List”).
Ripley’s a small-time con man living in a seedy room in New York...
- 4/12/2024
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Andrew Scott Shines, Yet ‘Ripley’ Lacks Vigor The latest iteration of Patricia Highsmith’s ‘Ripley’ novels, despite its aesthetic allure and Andrew Scott’s (‘Fleabag’) magnetic performance, fails to deliver a compelling narrative. The black-and-white cinematography beautifully captures the Italian landscapes and the statuesque cast, including Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf and Dakota Fanning as Marge. However, the series struggles to find its footing beyond its visual appeal. Steven Zaillian, known for his work on ‘The Irishman’ and ‘The Night Of’, seems to have overlooked the essence of engaging television amidst crafting artful frames. Netflix’s ‘Ripley’ (★½ out of four), although visually
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- 4/10/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
Last week, the Netflix streaming service released Ripley, a limited series adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley that sees Andrew Scott taking on the title role. (You can read our review Here). Tom Ripley is a character who has been fascinating readers and viewers for decades, as he was at the center of multiple novels written by Highsmith. Ripley was originally set up Showtime, where Schindler’s List Oscar winner Steven Zaillian – who wrote and directed all eight episodes of Ripley – was planning to use all of the Ripley novels as “a road map to showcase Ripley’s transformation from con artist to serial killer” over the course of an on-going series. Now that Ripley has made its way out into the world on Netflix, Scott and Zaillian have both said that it’s possible the show could return for more seasons that could adapt more of the books…...
- 4/10/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
In Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Dickie Greenleaf’s father asks Tom if he’s ever read Henry James’ novel “The Ambassadors.” The reference is a sly one; James’ 1903 book is about a man sent from the Northeast to Paris to bring back a wayward son. That’s Tom’s mission, as well, though his European transformation is starkly different from James’ Lewis Lambert Strether, who ultimately returns to America wiser but sadder.
Tom intends no such return, and who could blame him when he sets up house in a palazzo as magnificent as the one in Steven Zaillian’s Netflix adaptation “Ripley.” “Who died?” his frenemy Marge (Dakota Fanning) quips when she first sees it; the answer is, of course, Dickie Greenleaf, but Tom pretends it was the aunt who raised him.
“In 2005, I did the film ‘Casanova,’ directed by Lasse Hallström,” “Ripley” production designer David Gropman told IndieWire.
Tom intends no such return, and who could blame him when he sets up house in a palazzo as magnificent as the one in Steven Zaillian’s Netflix adaptation “Ripley.” “Who died?” his frenemy Marge (Dakota Fanning) quips when she first sees it; the answer is, of course, Dickie Greenleaf, but Tom pretends it was the aunt who raised him.
“In 2005, I did the film ‘Casanova,’ directed by Lasse Hallström,” “Ripley” production designer David Gropman told IndieWire.
- 4/9/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
In a riveting conclusion, the final episode of Netflix’s latest series, Ripley, left audiences grappling with uncertainty and anticipation.
As viewers attempt to decipher the aftermath of Tom Ripley’s enigmatic schemes, questions regarding the fate of the notorious and debonair criminal pop up.
Adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s acclaimed novels, Ripley chronicles the exploits of the charismatic yet sinister Tom Ripley, portrayed by Andrew Scott.
With a potential wealth of material from Highsmith’s five-book series, the show holds promise for multiple seasons.
The series is a hit for Netflix but is yet to get the green light for Season 2.
Set against the backdrop of Italy, viewers see Tom embroiled in a web of deceit and murder.
Netflix’s Ripley ending explained
Initially tasked with persuading the affluent Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to return home, Tom’s scheme takes a darker turn as he assumes Dickie’s identity after killing him.
As viewers attempt to decipher the aftermath of Tom Ripley’s enigmatic schemes, questions regarding the fate of the notorious and debonair criminal pop up.
Adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s acclaimed novels, Ripley chronicles the exploits of the charismatic yet sinister Tom Ripley, portrayed by Andrew Scott.
With a potential wealth of material from Highsmith’s five-book series, the show holds promise for multiple seasons.
The series is a hit for Netflix but is yet to get the green light for Season 2.
Set against the backdrop of Italy, viewers see Tom embroiled in a web of deceit and murder.
Netflix’s Ripley ending explained
Initially tasked with persuading the affluent Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to return home, Tom’s scheme takes a darker turn as he assumes Dickie’s identity after killing him.
- 4/9/2024
- by Frank Yemi
- Monsters and Critics
Tom Ripley has become a genre in himself. In 1955, author Patricia Highsmith published “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” a viciously smart psychological thriller featuring an all-time villain at its center. A small-time con artist who slithers him way into the social circle of a rich playboy he develops a consuming obsession with. Both charming and horrifying, with a thirst for wealth that’s equally as relatable as it is repulsive, Ripley burns on the page as an absolutely indelible character.
Unsurprisingly, Ripley has become the type of juicy role that actors kill to play. And that’s lead to three genuinely great adaptations of the novel. The book first found its way onto screen as “Purple Noon,” starring a prime Alain Delon as Tom Ripley. And then, of course, there’s the acclaimed 1999 adaptation from director Anthony Minghella, featuring an all-star cast led by Matt Damon as the title character with Jude Law,...
Unsurprisingly, Ripley has become the type of juicy role that actors kill to play. And that’s lead to three genuinely great adaptations of the novel. The book first found its way onto screen as “Purple Noon,” starring a prime Alain Delon as Tom Ripley. And then, of course, there’s the acclaimed 1999 adaptation from director Anthony Minghella, featuring an all-star cast led by Matt Damon as the title character with Jude Law,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
On April 4, 2024, Netflix began streaming “Ripley,” a limited series based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 crime novel of the same name. Starring Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley, Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf, and Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood, the eight-episode limited series was created, written and directed by Steven Zaillian.
In the series, a grifter named Ripley living in New York during the 1960s is hired by a wealthy man to begin a complex life of deceit, fraud, and murder. The show is a hit with critics, certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 88%. The critics consensus reads, “Bathed in opulent black and white with a reptilian Andrew Scott holding the screen hostage, Steven Zaillian’s sumptuous reinterpretation of ‘Ripley’ draws fresh blood from Patricia Highsmith’s insidious social climber.” Read our review round-up below.
See New Netflix limited series ‘Ripley’ starring Andrew Scott drops official trailer before April...
In the series, a grifter named Ripley living in New York during the 1960s is hired by a wealthy man to begin a complex life of deceit, fraud, and murder. The show is a hit with critics, certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 88%. The critics consensus reads, “Bathed in opulent black and white with a reptilian Andrew Scott holding the screen hostage, Steven Zaillian’s sumptuous reinterpretation of ‘Ripley’ draws fresh blood from Patricia Highsmith’s insidious social climber.” Read our review round-up below.
See New Netflix limited series ‘Ripley’ starring Andrew Scott drops official trailer before April...
- 4/8/2024
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
When we meet Tom Ripley at the start of Steve Zallian’s eight part adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s celebrated novel The Talented Mr Ripley, he’s not the fresh faced chancer of Matt Damon’s Ripley in Anthony Minghella’s 1999 version. Andrew Scott’s Ripley is a grifter in his 40s, a jaded low-level fraudster living in New York. He’s not even especially talented – or not at this point anyway.
An encounter with shipping magnate Herbert Greenleaf sees Ripley heading to Italy on Greenleaf’s dime to lure back his errant son Dickie (Johnny Flynn) who is living in the idyllic city of Atrani on the Amalfi coast. Here Dickie paints, hangs out on his yacht, flirts with the locals and lives in a beautiful home with his girlfriend Marge (Dakota Fanning). Ripley insinuates himself into Dickie’s life but soon grows obsessed, not just with the lifestyle but with Dickie himself.
An encounter with shipping magnate Herbert Greenleaf sees Ripley heading to Italy on Greenleaf’s dime to lure back his errant son Dickie (Johnny Flynn) who is living in the idyllic city of Atrani on the Amalfi coast. Here Dickie paints, hangs out on his yacht, flirts with the locals and lives in a beautiful home with his girlfriend Marge (Dakota Fanning). Ripley insinuates himself into Dickie’s life but soon grows obsessed, not just with the lifestyle but with Dickie himself.
- 4/8/2024
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Boring!
After concluding March with a discussion of Velma’s queer erasure in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen) and a revisit to the world of James Whale in The Invisible Man (listen), we’re heading to the ’50s to analyze Anthony Minghella‘s 1999 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith‘s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley.
The 1950s-set film sees Tom Ripley (Matt Damon), a con artist who is sent from New York City to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), a rich and spoiled playboy who is vacationing with his girlfriend Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow), to return home. Tom becomes infatuated with Dickie after getting a taste of his extravagant lifestyle, leading to a sinister turn of events.
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After concluding March with a discussion of Velma’s queer erasure in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen) and a revisit to the world of James Whale in The Invisible Man (listen), we’re heading to the ’50s to analyze Anthony Minghella‘s 1999 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith‘s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley.
The 1950s-set film sees Tom Ripley (Matt Damon), a con artist who is sent from New York City to Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), a rich and spoiled playboy who is vacationing with his girlfriend Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow), to return home. Tom becomes infatuated with Dickie after getting a taste of his extravagant lifestyle, leading to a sinister turn of events.
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- 4/8/2024
- by Trace Thurman
- bloody-disgusting.com
Midway through Netflix’s new series Ripley, Tom Ripley walks through the lobby of the Excelsior hotel in Rome as if it's his second home. The tails of his overcoat follow in the breeze of his confident stride, his hand fiddles with the familiar brim of his hat. On his face, the sly smile of a man who cuts through a room as if he owns it and the Italian vocabulary of someone who has spoken it his entire life.
It’s the demeanor of someone who knows their elevated perch in the world — and he wears it impeccably well. It just isn’t his. This Tom Ripley is, of course, the literary world’s most infamous grifter from Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley. And for his latest celluloid incarnation, Tom Ripley is played by an exceptional Andrew Scott, wrestling one of pop culture’s toughest-to-crack characters into submission.
It’s the demeanor of someone who knows their elevated perch in the world — and he wears it impeccably well. It just isn’t his. This Tom Ripley is, of course, the literary world’s most infamous grifter from Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley. And for his latest celluloid incarnation, Tom Ripley is played by an exceptional Andrew Scott, wrestling one of pop culture’s toughest-to-crack characters into submission.
- 4/8/2024
- by Hunter Ingram
- Primetimer
Patricia Highsmith’s charming devil has fascinated film-makers since the 1960s, but his brand of evil seems peculiarly well suited to the Instagram age
He’s back. But he never went away. Patricia Highsmith’s diabolically inspired postwar creation Tom Ripley has returned, to luxuriate in our 21st-century age of Instagram lifestyle envy, tacit class paranoia and online identity fraud. He has triumphantly resurfaced in Steven Zaillian’s sumptuous and instantly addictive new eight-episode adaptation of Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr Ripley for Netflix, starring the incomparable Andrew Scott as the charmer, aesthete and serial killer. It’s a seven-star luxury hotel of a TV show in arthouse black-and-white, which my colleague Lucy Mangan has hailed as quite possibly definitive.
It’s set in the early 60s, but has a queasy resonance for 2024. At an unhurried tempo, Scott’s Ripley is shown surmounting his early unease and likable callow vulnerability,...
He’s back. But he never went away. Patricia Highsmith’s diabolically inspired postwar creation Tom Ripley has returned, to luxuriate in our 21st-century age of Instagram lifestyle envy, tacit class paranoia and online identity fraud. He has triumphantly resurfaced in Steven Zaillian’s sumptuous and instantly addictive new eight-episode adaptation of Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr Ripley for Netflix, starring the incomparable Andrew Scott as the charmer, aesthete and serial killer. It’s a seven-star luxury hotel of a TV show in arthouse black-and-white, which my colleague Lucy Mangan has hailed as quite possibly definitive.
It’s set in the early 60s, but has a queasy resonance for 2024. At an unhurried tempo, Scott’s Ripley is shown surmounting his early unease and likable callow vulnerability,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
David Fincher’s next film for Netflix is his long, long cherished remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers On A Train. More here.
Following the release of The Killer on Netflix late last year, David Fincher signed a new deal with the streaming platform which is believed to tie him exclusively to the company for another three years.
While the boss of Cannes (and anybody else who yearns to see Fincher’s work back on the big screen) expressed some dismay that the American filmmaker’s next few projects would go straight to the small screen, at least Fincher’s Netflix deal has seen him become more prolific of late.
In the last three years, Fincher has created Mank and The Killer for Netflix, a veritable landslide of films when you consider that prior to this flurry of films, it took Fincher almost a decade to release two films, those...
Following the release of The Killer on Netflix late last year, David Fincher signed a new deal with the streaming platform which is believed to tie him exclusively to the company for another three years.
While the boss of Cannes (and anybody else who yearns to see Fincher’s work back on the big screen) expressed some dismay that the American filmmaker’s next few projects would go straight to the small screen, at least Fincher’s Netflix deal has seen him become more prolific of late.
In the last three years, Fincher has created Mank and The Killer for Netflix, a veritable landslide of films when you consider that prior to this flurry of films, it took Fincher almost a decade to release two films, those...
- 4/8/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
[Editor’s note: Spoilers for “Ripley” below.]
The turning point for “Ripley,” Steven Zaillian’s limited Netflix series re-imagining of Patricia Highsmith’s crime novel, “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” occurs in Episode 3 (“Sommerso”), when grifter Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) murders Dickie (Johnny Flynn) in a boat in Sanremo. But the grifter discovers that murder is a filthy business in a bravura 20-minute sequence, in which he has difficulty disposing of Dickie’s body, and we observe every arduous moment in close to real-time.
This protracted view of Tom’s twisted mind in action is made even more menacing in black-and-white (shot by “There Will Be Blood” Oscar winner Robert Elswit). After learning that his grift has come to a sudden end, Tom grabs the oar and beats Dickie to death. But then everything goes wrong.
“I had written down on a post-it when I first started writing that ‘It’s easy to kill somebody but...
The turning point for “Ripley,” Steven Zaillian’s limited Netflix series re-imagining of Patricia Highsmith’s crime novel, “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” occurs in Episode 3 (“Sommerso”), when grifter Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) murders Dickie (Johnny Flynn) in a boat in Sanremo. But the grifter discovers that murder is a filthy business in a bravura 20-minute sequence, in which he has difficulty disposing of Dickie’s body, and we observe every arduous moment in close to real-time.
This protracted view of Tom’s twisted mind in action is made even more menacing in black-and-white (shot by “There Will Be Blood” Oscar winner Robert Elswit). After learning that his grift has come to a sudden end, Tom grabs the oar and beats Dickie to death. But then everything goes wrong.
“I had written down on a post-it when I first started writing that ‘It’s easy to kill somebody but...
- 4/7/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Ripley is a psychological crime-thriller series written and directed by Steven Zaillian. Based on a 1955 novel titled The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, the Netflix series is set in the 1960s and it follows the story of Ripley as a wealthy man hires him to convince his son to come back home from Italy. However, when Ripley gets there he gets jealous of the oppulant life the wealthy man’s son is leading and decides to take it for himself. The novel by Highsmith was adapted once before into a film written and directed by Anthony Minghella, and it starred Matt Damon as the titular character. Ripley stars Andrew Scott in the lead role with Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Eliot Sumner, and Maurizio Lombardi starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved Zaillian’s take on The Talented Mr. Ripley, here are some similar shows you should check out next.
- 4/7/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley has been adapted into films by directors from different regions, including René Clément from France, Anthony Minghella from the US, and Jeeva Shankar from India. The current rendition, Ripley, streaming on Netflix, is a web series written and directed by Academy Award winner Steven Zaillian. It unfolds in eight leisurely-paced episodes that grab our attention from the beginning and keep us engaged in this amoral tale of fabrication, betrayal, and murder. It is a gritty tale of an individual’s challenging pursuit to assume a deceased person’s identity to achieve financial stability and maintain a respectable public image. The primary story surrounds the titular fraudster at the low of his occupation when all his shrewd manoeuvres are devised to outwit the victims and fizzle out. The dramatic events stem from the chain of events that are set in motion when an...
- 4/7/2024
- by Dipankar Sarkar
- Talking Films
by Christopher James
Andrew Scott takes on the titular role of Tom Ripley in Steve Zaillian's latest rendition, "Ripley," on Netflix.
There’s something sacred about a favorite movie. Anthony Minghella’s 1999 masterpiece The Talented Mr. Ripley is a seminal film, burned into my brain as canon. Thus, there’s a certain amount of bias that is hard to overcome when judging a remake. It runs the risk of being so close to the original that it is redundant, or swings far enough away that it pales from the original.
The new Netflix limited series Ripley wisely distances itself from other renditions of the Patricia Highsmith novel, primarily through its gorgeous black-and-white cinematography and new approaches to casting. Writer-director Steve Zaillian has a clear, distinct vision of the tale that feels distinct. However, it prioritizes style over substance. Though filled with haunting beauty, this Ripley lacks personality and tension - sexual or otherwise.
Andrew Scott takes on the titular role of Tom Ripley in Steve Zaillian's latest rendition, "Ripley," on Netflix.
There’s something sacred about a favorite movie. Anthony Minghella’s 1999 masterpiece The Talented Mr. Ripley is a seminal film, burned into my brain as canon. Thus, there’s a certain amount of bias that is hard to overcome when judging a remake. It runs the risk of being so close to the original that it is redundant, or swings far enough away that it pales from the original.
The new Netflix limited series Ripley wisely distances itself from other renditions of the Patricia Highsmith novel, primarily through its gorgeous black-and-white cinematography and new approaches to casting. Writer-director Steve Zaillian has a clear, distinct vision of the tale that feels distinct. However, it prioritizes style over substance. Though filled with haunting beauty, this Ripley lacks personality and tension - sexual or otherwise.
- 4/7/2024
- by Christopher James
- FilmExperience
Andrew Scott’s latest venture, the Netflix series Ripley, has made a striking debut with a similar rating among both critics and viewers.
Based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, the monochrome series unfolds the tale of conman and serial killer Tom Ripley, portrayed by Scott, as he orchestrates schemes for wealth in 1960s Italy.
Along with Scott as Ripley, the cast of the series include Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf and Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood.
Scott gained prominence for his roles in Fleabag and BBC’s “Sherlock,” notably as Jim Moriarty.
His portrayal in the 2023 drama All of Us Strangers earned him widespread acclaim.
Now Scott appears to have another hit with the Netflix series Ripley.
Ripley score a high Rotten Tomatoes rating with audience and critics
Premiering on the streaming platform on April 4, the eight-episode series has garnered reviews, currently boasting an impressive 86% approval...
Based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, the monochrome series unfolds the tale of conman and serial killer Tom Ripley, portrayed by Scott, as he orchestrates schemes for wealth in 1960s Italy.
Along with Scott as Ripley, the cast of the series include Johnny Flynn as Dickie Greenleaf and Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood.
Scott gained prominence for his roles in Fleabag and BBC’s “Sherlock,” notably as Jim Moriarty.
His portrayal in the 2023 drama All of Us Strangers earned him widespread acclaim.
Now Scott appears to have another hit with the Netflix series Ripley.
Ripley score a high Rotten Tomatoes rating with audience and critics
Premiering on the streaming platform on April 4, the eight-episode series has garnered reviews, currently boasting an impressive 86% approval...
- 4/6/2024
- by Frank Yemi
- Monsters and Critics
[Editor’s note: The below article contains spoilers for “Ripley.”]
Tom Ripley is an aesthete — but America’s favorite fictional sociopath doesn’t initially start out as one in Steve Zaillian’s eight-episode adaptation of “The Talented Mr. Ripley.” The Tom in Patricia Highsmith’s novel, however, had an almost moral repugnance for anything second-rate or unpleasing from the start; he never would have chosen the purple paisley dressing gown Ripley is so pleased by early in the Netflix series.
But Andrew Scott’s Ripley is a fast learner once he arrives in Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return to NYC — Dickie’s fat fountain pen doesn’t stand a chance once Tom eyes it — and he quickly picks up a taste for what the kids now call “quiet luxury.” “In the novel, Tom is immediately drawn to Dickie’s ring,” Giovanni Casalnuovo (who designed the costumes alongside Maurizio Millenotti) told IndieWire. “It’s more than just an accessory.
Tom Ripley is an aesthete — but America’s favorite fictional sociopath doesn’t initially start out as one in Steve Zaillian’s eight-episode adaptation of “The Talented Mr. Ripley.” The Tom in Patricia Highsmith’s novel, however, had an almost moral repugnance for anything second-rate or unpleasing from the start; he never would have chosen the purple paisley dressing gown Ripley is so pleased by early in the Netflix series.
But Andrew Scott’s Ripley is a fast learner once he arrives in Italy to convince Dickie Greenleaf to return to NYC — Dickie’s fat fountain pen doesn’t stand a chance once Tom eyes it — and he quickly picks up a taste for what the kids now call “quiet luxury.” “In the novel, Tom is immediately drawn to Dickie’s ring,” Giovanni Casalnuovo (who designed the costumes alongside Maurizio Millenotti) told IndieWire. “It’s more than just an accessory.
- 4/6/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Andrew Scott has been in the limelight for many years since his breakthrough role as James Moriarty in the hit BBC series Sherlock. The actor has gone on to star in big-budget films such as Spectre, 1917, and was recently up for awards considerations for his impressible performance in All of Us Strangers.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Andrew Scott in Sherlock
However, his most popular and talked-about role is of the Hot Priest in Fleabag season 2. His adorable chemistry with Pheobe Waller-Bridge and their doomed bittersweet romance proved to be the highlight of the series. Even after 5 years since the end of season 2, some fans have not gotten over the heartbreak, and Scott has a message for them.
Andrew Scott Urges Fans To Move On From Fleabag and Be Happy Andrew Scott’s role in Fleabag season 2 is one of the most beloved ones in his career
Andrew Scott brought a mesmerizing...
Benedict Cumberbatch and Andrew Scott in Sherlock
However, his most popular and talked-about role is of the Hot Priest in Fleabag season 2. His adorable chemistry with Pheobe Waller-Bridge and their doomed bittersweet romance proved to be the highlight of the series. Even after 5 years since the end of season 2, some fans have not gotten over the heartbreak, and Scott has a message for them.
Andrew Scott Urges Fans To Move On From Fleabag and Be Happy Andrew Scott’s role in Fleabag season 2 is one of the most beloved ones in his career
Andrew Scott brought a mesmerizing...
- 4/6/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Patricia Highsmith’s thrilling novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley” has been adapted for the screen multiple times since its publication in 1955, most notably in the 1999 film of the same name starring Matt Damon and Jude Law. But now the story of a con man taking over the life of the wealthy playboy he’s been sent to bring home is being given the limited series treatment, and it’s must-see TV.
Initially developed for Showtime by Oscar winner Steven Zaillian, the eight-episode “Ripley” has moved to Netflix, where the highly bingeable but tense series is able to be devoured all at once, just as it should be. Andrew Scott’s portrayal of the titular character is less charming than it is full-on sociopath, but it really works, while Johnny Flynn steps into the shoes of rich boy Dickie Greenleaf. One might quibble about the ages of the actors versus the...
Initially developed for Showtime by Oscar winner Steven Zaillian, the eight-episode “Ripley” has moved to Netflix, where the highly bingeable but tense series is able to be devoured all at once, just as it should be. Andrew Scott’s portrayal of the titular character is less charming than it is full-on sociopath, but it really works, while Johnny Flynn steps into the shoes of rich boy Dickie Greenleaf. One might quibble about the ages of the actors versus the...
- 4/6/2024
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
Ripley is who assumes the identity of a wealthy American expat. But, as star Andrew Scott told Netflix, it’s also “a story about art and beauty and sensuality… helped by the great beauty of Italy.”
Based on the 1955 Patricia Highsmith novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, the limited series follows charming con artist Tom Ripley (Scott) on a trip to Italy in the 1960s bankrolled by a shipping magnate to retrieve his wayward son, Richard “Dickie” Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn). Tom ingratiates himself into Dickie’s life — much to the chagrin of Dickie’s suspicious girlfriend, Marge Sherwood (Dakota Fanning) — and soon is on the run from police while posing as Dickie in Rome.
Creator Steven Zaillian’s team of talented artists — production designer David Gropman, director of photography Robert Elswit, and costume designers Maurizio Millenotti and Giovanni Casalnuovo — meticulously re-created a 1960s aesthetic. Below, find out how they fashioned...
Based on the 1955 Patricia Highsmith novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, the limited series follows charming con artist Tom Ripley (Scott) on a trip to Italy in the 1960s bankrolled by a shipping magnate to retrieve his wayward son, Richard “Dickie” Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn). Tom ingratiates himself into Dickie’s life — much to the chagrin of Dickie’s suspicious girlfriend, Marge Sherwood (Dakota Fanning) — and soon is on the run from police while posing as Dickie in Rome.
Creator Steven Zaillian’s team of talented artists — production designer David Gropman, director of photography Robert Elswit, and costume designers Maurizio Millenotti and Giovanni Casalnuovo — meticulously re-created a 1960s aesthetic. Below, find out how they fashioned...
- 4/5/2024
- by Jean Bentley
- Tudum - Netflix
Johnny Flynn was murdered within a week of stepping onto the set of Ripley.
The British actor plays Dickie Greenleaf in the eight-episode Netflix adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley and while he knew the character would meet an untimely demise in the story, he wasn’t prepared for it to be within days of meeting Andrew Scott, who plays the title character.
“I was just getting to know Andrew and there he is bludgeoning me and cradling my dead body,” Flynn tells Rolling Stone. “It was a good icebreaker.
The British actor plays Dickie Greenleaf in the eight-episode Netflix adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley and while he knew the character would meet an untimely demise in the story, he wasn’t prepared for it to be within days of meeting Andrew Scott, who plays the title character.
“I was just getting to know Andrew and there he is bludgeoning me and cradling my dead body,” Flynn tells Rolling Stone. “It was a good icebreaker.
- 4/5/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix’s Ripley centers around the character Thomas Ripley, created by Patricia Highsmith in her 1955 book The Talented Mr. Ripley. The narrative shows how a man weaves a web of lies in search of wealth; however, in a world of lies and deception, Thomas Ripley isn’t the only man who relies on these tactics to evade the law. The character Reeves Minot is a man of similar moral inclinations. In Ripley, played by John Malkovich, Reeves has a minor role, but in the books, Reeves Minot is a rather important character as Ripley’s trustworthy partner in crime.
Spoilers Ahead
Who Is Reeves Minot?
Reeves Minot is a fellow American man whom Tom Ripley runs into at a party hosted by Vittorio Araldi, a local Venetian Count. Reeves is a man of a diverse skillset. What he does exactly by profession is not revealed, but then, it’s quite...
Spoilers Ahead
Who Is Reeves Minot?
Reeves Minot is a fellow American man whom Tom Ripley runs into at a party hosted by Vittorio Araldi, a local Venetian Count. Reeves is a man of a diverse skillset. What he does exactly by profession is not revealed, but then, it’s quite...
- 4/5/2024
- by Shrey Ashley Philip
- Film Fugitives
Filmed in black-and-white, Steven Zaillian’s Ripleyvividly renders the world of novelist Patricia Highsmith’s masterwork in stunning contrasts. But Eliot Sumner has always been more captivated by the enigmatic grifter’s shades of gray. Over the titular character’s many iterations across page and screen, Sumner says it’s the “thematic combinations of envy, obsession, and fantasy” that have kept audiences — including him — returning to Tom Ripley time and again. “There’s something innately human about him,” Sumner tells Tudum. “From his perspective, the world around him is out of reach, so he has to steal it. And I don’t think that I’m alone when I say in a strange way you are rooting for him to get away with it.”
This moral ambiguity courses through the limited drama series from Academy Award-winning Zaillian, which stars Andrew Scott as Ripley. But Sumner’s character, Freddie Miles — a...
This moral ambiguity courses through the limited drama series from Academy Award-winning Zaillian, which stars Andrew Scott as Ripley. But Sumner’s character, Freddie Miles — a...
- 4/5/2024
- by Cole Delbyck
- Tudum - Netflix
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Anthology Film Archives
“Essential Cinema” brings films by Mekas’ Walden and Journey to Lithuania, Man Ray, Duchamp, René Clair and more; a Quebec cinema retrospective is underway.
Museum of the Moving Image
Hal Hartley’s masterpiece Henry Fool plays on 35mm this Sunday; a Jim Henson program shows on Saturday and Sunday; a Warner Bros. cartoon collection screens Friday and Sunday.
Metrograph
A complete retrospective of Lee Chang-dong has begun.
Film Forum
Le Samouraï and the Belmondo-led Classe tous risques continue playing in new 4K restorations; It Came from Outer Space plays in 3D this Sunday.
Paris Theater
A dual retrospective of Steven Zaillian and Patricia Highsmith brings films by Hitchcock, Fincher, Scorsese, Haynes, Wenders, and more.
IFC Center
The End of Evangelion continues its run, while Paprika, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, and Repo! The Genetic Opera show late.
The...
Anthology Film Archives
“Essential Cinema” brings films by Mekas’ Walden and Journey to Lithuania, Man Ray, Duchamp, René Clair and more; a Quebec cinema retrospective is underway.
Museum of the Moving Image
Hal Hartley’s masterpiece Henry Fool plays on 35mm this Sunday; a Jim Henson program shows on Saturday and Sunday; a Warner Bros. cartoon collection screens Friday and Sunday.
Metrograph
A complete retrospective of Lee Chang-dong has begun.
Film Forum
Le Samouraï and the Belmondo-led Classe tous risques continue playing in new 4K restorations; It Came from Outer Space plays in 3D this Sunday.
Paris Theater
A dual retrospective of Steven Zaillian and Patricia Highsmith brings films by Hitchcock, Fincher, Scorsese, Haynes, Wenders, and more.
IFC Center
The End of Evangelion continues its run, while Paprika, Female Trouble, Desperate Living, and Repo! The Genetic Opera show late.
The...
- 4/5/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Netflix’s Ripley peeks into the mind of this quintessential character by Patricia Highsmith. I haven’t read the books, but I do think that this series impeccably portrays Thomas Ripley. Moreover, Andrew Scott, for sure, is a very suitable casting for this sociopathic character. It’s funny how, as an audience, we end up rooting for Ripley even though he dupes and kills people to protect his interests. But then, hailing from an underprivileged background, being corrupted by a pursuit for wealth was only natural for a man like Tom Ripley.
This series introduces us to characters like Freddie Miles, a person of substantial wealth who is wary of Tom. There were a lot of depth to Freddie’s portrayal in Ripley, and the distinctions this character makes from their portrayal in The Talented Mr. Ripley, are definitely subject to my intrigue. In the movie and even in the book,...
This series introduces us to characters like Freddie Miles, a person of substantial wealth who is wary of Tom. There were a lot of depth to Freddie’s portrayal in Ripley, and the distinctions this character makes from their portrayal in The Talented Mr. Ripley, are definitely subject to my intrigue. In the movie and even in the book,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Shrey Ashley Philip
- Film Fugitives
Ripley Review: Andrew Scott Finds The Role Of His Career In This Netflix Miniseries (Photo Credit – IMDb)
Ripley Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Andrew Scott, Johnny Flynn, Dakota Fanning, Maurizio Lombardi
Creator: Steve Zaillian
Director: Steve Zaillian
Streaming On: Netflix
Language: English (with subtitles)
Runtime: 8 episodes, around 50 minutes each.
Ripley Review: Andrew Scott Finds The Role Of His Career In This Netflix Miniseries (Photo Credit – IMDb) Ripley Review: What’s It About:
Ripley is the new adaptation of the famous novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, written by Patricia Highsmith and published in 1955. The book has received several adaptations throughout the decades and is still one of the best crime mysteries in history, so creators seem to return to it, consistently delivering powerful storytelling and unique characters to study. In the story, we follow Tom Ripley, a conman from New York, who sees the opportunity to travel to Europe on a strange job,...
Ripley Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Andrew Scott, Johnny Flynn, Dakota Fanning, Maurizio Lombardi
Creator: Steve Zaillian
Director: Steve Zaillian
Streaming On: Netflix
Language: English (with subtitles)
Runtime: 8 episodes, around 50 minutes each.
Ripley Review: Andrew Scott Finds The Role Of His Career In This Netflix Miniseries (Photo Credit – IMDb) Ripley Review: What’s It About:
Ripley is the new adaptation of the famous novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, written by Patricia Highsmith and published in 1955. The book has received several adaptations throughout the decades and is still one of the best crime mysteries in history, so creators seem to return to it, consistently delivering powerful storytelling and unique characters to study. In the story, we follow Tom Ripley, a conman from New York, who sees the opportunity to travel to Europe on a strange job,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Nelson Acosta
- KoiMoi
Andrew Scott, fresh from the success of “All of Us Strangers,” stars in the new Netflix eight-episode limited series “Ripley.” Based on Patricia Highsmith’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” Scott plays the titular role while Dakota Fanning is Marge Sherwood and Johnny Flynn is Dickie Greenleaf. From Oscar-winning writer Steve Zaillian, “Ripley” stays true to the
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- 4/5/2024
- by manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Ripley TV series ushers television audiences into the second quarter of 2024. As far back as September 25, 2019, casting was announced, and expectations have been raised about what Steven Zaillian could do with Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley’s character. The Netflix Ripley TV series is far from the first adaptation of its source material. Steven Zaillian, the multi-talented screenwriter, filmmaker, and creator of the Ripley TV series, is known for his award-nominated and winning screenplays. These include Awakenings (1990), Schindler’s List (1993), Moneyball (2011), and The Irishman (2019). Here’s everything to know about Netflix’s Ripley TV series. Ripley TV
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- 4/4/2024
- by Onyinye Izundu
- TVovermind.com
Netflix has a new tentpole drama, Ripley, featuring a cast full of A-list actors.
Based on the characters of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 crime novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, the streaming thriller tells the story of a 1960s con man as he gets tied up in a life of deceit, fraud, and murder, after accepting a job to help convince a magnate's son to return home from Italy.
Led by the likes of Andrew Scott, the series marks the latest adaptation of Highsmith's seminal works, with actors like Matt Damon, Dennis Hopper, and John Malkovich having taken on the starring role before.
Read full article on The Direct.
Based on the characters of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 crime novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, the streaming thriller tells the story of a 1960s con man as he gets tied up in a life of deceit, fraud, and murder, after accepting a job to help convince a magnate's son to return home from Italy.
Led by the likes of Andrew Scott, the series marks the latest adaptation of Highsmith's seminal works, with actors like Matt Damon, Dennis Hopper, and John Malkovich having taken on the starring role before.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 4/4/2024
- by Klein Felt
- The Direct
Netflix has won the streaming wars, but of course, that doesn't mean it's perfect. One of the popular dings against the streamer is that many of its original productions share a similar flattened, brightly lit aesthetic -- a "Netflix look" that, fairly or not, can sometimes seem like an edict passed on to storytellers from the top down to make their shows and movies look a certain way. Naturally, this doesn't apply to every show, but if you watch enough of them, you'll start to see patterns emerge.
Thankfully, Steven Zaillian's "Ripley," a new take on Patricia Highsmith's famous con man story, is about as far from that typical "Netflix look" as you can get. Legendary cinematographer Robert Elswit imbues this show with a palpable style and personality, constantly playing with light and shadow and delivering spectacular results.
While Anthony Minghella's 1999 classic "The Talented Mr. Ripley" is full of beautiful sun-dappled colors,...
Thankfully, Steven Zaillian's "Ripley," a new take on Patricia Highsmith's famous con man story, is about as far from that typical "Netflix look" as you can get. Legendary cinematographer Robert Elswit imbues this show with a palpable style and personality, constantly playing with light and shadow and delivering spectacular results.
While Anthony Minghella's 1999 classic "The Talented Mr. Ripley" is full of beautiful sun-dappled colors,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Andrew Scott transforms into the ultimate con man, Tom Ripley, in Netflix’s limited series adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley” — but he still found human qualities to latch onto when embodying the chilling, metamorphic character.
“He’s an outsider and he’s somebody who’s quite downtrodden and somebody who’s brilliantly talented who’s on the outskirts of society,” Scott told Variety at the “Ripley” premiere Wednesday night in Los Angeles. “He’s a lonely — or at least an isolated — figure. And he’s put into this world full of people who are very entitled and confident, and so there was plenty of him that I found easy to attach to.”
Adapted by writer, director and creator Steven Zaillian, the series follows Ripley, who is sent to Italy to convince the affluent loafer Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to return stateside. Tom gets a taste...
“He’s an outsider and he’s somebody who’s quite downtrodden and somebody who’s brilliantly talented who’s on the outskirts of society,” Scott told Variety at the “Ripley” premiere Wednesday night in Los Angeles. “He’s a lonely — or at least an isolated — figure. And he’s put into this world full of people who are very entitled and confident, and so there was plenty of him that I found easy to attach to.”
Adapted by writer, director and creator Steven Zaillian, the series follows Ripley, who is sent to Italy to convince the affluent loafer Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to return stateside. Tom gets a taste...
- 4/4/2024
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, is a watershed thriller for its critique of class, its queer undertones, and its enduring legacy. The novel inspired multiple sequels, as well as several film adaptations, the most significant of which was Anthony Minghella’s Oscar nominated 1999 film of the same name.
Showtime commissioned a series based on the original book from writer/director Steve Zaillian back in 2021, but the project eventually went to Netflix. Now the eight episode limited series is out in full, and the new iteration is more sumptuous, more faithful to the source material, and more queer (from a contemporary perspective) than any other iteration.
All of Us Strangers’ Andrew Scott stars as Tom Ripley, an unassuming man living in a run-down shared housing project in Manhattan in the late 1950s. He doesn’t have a great deal going for him when he’s tracked down by...
Showtime commissioned a series based on the original book from writer/director Steve Zaillian back in 2021, but the project eventually went to Netflix. Now the eight episode limited series is out in full, and the new iteration is more sumptuous, more faithful to the source material, and more queer (from a contemporary perspective) than any other iteration.
All of Us Strangers’ Andrew Scott stars as Tom Ripley, an unassuming man living in a run-down shared housing project in Manhattan in the late 1950s. He doesn’t have a great deal going for him when he’s tracked down by...
- 4/4/2024
- by Joe Lipsett
- bloody-disgusting.com
Andrew Scott continues to add to his wide-ranging acting résumé with Ripley, taking on famed con man Tom Ripley as he is hired to live a life of deceit, fraud and murder.
After playing a Bond villain in 2015’s Spectre, Scott shared that playing such an evil role was “not a territory that I feel like I would want to go over again. Now I know who I am a little bit more, I feel like the work that I’m just interested in doing is more in the gray areas.” But, he told The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday, he does not see Tom Ripley as a villainous character.
“I see him absolutely as an antihero, but he’s the protagonist. He’s not the antagonist, so we’re seeing it through his eyes, that’s the whole part of it,” Scott explained.
After playing a Bond villain in 2015’s Spectre, Scott shared that playing such an evil role was “not a territory that I feel like I would want to go over again. Now I know who I am a little bit more, I feel like the work that I’m just interested in doing is more in the gray areas.” But, he told The Hollywood Reporter at the show’s Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday, he does not see Tom Ripley as a villainous character.
“I see him absolutely as an antihero, but he’s the protagonist. He’s not the antagonist, so we’re seeing it through his eyes, that’s the whole part of it,” Scott explained.
- 4/4/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tom Ripley is a master of reinvention, but his considerable skills can only take him so far. At the end of Ripley,the walls are closing in onAndrew Scott’s dapper con artist, and Italian police are desperately tracking the man they suspect of murdering two people — Freddie Miles (Eliot Sumner) and Ripley himself. This gives Ripley, who’s been posing as Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn), the perfect escape hatch. Because it’s Dickie the police suspect of murder — and Dickie whose identity (and bank account) Ripley has been using — Ripley can return to a safe harbor: his own name and passport.
“People have a lot of preconceptions about Tom Ripley,” Scott told Netflix of the infamous antihero created by Patricia Highsmith in her 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. “So it’s my job, I suppose in some ways, to ignore all that and try to create our own particular...
“People have a lot of preconceptions about Tom Ripley,” Scott told Netflix of the infamous antihero created by Patricia Highsmith in her 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. “So it’s my job, I suppose in some ways, to ignore all that and try to create our own particular...
- 4/4/2024
- by John DiLillo
- Tudum - Netflix
Remaking established properties under a new vision is common in Hollywood. However, seeing a beloved modern classic get that treatment so quickly has become a problem for many stories. Despite The Talented Mr. Ripley only reaching its 25th anniversary this year, Steve Zaillian adapts Patricia Highsmith’s novel once again. Netflix’s new series, simply titled Ripley, follows the plot of the novel in more detail. Gone are the sun-soaked villas of Italy in favor of sterilized black-and-white photography. The slow and methodical series dips into the exacting and careful actions of a psychopath. Andrew Scott’s Tom is not fun. Instead, he’s a calculating murderer and destroyer. The result is a very different, but rewarding take on the iconic character.
Ripley. Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in Episode 101. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024 Ripley The Plot
Set in the 1960s, Thomas Ripley (Scott) finds himself without money and struggling...
Ripley. Andrew Scott as Tom Ripley in Episode 101. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024 Ripley The Plot
Set in the 1960s, Thomas Ripley (Scott) finds himself without money and struggling...
- 4/4/2024
- by Alan French
- FandomWire
Tom Ripley is one of literature’s great con men, and Andrew Scott is a perfect choice to play him. The Fleabag and Sherlock actor is charming and has a sophisticated air… and yet there’s something a little off about him. (Even when he played a priest in Fleabag, he had a mischievous glint in his eye.) He slips effortlessly into the title role in Netflix’s Ripley — all eight episodes are now streaming; I’ve seen the first four — and the lush black-and-white cinematography is a joy to behold. The series is badly hampered by an overly deliberate pace,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
St. Patrick’s Day was last month, but this week is all about the Irish. Gold Derby editors and Experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng are here to discuss two highly anticipated shows premiering this week headlined by two of Ireland’s finest actors: “Ripley,” starring Andrew Scott, and “Sugar,” starring Colin Farrell.
“Ripley,” which dropped all eight episodes on Thursday on Netflix, is Steven Zaillian‘s adaptation of Patricia Highsmith‘s “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and stars Scott as the titular con artist who murders and impersonates rich kid Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn). Shot in black and white by Oscar winner Robert Elswit, the limited series is a more faithful adaptation of the novel than Anthony Minghella‘s 1999 film and is basically an eight-episode showcase for Scott as Tom Ripley tries to get away with murder. After his “Fleabag” snub and a guest nomination for “Black Mirror,” is “Ripley...
“Ripley,” which dropped all eight episodes on Thursday on Netflix, is Steven Zaillian‘s adaptation of Patricia Highsmith‘s “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and stars Scott as the titular con artist who murders and impersonates rich kid Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn). Shot in black and white by Oscar winner Robert Elswit, the limited series is a more faithful adaptation of the novel than Anthony Minghella‘s 1999 film and is basically an eight-episode showcase for Scott as Tom Ripley tries to get away with murder. After his “Fleabag” snub and a guest nomination for “Black Mirror,” is “Ripley...
- 4/4/2024
- by Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Animals are everywhere in “Ripley.” From the opening flash-forward to the closing montage, the latest adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels finds furry friends in frame after frame. Far from surplus scenery — Steven Zaillian’s elegant vision of ’60s era Italy does not lack for beauty — these creatures are active characters. A grazing sheep finds a clue. A prowling cat produces a lead. A snake eludes detection inside a pair of loafers — and yes, in this case, a reptile is also an animal because the snake in question is Ripley himself: a slippery, second-rate con man with a cold-blooded stare, slicked-back locks, and vice-like grip on his prey. Embodied by Andrew Scott, Ripley follows a familiar pattern yet takes a distinct shape. He’s older, but not wiser; meaner, but more level-headed; greedier, but almost purely so.
This “Ripley” is a different animal.
First introduced in Highsmith’s 1955 novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley,...
This “Ripley” is a different animal.
First introduced in Highsmith’s 1955 novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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