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The Talented Mr Ripley
Prebook 6/5/00; Street 6/27/00 Paramount, Thriller, Price NA, 'R,' 139 min., $81.3 million box office, copy protected.
Stars Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
While The Talented Mr. Ripley is a smart, tightly wound thriller, it's pace is slow and drawn out.As a resuit, this film doesn't offer the same type of bump-in-the-night spooks fans of the thriller expect.
Matt Damon plays Tom Ripley, a creepy, sinister, soon-to-be killer who passes himself off as a friend of wealthy playboy Dickie Greenleaf (Dude Law), whose father wants him...