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(1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   1   "[Minghella] certainly deserves kudos for including those stunning location shots as well as such incredibly haunting background music. And, of course, for casting the talented Mr. Damon."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 4/5 "Damon is so dead-on scary that Hollywood likely shudders to be alone with him."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "Swirling, extravagant, and strange."   Philadelphia City Paper   Cynthia Fuchs 4/4 " The script and its colorful characters are fueled by passionate directing from Anthony Minghella, who fuses both innocence and deadly desire for each of the players in Ripley's web of manipulation."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 3/4 "Like a filet mignon served rare, The Talented Mr. Ripley is an exquisite sensory experience that's cold at the center."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth B "The film became less meaningful the longer it went on"   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3.5/4 "This a stunner of a thriller, both mature in its writing, also by Minghella, and provocative in its inclinations and plot twists."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman A "It's an eerily affecting film that reminds us that everyone has wanted to be someone else at some point in their lives."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 4/5 "Tom Ripley’s journey through this film is absolutely spellbinding."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress A "He's a talented one himself, this Anthony Minghella."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov "Writer and director Anthony Minghella has adapted Patricia Highsmith's murder-mystery for the screen. It is a rigorous moral study of envy. "   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "Matt Damon is simply not convincing in this role. Not only is his performance flat, but he is unable to generate any sense of menace."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/4 "A film Hitchcock would have been proud to make, which is as strong a compliment as one can give to Mingella's efforts in this uniformly first-rate, darkly chilling thriller."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 5/5 "Tense tale combines travel magazine gloss with Alfred Hitchcock's dark heart."   Netflix   James Rocchi 9/10 "Highly reminiscent of a taut Hitchcock thriller."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 6/10 "Overall, this film is intriguing enough to sit through, but difficult to fully recommend because of its slow pace and lack of real tension."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 2.5/4 "The Talented Mr. Ripley is lovely wrapping without much to say."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 5/5 "Ultimately, those who can relate to Ripley's loneliness and alienation are far more likely to 'enjoy' the film than people who have no similar sense of isolation."   ToxicUniverse.com   John A. Nesbit 8/10 "...creates tension in a cool, calculated manner, building slowly, incrementally, and all the more chillingly for its effort."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio "As beautiful as it is creepy."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 2.5/4 "Lo que pudo haber sido una buena cinta de suspenso se convierte en otro remake más de los que ya estamos acostumbrados a ver"   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade "This is truly a rich, intelligent, masterfully tuned picture. If you love cinema, you'll adore The Talented Mr. Ripley."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 9/10 "This coolly beautiful film is both a superior thriller and an engrossing study of a sociopath's progress."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh "A lushly seductive portrait of sociopathic ambition."   Film Journal International   Maitland McDonagh low +2 out of -4..+4 "Law seems very much at home in his roll as the young jazz-loving jet setter. Damon seems sufficiently controlled."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 9/10 "Exquisitely understated, this is an instant classic."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "One of the most laid-back suspense films I have seen in recent years, and its pleasures are accordingly unconventional."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 3/5 "Ripley morphs into a well-meaning kid who yearns to be somebody. He's deprived, not depraved."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves 8/10 "Anthony Minghella, as in his last movie The English Patient, keeps the story going a good 15 or 20 minutes past its natural conclusion, but at least this time the story is more interesting."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "Minghella, once again, shows his eclectic talents."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 10/10 "It's frightening yet fascinating."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Susan Granger 3.5/4 Read review   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell 8/10 Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh Page   1