Title: Matt Damon keeps you guessing
Review: Who's the good guy and who's the bad guy in this film? It's hard to tell at first. Dickie (Jude Law) is the wild child in the first half, while Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) seems like a nerd. It's at half-time that Dickie calls Tom "boring" and drops off screen, and we're left with the impression that the movie is going to drag through the 2nd half. But it's not true -- the 2nd half of the movie is the real thriller, and it flies by. We ought to know better - most of us have followed Matt Damon through Bourne after Bourne and never got bored. I wasn't too thrilled with the ending though - would have liked something a little more cheery. It sets Ripley up for his coming career, in films such as Ripley's Game (starring John Malkovich) in which he's completely polished up his fiendish act. Both films are based on a book series, but I just recently found out about this, to my surprise. "Talented" is an interesting if uneasy introduction to this disturbing character.
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