Word: ripleyã
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...rare occasion when the adjective “reptilian” can be meant as the deepest of compliment. Therefore, we must accord Ripley??s Game the proper admiration for allowing John Malkovich—the most sophisticated yet reptilian actor of our time—to portray Tom Ripley??the most sophisticated yet reptilian character of literature—and create the most reptilian sophisticate in cinema history...
...last time the cinemas were lit by Tom Ripley??s icy heart was The Talented Mr. Ripley in 1999. Anthony Minghella’s adaptation featured a poor, young and awkward Matt Damon, Class of 1992, murdering his way into social respectability and Gwyneth Paltrow’s heart. By Ripley??s Game, based on the fourth of Patricia Highsmith’s five Tom Ripley novels, Ripley is safely ensconced in an Italian villa bordering a small village, with a doting wife and an impressive chef...
Although Ripley is far removed from the petty criminality to which he once had to resort in order to build his fortune, it is not to last. Reeves (Sexy Beast’s Ray Winstone, gone all Ben Kingsley), an old partner from Ripley??s brief foray into art forgery, arrives one day, demanding Ripley??s help in murdering a competing Berlin mob boss...