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Ripley's Game

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  • 1h 50m
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6.6/10
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John Malkovich in Ripley's Game (2002)
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A dying family man in need of money is persuaded to assassinate a European crime boss.A dying family man in need of money is persuaded to assassinate a European crime boss.A dying family man in need of money is persuaded to assassinate a European crime boss.
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    • Liliana Cavani
    • Charles McKeown
    • Liliana Cavani
    • Patricia Highsmith(novel)
  • Stars
    • John Malkovich
    • Dougray Scott
    • Lena Headey
    • Liliana Cavani
    • Charles McKeown
    • Liliana Cavani
    • Patricia Highsmith(novel)
  • Stars
    • John Malkovich
    • Dougray Scott
    • Lena Headey
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    John Malkovich
    John Malkovich
    • Tom Ripley
    Dougray Scott
    Dougray Scott
    • Jonathan Trevanny
    Lena Headey
    Lena Headey
    • Sarah Trevanny
    Ray Winstone
    Ray Winstone
    • Reeves
    Uwe Mansshardt
    Uwe Mansshardt
    • Terry
    Hanns Zischler
    Hanns Zischler
    • Art Dealer
    Paolo Paoloni
    Paolo Paoloni
    • Franco
    Maurizio Lucà
    • Franco's Assistant
    Evelina Meghnagi
    • Maria
    Chiara Caselli
    Chiara Caselli
    • Luisa Harari
    Sam Blitz
    • Matthew Trevanny
    Emidio La Vella
    Emidio La Vella
    • Shoe Shop Owner
    • (as Emidio Lavella)
    Lutz Winde
    Lutz Winde
    • Ernst
    Nikolaus Dutsch
    • Dr. Wentzel
    • (as Nikolaus Deutsch)
    Wilfried Zander
    • Belinsky
    Hendrikje Fitz
    • Teacher in Zoo
    Francesca Ventura
    • Hotel Maid
    Jurij Rosstalnyj
    • Guleghin
    • (as Yurij Rosstalnyj)
      • Liliana Cavani
      • Charles McKeown
      • Liliana Cavani
      • Patricia Highsmith(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Financial difficulties caused shooting delays which meant director Liliana Cavani had to leave the production before filming had been completed, due to a previous commitment to direct an opera at La Scala in Milan. John Malkovich took over and completed the film, directing around a third of the footage. Consequently, this marks his unofficial debut as a director
    • Goofs
      As Tom Ripley leaves the Trevannys' house after the home invasion, he tells Sarah to call the police and report it as a burglary gone wrong. However, he takes the gun he used to kill the two 'burglars', and which will make it difficult for Sarah to explain how the two men were killed with a gun that is no longer there.
    • Quotes

      Tom Ripley: I'm a creation. A gifted improviser. I lack your conscience and when I was young that troubled me. It no longer does. I don't worry about being caught because I don't believe anyone is watching. The world is not a poorer place because those people are dead. It's one less car on the road. It's a little less noise and menace. You were brave today. You put some money away for your family. That's all.

      Jonathan Trevanny: If you lack my conscience, why did you help me on the train?

      Tom Ripley: I don't know, but it doesn't surprise me. The one thing I know is we're constantly being born.

    • Connections
      Followed by Ripley Under Ground (2005)
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      You Are Everything
      Composed by Thom Bell & Linda Creed

      (c) Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

      By kind permission of Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.

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    7/10
    Lacks probing subtlety
    In Ripley's Game, the latest screen adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's series of novels, John Malkovich plays Tom Ripley, the bisexual art connoisseur whose game is manipulation of people for his own ends. The film directed by 70-year old Liliana Cavani, is entertaining but lacks the probing subtlety of Wim Wenders The American Friend, a 1979 Ripley adaptation. Ripley is an unscrupulous art dealer and also a cold-blooded killer. He is cerebral, wealthy, charming, talented, and entirely without principle with something clever to say about everything, even murder. "The most interesting thing", he says, "about doing something terrible is often, in a few days, you can't even remember it." Ripley justifies his acts by saying that they rid the world of useless predators. Malkovich's performance keeps the film afloat, though his smug, sinister persona often borders on camp and Dougray Scott is unconvincing as picture framer Jonathan Trevanny.

    Ripley's Game takes place about twenty years after Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley leaves off. Ripley (Malkovich) has married into wealth and now resides in a luxurious Italian villa with his wife Luisa (Chiara Caselli), a professional harpsichord player. When an old crony, Reeves (Ray Winstone) asks him for help in dealing with Berlin mobsters threatening his business, Ripley thinks of a local art restorer and picture framer, Jonathan Trevanny (Scott) who is known to be dying of leukemia. Trevanny is a good candidate in Ripley's mind because he recently insulted him at a party by blurting out "That's the trouble with Ripley-too much money and no taste." Ripley's interest, however, is mostly in the pleasure involved of seeing a mild family man turned into a cold-blooded assassin, no matter how implausible the scenario might be. Trevanny falls for the bait and collects $100,000 to kill a Russian at the zoo.

    As one hit deserves another, a second more dangerous plot is hatched to take place on a crowded train but Ripley has to come to Trevanny's rescue when too many bad guys show up. Afterwards, events begin spiraling out of control forcing the picture framer to hide the truth from his wife Sarah (Lena Headley). Though Malkovich fits into the role perfectly, Scott's performance provides little insight into what led a decent family man to become a paid killer. The ending, which could have been suspenseful, is simply unpleasant as the body count escalates. Though beautifully photographed and filled with dark humor, there is little at stake in Ripley's Game and the entire project feels unimportant as reflected in the studio's decision to bypass a theatrical release and send it straight to DVD.
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      • February 7, 2003 (Italy)
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      • Villa Emo, Fanzolo, Vedelago, Treviso, Veneto, Italy
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