The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) | *First Time Watching* | Movie Reaction | Asia and BJ

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

Great flick. Jude Law really nailed the playboy persona and upper class American accent from mid-century. And Gwyneth Paltrow's dagger eyes at Tom toward the end were great too. Marge knew, but the Greenleaf men didn't believe her and thought she was a silly paranoid woman.

[@Smithpolly]

I'm not sure if I remember right but I don't think they didn't believe her because they thought she was a silly paranoid woman. They didn't believe her because they thought Tom and Dickie were having an affair and that Tom was being a good guy by protecting Marge from finding out about the affair. So they understood that from Marge's point of view, Tom must have seemed to be behaving suspiciously. It's just that they thought they knew a reason for why he was behaving that way that they couldn't tell her.

[@HuntingViolets]

@@Smithpolly I don't think Dickie's dad thought they were having an affair. (And he was the only Greenleaf man left.) He thought Dickie had killed Freddie and later himself and Tom was protecting him as much as possible and was a good guy. I'm not sure Mr. Greenleaf could hold in his mind the idea that Tom and Dickie were having an affair and that Tom was a good guy both. By the way, I do recommend the recent miniseries adaptation, _Ripley,_ with Andrew Scott.

[@keeshaharris2650]

This was an excellent movie that doesn’t get the praise it deserves. Enjoy!

[@leob4403]

​@randywhite3947compared to Avengers, Avatar 2, Barbie and crap like that no not really

[@christopherleodaniels7203]

The jazz motif was appropriate, because if there was one talent Ripley had, it was improvisation. You put him in any situation, and he can work with it. This movie is an underrated masterpiece, and every time I watch it, I see more and more in it.

[@HuntingViolets]

This is one of my favorite movies. Very Hitchcockian, right down to the blonde. Brilliant screenplay by director Anthony Minghella.

[@HuntingViolets]

@Jack Celtic, where are you?

[@WarGamerGirl]

I always thought of this as a Hitchcock movie. It's exactly what he'd be making if he were still around when this was made.

[@HuntingViolets]

@@WarGamerGirl Agreed.

[@itsreeeshaaa7560]

A brilliant movie with an exceptional stacked cast! RIP to the great Phillip Seymour Hoffman. He was awesome in everything he was in. There’s a series coming on Netflix soon based on this movie and I can’t wait! Really enjoyed y’alls reactions to this!

[@HuntingViolets]

Yes, Andrew Scott (Moriarty on _Sherlock,_ priest on _Fleabag,_ Oscar buzz but no nominaton for _All of Us Strangers)._

[@LaCheeserie]

His character’s introduction in Boogie Nights is one of the greatest scenes in film history. The song, the shorts, the whole thing

[@skipbellon2755]

This movie came out of left field and amazed me... one of the best plot dramas to come along in a long time... well acted, well written and well directed.

[@Grapeseedoil]

@8:49 “I’m definitely not getting in when he just got out the water. I need fresh…” 😂😭😭

[@HuntingViolets]

Is everybody else thinking what movie they should watch next?

[@Johonnac]

@@HuntingVioletsSplash or Boogie Nights?! 😅

[@gregorycomunale1550]

Another classic thriller you need to watch What ever Happened to Baby Jane. It's not in color, filmed in the 60s, staring Betty Davis, and Joan Crawford this movie was a hit the 60s. what ever Happened to Baby Jane

[@bobblethreadgill4463]

matt not only sang "my little valentine", but, learned the piano part as well

[@MrMin316]

So glad you guys are reacting to this. Great thriller with great performances. One of my favourite movies, love the 50 's Italy reconstruction.

[@dustinlindsey4452]

This movie is based on a book by Patricia Highsmith, and is one of the rare cases the movie is far better than the original storyline. --And it isn't really a happy ending for Tom either because he had to kill Peter Smith Kingsly at the end to ensure his safety, which is implied to be his lover and the only one that knows Tom's true sexuality. The whole film is about false identity on a multitude of levels. Also, it seems crazy to us now but indoor plumbing was very much a luxury esp in Europe, so bath water was often used by several people before it was drained, a lot of tubs had to be filled by hand or the water basin attached to it had to be filled by hand, plus the heating of the water was costly and took a long time, to name a few reasons.

[@VeryCherryCherry]

Is the series worth reading though? It's been on my ginormous "To Read" list (since I first saw this movie in theatres when it came out) and after watching this reaction, I feel like it's finally time to read it.

[@dustinlindsey4452]

@@VeryCherryCherry Sadly, I’d say no.

[@fabian4ever69]

Great movie and Matt Damon was brilliant as Tom Ripley. Loved Cate Blanchett.

[@cieranthane1]

Great film, great actors, great cinematography and that amazing soundtrack! It's based on the first of five novels chronicling the life of Tom Ripley.

[@mariosanchezgumiel7757]

One of my favorite movies. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch it! 🤗

[@Myraisins1]

Can't believe you watched this amazing underrated movie. Thanks!

[@jackceltic4947]

I cried the first time I watched the ending cause Peter was my favorite character and his fate is beyond tragic as the only person who loved Tom for who he was

[@leob4403]

Peter seemed like a great guy honestly but he should have trusted Marge's instincts a lot more

[@hrussell9677]

Remember this is the 1950s. So $1000 was probably equivalent to $10,000 in today’s money.

[@theConquerersMama]

Plus the trip.

[@starvision5209]

This is like an origin story for a brilliant, upper-class super villain.

[@skinheadjon901]

I take it you haven't read the books, there's a whole series of Tom Ripley books & films - this is a remake of the 1960 French film starring Alain Delon " The Purple Noon"

[@SeeliaVachon]

Matt Damon was perfectly casted. He was so good that I think he always looks like he's planning something fishy in all his movies! 🤣😂

[@SurvivorBri]

He was *cast.

[@jannathompson2262]

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄@@SurvivorBri

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

Received 5 Oscar Nominations in 1999, although it didn't win any category: 1. Best Supporting Actor - Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf 2. Best Adapted Screenplay - Anthony Minghella (who also directed the movie) 3. Best Art Direction 4. Best Costume Design 5. Best Original Score - Gabriel Yared

[@izzonj]

Man, how did Damon not get a nomination. Must have been stiff competition

[@HuntingViolets]

Would have liked Damon and Paltrow (her in supporting) to get nominations.

[@izzonj]

There was definitely room for Damon. WINNER KEVIN SPACEY American Beauty NOMINEES RUSSELL CROWE The Insider RICHARD FARNSWORTH The Straight Story SEAN PENN Sweet and Lowdown DENZEL WASHINGTON The Hurricane

[@HuntingViolets]

@@izzonj I have to concur.

[@leob4403]

​@@izzonjhe should have gotten academy award for this movie or Bourne trilogy, not overrated will hunting

[@NigelShepherd-z7k]

Follow this up with "Ripley's Game". Underrated movie with Ripley as a much older man, still up to his old tricks... played by the great John Malkovich 🤓🇬🇧

[@rwaa6931]

This is the first Jude Law movie I saw. He's really good in it. Another good Jude Law film is "Gattaca" with Eathan Hawk. Still waiting for "Rocky 3"!

[@theConquerersMama]

Gattaca is very good

[@crunf77]

Gattaca is one of the most satisfying SCI FI movies of all time! Criminally under rated...

[@bethscott4330]

Asia: “He’s about to get caught!” Famous last words

[@lizfinkelstein1323]

Made me fully LOL!

[@bethscott4330]

RIP Phillip Seymour Hoffman. He went to school in Fairport…10 minutes away from me in Rochester, New York.

[@MaxstallfishDenton]

Good actor!

[@ryanhighberg4662]

The suck zone 😅

[@Imoimine]

Even though he got away with it, he ended up losing in the end. Peter actually cared for Tom, but he got rid of Peter to protect himself. I think he would have gotten rid of Marge, but she was with an entourage, which saved her life. Remember, he asked her if she was alone 😳

[@greenonions5296]

Also because narcissists become bored of people easily, so even though Tom liked the way he looked through Peter's eyes, Tom had to put in work to pretend he really was this great guy Peter thought. He didn't need Peter anymore because Meredith could now give him his supply. She thought he was perfect too, only Tom didn't have to pretend he was poor as a church mouse anymore in latching onto Meredith and her family, he could now pretend he was rich Dickie legitimately since Dickie's father gave him a trust fund of his own. And Tom wanted to live that highfalutin life.

[@kellyyork3898]

Believe people when they tell you who they are. Psychopaths often do at some point.

[@juliewestevents1567]

My absolute favorite movie of all time. So happy you watched this.

[@3773dc]

Better than Jersey Girl? Or Madame Web?

[@leob4403]

​@@3773dcbarbie and avatar 2 are certainly greater than hitchcock😂

[@lorimcmyne4283]

Your puppy is adorable ❤ and yes, this is a great movie 😊

[@richardzinns5676]

I've never read the Patricia Highsmith novel on which this movie is based, but I understand that it is the first in a series detailing Tom Ripley's career; so I presume that he ends up getting away with several more murders in the end.

[@tiarnanquinn5403]

I've seen Ripleys Game with John Malkovich as Ripley based on a later book. He was a retired assassin in that movie. I assume the middle books he's working as an assassin

[@magnumpi8097]

"Tommy how's the peeping"😆😆

[@Jay-mh3cp]

He such a troll 😂 loved that character

[@leob4403]

If your name is Tom you definitely shouldn't be peeping

[@debbiebazemore]

This movie is based on the first book in a series about Tom Ripley.

[@MovementGraffiti]

There were rarely any happy endings during the 90's film era. Matt and Jude's acting was so great that Dickie's death still unnerves me when I've seen this at least 5 times.

[@leob4403]

Those were real movies not this happily ever after superhero crap we have these days

[@SECRETARIATguy224]

Damon and Law were certainly very good in this film. However, the idea that there were rarely any happy endings during the 90's film era is simply not true.

[@newinLV]

Thanks so much for reacting to this film! One of my top 7 fav's! FYI, $1,000 in 1956 would be worth $11,340 today

[@GoldTop57]

Masterpiece. It’s nice to see this get the attention it deserves. The acting and story were both amazing.

[@nathanielhorrigan2181]

You two’s faces when the boat scene happened was so great. It was like you guys were on pause for like 20 seconds while the earth was still spinning.

[@Paul.H8Cfood]

Great pick! I hope this one starts to trend among reactors. Asia!🤣14:15

[@allaboutthecookies9642]

No way! This is one of my all time fave movies! Wish more people would check it out!

[@blindsurvival8570]

I think you guys would enjoy reacting to Big Trouble In Little China, starring Kurt Russell and Kim Cattrall. It's full of action, has some humor, there’s a bit of mysticism/magic, and it has the love drama also.

[@lisalovemc717]

Matt Damon was absolutely brilliant in this movie. I've seen it many times and it still creeps me out when he says Im always gonna be in the basement.

[@theConquerersMama]

Me too

[@jeremyjaxs]

I always watch this movie because of the clothes and the aesthetic. It's just so nice-looking. If a movie "smelt good", it would be this movie lol

[@nathanielhorrigan2181]

Wow BJ. That “you are lying” was spot on Asia!! Hahaha. I liked that little Mr Ripley impression.

[@pauweewee247]

I have loved this film for many years as Jude Law was perfection.

[@helpmeImpoor5314]

Now you need to watch Single White Female with Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh!

[@ColorOutsideTheLinesTM]

Yes!!!

[@LondonPride25]

Dickie said "I'm so sick of Mongi" meaning Mongibello, the seaside town where he was living.

[@theConquerersMama]

Came to sat this.

[@susanfox6666]

I read the book. Which became a series of books. Ripley suffered a lot of bad things as a child. Hitchcock wanted to do this movie, but Ripley manages to get away with his deeds, which Hitchcock couldn't do since all the bad guys in his movies faced the consequences of their crimes. Patricia Highsmith was a terrific thriller writer. Every time it looks like Ripley will get caught, he manages to finesse his way out of trouble and get away with them. Highsmith was amazing at making you feel sympathy for the bad guy.

[@brendaframa2320]

And Tom having to kill Peter aka the only who really loved him for who he is

[@vojtanick738]

I like the original movie Purple Noon 1960 with Alain Delon, but this movie is good too. 🙂

[@lizfinkelstein1323]

**clap clap clap** "He's about to get caught!" 😂

[@MontagZoso]

Aww, that was so cute when your doggie came up to Asia’s lap when Tom was killing Freddie…the little pupper kept looking at the movie, then at Mom and Dad, like, “Hey…what’s going on in this movie?” ❤

[@3773dc]

"Chess is a very relaxing game" 😂

[@wilhelm-z4t]

You can see where "Saltburn" gets its inspiration. A pretty good movie, and beautifully shot, too. Very atmospheric.

[@biharcourt]

Saltburn is "we have Ripley at home"

[@biharcourt]

The untalented Mr Ripley 😅

[@joellenglass2344]

I had this movie on VHS and watched it regularly. Matt Damon was good in this one. You’re right Asia, Tom was totally jealous of and obsessed with Dickie. You could probably tell that Tom didn’t have many friends and was seen as awkward at some point in his life.

[@terryhughes7349]

Complicated film. Patricia Highsmith was an excellent author

[@user-vb2pm1dy6u]

👌🏽👍🏽Oh you two are gunna' LOVE, This!!👍🏽👌🏽

[@nosliwec]

You should check out Catch Me If You Can, Confidence (2003) and LA Confidential.

[@fourthgirl]

Mongibello aka Monji is the fictional town Marge Sherwood and Dickie Greenleaf live in when Tom Ripley show up.

[@leaundrajones2392]

This is one of my favorite movies. The casting is SO GOOD!!! I have seen it a few times.

[@anelsatxlife]

One of the best movies and great actors. Jude Law ❤. Tom was in love with Dickie's life and wanted to be Dickie so when Dickie got tired of him and rejected him, Tom couldn't take that he was losing his opportunity to be in Dickie's world and he lost it. Then he takes that opportunity to be Dickie . That's why Tom says "I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody (Dickie) than a real nobody (himself).".

[@bonya4585]

Thank you for reacting to this movie. I love this. Also a book series.

[@decadentdevil]

Always fun watching with y'all ❤

[@RandomSubjects]

Soooo excited you're reacting to this! Great movie

[@robyfiorili]

The inspector is Sergio Rubini a well known Italian actor

[@MsStylishone]

One of my favorites

[@GoSolar]

Matt Damon really sang the song Funny Valentine for this movie (7:41)

[@maryama6010]

This is one of my top ten. There are other Mr Ripley movies. Matt D not in those. Thanks guys.

[@Kenyon712]

“I always thought it was better to be a fake somebody, rather than a real nobody”. Tom Ripley.

[@tommythompson9565]

Love the intro to this channel. It's loud and bombastic, which is fitting because watching one of y'all's Movie Reaction videos is always a blast !! Keep em coming. This movie may be considered slow. But it really isn't. A viewer simply needs to get immersed into the plot. The quiet moments are full of tension and causes the viewer to be constantly wondering what is going on now and what is about to happen soon. Lots of good acting in this one.

[@leob4403]

People are used to the mindless CGI superhero movies these days, so they don't know what a movie like this is, it's like incomprehensible

[@theConquerersMama]

Yes that is Matt Damon singing My Funny Valentine. I bought the soundtrack when it came out.

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

You guys are great.. as always! Love your reactions to this Hidden Gem of a movie!

[@gennyreese420]

😹💚 BJ bringing it full circle, nothing to do with Wax lol! Such a great and creepy movie, haven’t seen it in years, it was fun to watch it again with you two… It’s so cool that you were just there, love it when life syncs up like that!

[@marktatum7075]

Lol: @ 24:58 "I don't like a statue like that in the house, it's like someone's looking at you all the time" while there are a hundred posters with faces & eyes looking intensely behind you. 🤣

[@PSPguy2]

Notice during the boat argument Tom says to Dickie, "It was obvious that evening during chess. I knew there was something there. You just can't admit your feelings! You want to play sax, you want to play drums. So which is it Dickie? Which do you want to play?" Meaning, do you want Marge or do you want me?

[@Fluer-de-Lis]

The movie didn’t do well in the theatres but this is a whole book series and could really be a great movie series

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

A thousand dollars then is the equivalent of 24 to 30 thousand dollars..a hefty sum.

[@nettricegaskins1871]

One of my faves. I have it on DVD at home. Now y'all have to watch Saltburn!

[@HuntingViolets]

Mongi is short for Mongibello, the fictitious town they are staying in. Dickie is sick of Mongi, not Marge, whom he plans to marry.

[@philburton2223]

I have only seen this movie once before but I brought the soundtrack back in the day because I enjoyed it so much in the movie. That is Matt Damon singing My Funny. Valentine ❤

[@brendaframa2320]

Chill Asia 8:22

[@anta3612]

"Mongi" is short for "Mongibello" which is the name of the fictitious seaside town where they were staying.

[@__RYN__]

8:55 Likely grandfather always said no sense in wasting water after he took a nice hot bath! LOL! But Im pretty sure that "Princetone was a haze" is a Scott Fitzgerald reference

[@__RYN__]

39:42 Thats what I love about story like this. One day your life is a paradise next day its hell. Its all in the mind

[@frankieboy8414]

RIP Phil Hoffman 🙏🙏

[@thewalruswasjason101]

One of my favorite movies all time

[@MensaGiraffe]

13:38 Dickie says Mongi, short for Mongibello. The town they are in. Not Marge.

[@leaundrajones2392]

Jude Law was so beautiful. And I don't go in for the alabasters like that.

[@brendaframa2320]

Brit Jude Law really sounds american he is soooo good here

[@leoda_lion4107]

This movie along with Bourne Identity shot Matt Damon to another level. One of the best performances of his career.

[@bulliboyz]

Love this movie

[@GoSolar]

It's interesting that you say that maybe killing Dickie was part of the plan -- because (I've heard) that's how it's written in the book. (The movie is based off of a book.)

[@michaelrowand898]

“Chess is a very relaxing game.” 😂😂😂😂

[@jenniferrichardson8474]

I love your hair Asia. You're so gorgeous. And I'm happy you guys reacted to this movie. It's an incredible thriller. It's based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, which is awesome as well.

[@h.haydon8044]

I love this movie! I have to read the book. Everything in this movie works! Philip Seymour Hoffman only has roughly five scenes and he scene steals all of them. Mangia is the name of the city Dickie and Marge live in.

[@leob4403]

Mangia is Italian for eat. The town was Mongibello, he shortened it to Mongi

[@thegoldcoastvibe]

If I meet you two, you would not escape me. I would give you both a bear hug :) Love your reviews. :) God Bless.

[@kevaunmitchell1316]

I still have this movie on DVD

[@Fluer-de-Lis]

So do I

[@loisrogers9042]

Good movie, but wondering when we're going to see more Sopranos. 😊

[@laurachamberlain6864]

I'm so excited to see you reacting to this!

[@leaundrajones2392]

Y'all gotta read the book!

[@House0fHoot]

Great film! 👏👏👏

[@Seaglassandsandcastles]

This is one of my favorite movies! Saltburn is similar to it.

[@mr.masses3202]

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[@mr.masses3202]

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