Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith, which I read many years ago, and could barely remember the details - simply that Ripley turns out to be a rather unpleasant character. The film's plot is here.
Tom Ripley is very well portrayed by Matt Damon, with Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf and Gwyneth Paltrow as his girlfriend, Marge.
Herebert Greenleaf, a New York shipping magnate pays Ripley to go to Europe to persuade his spoilt playboy son, Dickie to return to the US. He insinuates himself into Dickie's life, and eventually, after a row in a boat, he kills Dickie and dumps the body overboard - we're not quite sure whether it's premeditated murder. He then assumes Dickie's identity and the rest of the film consists of the way he deceives others, and ends up with some of Dickie's inheritance, but looking forward to a life of loneliness and deception.
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