TALENTED MR. RIPLEY(1999)
One of the most boring movies I've ever seen! Almost
unbelievabel seeing as Matt Damon, Jude Law and Gwyneth
Paltrow are in this!! C
From IMDb.com:
Patricia Highsmith was fortunate to have Alfred Hitchcock
adapt her "Strangers on a Train" for the screen--and alas,
she would have been equally fortunate had Hitchcock tackled
"The Talented Mr. Ripley". He would have made more sense of
the proceedings--and given it the kind of pace that would
have heightened the suspense.
But that's not to say that the film is a failure--not by
any means. There are two fascinating central performances
by Jude Law and Matt Damon. Unfortunately, there is a highly
unsatisfactory performance by a miscast Gwyneth Paltrow.
But that is not much of a flaw in this case because the
film revolves entirely about the behavior of Damon and
Law. It is their relationship with its homoerotic overtones
that supplies the main interest and keeps the film from
lagging before it reaches a rather unsatisfactory ending.
The Italian locations are breathtaking in color. All in
all, an interesting film but it needed that Hitchcock
touch. - Doylenf