When I saw this at the cinema years ago, the audience actually groaned when Meredith showed up on the ferry at the end of the movie. The movie really does get you rooting for the happiness of a psychopath.
That was my exact reaction as well. I mean what are the odds. They would have to be so astronomically tiny to coincidentally run into her on three different occasions.
My theory is that this movie keeps the viewer under a constant state of stress as the possibility for Tom to be outed lurks around every corner. When we see him sailing away with his lover we feel we can finally breathe after 2 hours of being on absolute edge. We dont care so much whether he deserves it - we just want to breathe again. And then, BAM! Not so fast! Not only that - the ending gives you the gift of suspense to take home with you to ponder. Unresolved mini-trauma. You're welcome.
Tom said it himself, he thought it's better to be 'a fake somebody than a real nobody' and that's why he killed the one person who loved him for who he really was
He didn't love him for who he really was. He wasn't "himself" throughout the entire film. If he even knew who "himself" was. When you're an isolated, lonely person you don't really have an identity.
Tom isn't a sociopath and sociopathy has nothing to do with a lack of identity. An identity is formed from your interactions with other people and the relationships you form with them.@@Torrential39399
Favorite thing about this ending is the editing. Tom and Peter talked about having a basement where all their dark secrets are at, and after killing the one person who Tom would have opened that door to, the camera floats into a dark room and you watch the door close.
It's even better than that. Tom is a gay man with internalized homophobia hating himself (much like the author of the original novel - a lesbian in an era when it was scorned). That final scene is him being unable to accept himself and get love being forever stuck in the closet. That's why the final scene with the door is so great
This is the saddest scene. He had gotten away with it, and he had gotten everything he ever wanted out of life. And in the end, he was nothing but a cowardly murderer, with not even the guts to be himself.
@@hangry265 True psychopaths, in regard to the mental condition, feel no remorse, no guilt, no emotional attachment at all, particularly to people. If Tom really were a psychopath, he wouldn’t be crying about killing Peter, and every bad thing he did in the movie was a reaction to the first, killing Dickie. I guess what I’m trying to say is the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
this entire movie i hated how i was rooting for a total psycho, and i kept having to remind myself how fucked this man was. but this scene literally made me cry cause i genuinely loved peter
I think that’s part of the point, you’re supposed to not like him. But how can you not like him when the people around him are just as vile if not worse.
Imo he was more on the borderline personality disorder side. He didn't necessarily ever PLAN to kill anyone. But he does have sociopathic or narc traits that made it easy for him to commit these crimes
I don't think he was a psychopath. He reacted with too much emotion throughout the movie. He was just desperate and afraid and maybe overly emotional. Closer to Borderline if anything.
Peter played by a young Jake Davenport was perhaps my favorite character in the entire plot. Such a tender and delicately beautiful man. His last speech on Tom's character was painful to watch.
@Mood Element just a minute there. Are you opposed to the acting itself or the notion of sociopath getting under the spotlight cuz honestly I don't get your distaste. Each human being deserves sympathy, even killers at one point in their lives where good humans too before they lost their compass. Sorry, English isn't my first lg.
@Mood Element yeah I get your point, I love movies in general and I loved the way Matt acted in this movie. Yes movies should convey heavy messages but again I enjoy the " acting" more than the "notion". Call me superficial cuz I don't have your level of awareness but that how I perceive the movie industry. If I want a great message I would read a book which unfortunately I haven't cuz I know that this movie is based on a novel but maybe I will read it. Lastly I watched the devils advocate long ago and again the acting performance was spectacular from both actors. Maybe you're referring to keano being given a second chance and the devil being defeated at last unlike Matt's case ?? Again your knowledge in this field exceeds mine so sorry for my poor observation 😊
I typically want a somewhat happy ending in films but in this case the ending felt very appropriate and realistic considering Tom's character. Peter and Meredith were inevitably going to meet and Tom's whole cover would be blown. This is who Tom is, a man willing to sacrifice the one person who loved him and therefore his happiness just to escape from himself and be a free but fake Dickie.
definitely wasnt going back to Dickie. Tom Ripley has the cash from the trust coming to him. But he now also has three dead bodies/disappearances that follow him...
I like how an unspoken but kind of ever present thing in this movie (sold by the physical casting of matt damon) is that tom is strong. his three murders are all of men and rely on brute force, and you get the sense he's that way by having had to work hard jobs his whole life. its one more component that really sells the class difference between him and all the rich expats he interacts with.
I don’t see it tbh. We see Damon-as-Ripley in a Speedo when he makes his first contact with Greenleaf and while not scrawny he still doesn’t cut a particularly impressive figure. All 3 of his murders are by using the element of surprise and a blunt force weapon in the first two, which would give me and you an advantage over The Rock or Muhammad Ali.
@@omegamanGXE i dont think its to any great degree. gym culture has kind of slanted our perpective on what constitues a stong physique. in the 50s, which this movie cast its actors for very well, most people were thinner, and were likely to have played sports as children but never lifted wieghts or anything (a fat guy like freddie is an outlier and hes not obese by modern standards just a naturally thick rich guy who probably has big appetites) and in that context tom comes across as a pretty strong man in his twenties (which im sure matt damon was)
@1:40 I never noticed this before, you can see him wrapping the rope around his hand - so haunting. And the music at the very end as it pans to the mirror is just chilling to close out on.
Ripley loves Peter. But to keep his fake identity, he has to kill him. The greatest dilemma! Anthony Minghella created a wonderful psychological version (thriller-drama) of a cheap serial-killer novel. Too bad we lost him too early.
The novel was not a cheap serial killer book. I haven’t read it, but from reviews I’ve read it’s a very philosophical work about moral ambiguity, ontological questions, and it includes a critique of capitalism. I’ve been meaning to read it. The reviews say the movies don’t capture a lot of the ideas explored.
@@robertsixto1246If you haven't read it, you don't have a say on how good it is. Now is been a year, so if you have read it, you can probably comment on it. You can't comment on something which you haven't read/watch.
The cruelest part of the movie is Peter's death and it really shows how deranged and self-centered Tom is. Terrific scene. This movie really outshines the novel in my opinion especially with the addition of Peter.
How can anyone live a happy life having murdered two people and deceived countless others? You mean you wanted him to get away with it and for Peter never to find out? Peter would never know and the relationship would be an illusion built on lies because Tom had no conscience to confess his crimes. I don't think that's happiness.
Wow. watching this now in my mid 30s, I never realized how young Matt Damon and the others were In this movie. This is one of the most tragic ending I have ever seen.
This story was evil and demented anyway, but this scene took it right off the rails. Of course, Matt Damon gives an extraordinary performance but after seeing this movie once, I could never watch it again.
he is a psychopath. if you ever met one and saw their true side, you'd know it's a realistic scene. too bad so many ppl prefer to keep wearing rose-colored glasses about the world we live in
I couldn't care less about the stupid award shows because we all know it's nothing to do with talent and votes with who win those. But it is INSANE how matt Damon did not win best actor or at least a nominee. This is his most nuanced role and his acting is top tier.
I think he got away with it, If he didn`t kill Peter the inevitably Peter would talk to Meredith and his cover would be blown. He couldn`t kill Meredith because she was with her family and would be missed. Peter on the other hand wouldn`t be. If he disposed the body well then i presume he had gotten away with it. ]
@@MultiAdere I like to think that after the ending scene, given how close Marge was to Peter (and how close Peter was to Meredith), that she would have been able to put 2-and-2 together about Tom murdering Peter, and finally have enough evidence to finally sink him and his whole scheme. That was the one huge flaw in Tom's plan: he gravely underestimated Marge's resolve. She seemed like a harmless little mouse at first, but you could see it in her eyes before leaving Venice; she was going to bring that man doing if it meant the last of her. A lot of people had seen Tom and Peter together on that cruise. And there would have been records. Plus Meredith's party would have confirmed seeing them both on the same cruise. As soon as Marge got wind of this, which she definitely would have, it would have given her all the excuse she needed to bring him down. And you know what I think is the most tragic irony of the ending? As painful as it was to kill Peter, who was the one person that truly loved Tom just for being Tom, he felt this was the only way he could cover he tracks. But I truly do believe that if he had just been upfront and honest with Peter, about everything, then Peter would actually have let it go and kept his mouth shut anyway. because of his gentle nature and his total love and devotion to Tom. Tom didn't have to kill him to protect his identity. But by killing the one person who loved him, he paradoxically did something that would inevitably have led to his arrest anyway. Great moral message. Kinda reminded me of the James Cagney movie ''Angels With Dirty Faces''. That's my interpretation anyway. Besides, the movie deviates a lot from the original book.
@@cybernautadventurer I think you make a great point. Tom was a genius and i think he stayed at large a long time. But eventually got caught because you can't kill a number of people you've been seen together with and remain out of suspicion. He made a mistake killing Tom, he should have told the truth to Peter like you say.
I remember an internet critic mentioning that the ending is just... "tragic". And it is. It left me reeling. Appropriately horrified. He finally found someone to love him for what he truly is... and then he had to... Damn it... I still remember the very last shot... It haunts us...
he's deeply f-ed up since childhood. psychopaths are most difficult to heal those attachment wounds, because they identify their whole life with aggression that was against them in early childhood and despise vulnerability, killed that in themselves long ago and don't identify with that human part they have deep inside/used to have. They're way too rigid with those identifications and it's basically their whole lives. They identify with destroying any vulnerability and attachment they see, and it was shown really good in this scene. They have whole belief systems based on that and see the ''proof'' of how supposedly right they are everywhere in their lives. And they VERY rarely get caught or accountable for their actions, that's why it's even more difficult to change, which was also greatly shown in this movie. Nobody can mirror their true nature back to them, like when they're caught and have to face the consequences
He definitely thought about it, hence why he asked if she was travelling alone, once he had seen she was with a large group he realised the only person he could get away with killing was Peter.
Great ending , seems out of an existential horror movie with that ethereal lightning and dialogue plus that room is perfect and that door closing , masterpiece
I absolutely love the ending of The Talented Mr Ripley. I love that Tom was able to trust Peter enough to tell him about his past and I love that Peter basically said "Y'know what, I love you no matter what. You are smart, sexy, talented and Dickie and Freddie were kind of assholes, so they should've seen it coming." And the next day they watch the sunset on the boat together. And when Meredith shows up, Tom is all like "Hey, look who I found on the boat?" and Peter played along "Such a coincidence we were on this boat together, and yet Dickie and I have decided are getting married next month" and Meredith was all like "I can't blame either of you. Can I be maid of honour?" and she was and they lived happily ever after. Truly a classic.
@@sadece-birisi you left out the part where Peter uses his connections to introduce Tom to various well-renowned artists so they both have long successful musical careers as they live happily together. 👍
The first time you see this movie, you don't understand the ending. But when you rewatch it, you'll realize Tom actually did kill Peter. That's why he had a rope in his hands like if he was supposedly intending to strangle Peter, but because they don't show it to us. Instead, they let us imagine the scene while hearing the audio and in our eyes we only see Tom's unforgivable regret for that, including everything he has done since he killed Dickie.
I don't get why. He wraps the rope, is caught as being Dickie and thus Peter is a liability and one of them has to go but she's with her family, he also walks into the other room alone which he wouldn't have done after the scene as well. Even without the audio it seems clear what's happening imo.
Anyone evet notice that in the beginning he looks at his pin and thinks of the name tom ripley just like he did with dickie... so is he even tom ripley? 😅
He attempted to kill Marge when she discovered he had Dickie's rings but Peter interrupted them. And Meredith was there with her family so she could be missing
@@justhereforagoodtime88 I will. Peter's character is much greater in the Film than the book, in the book Peter is merely a friend of Tom, never a lover. (This scene from the end of the film doesn't take place, except with Peter "comforting Tom for the 'loss' of his friend") Tom Ripley at the end of the book gets away with not only the Murders / everything he lied about did pretty much but ends up with Dickie's Fortune as a forged will (with him cited as the beneficiary) that Tom made and sent to Dickie's Father/Family after convincing them that Dickie committed suicide the only inconvenience Tom has at the end is being paranoid that the Police will eventually catch him/ the next group of Policemen he sees will "be waiting for him at the next Dock." So no real consequence, just Tom wondering if who he will have to kill next and if / when it will all catch up to him.
@@justhereforagoodtime88 in the book Tom is “likely” to be caught because he’ll want to claim his inheritance bequeathed to him by Dickie. The fingerprints found in Dickie’s (Rome) apartment and also on his found paintings & luggage are actually Tom’s fingerprints. All the Italian cop has to do is check … In the movie, Peter’s murder will get back to Marge; who’ll realize it’s not a suicide because no way does Freddy get killed, Dickie commit suicide and now Peter. No way will Meredith NOT inform her posh circle of Peter’s suicide; similar to the book Marge & the Italian cop will eventually put two & two together …
@@cedricbeard4609 thanks for filling me in! Yeah killing Peter would've definitely sealed his fate. So after he kills Peter, he is stupid enough to hang around Italy and collect the inheritance, but does he try to assume a new ID or move to a new country if he did end up successfully securing the inheritance? This makes me want to read the 📚
@@justhereforagoodtime88 Peter wasn’t in the book per se, but I didn’t want to outright contradict a fellow fan. Peter was an EXTREMELY minor character who’s in Venice and is fascinated by Tom’s infamy; due to Tom’s friendship with Dickie (presumed missing while tied closely to a murder) … He plays no other purpose / has no further relevance. The main parallels between the novel & (American) film is that Tom is likely to be caught but it’s not as obvious as in the (French) Film. “Obvious” as in Purple Noon makes it much more likely he’ll be caught. Roverini is an Italian cop based out of Rome who is basically the “Marge” in The Talented Mr Ripley. It’s likely Mr Greenleaf doesn’t allow Tom to collect the inheritance without his ok, and all Roverini has to do is get his fingerprint. And you know the likelihood of Marge connecting the dots. The last thing worth mentioning is that the French film made Alain Delon a star. And Patricia Highsmith wrote sequels, in which the consensus was they weren’t canon because they “had” to allow Tom an out (concerning the ending of the first novel).
The scene where hes waiting for the detective for tom, and he funds out they outsourced him from Rome which he didnt expect. I was cringing because they thought it would be the detective that knew him. Crazy scene just for it to be a new guy lol
I will never get over this scene,, Peter was so inlove with him you can't even tell me he wasn't, and I feel like Tom knew this, that's why he killed him 😢
Great movie but weird comments to it honestly. The story of a psychopath destroying lives wherever he went, manipulating people, it's the story of an evil man and all the comments are about how they wish tom got some kind of happy ending with peter. There's no possible happy ending for an evil bastard like him no matter how much he lies to himself and others, he's stuck in the basement for what he has done. This is not a romance story, it's the story of a man that had no true feelings. Freddie saw right through him the moment he laid eyes on him. But somehow all the comments are about expecting him to have some sort of happy ending? People is weird man
Freddie, you mean that misogynist guy? We all know it is not a romance story but movie still had an obvious homosexual theme apparently unlike the book itself. He was still a sociopath but not as bad as an ordinary looking guy like Dickie and the movie that portrayed him actually caused the audience to sympathize with him, among the other trash people in the movie. So this isn't that surprising when people saw Tom in a different light that they wanted to see him in, considering that humans aren't always the cartoonish pure evil type, the way he spoke to Dickie before killing him, how he reacted to opera that reminded him Dickie and himself, the way he actually displayed emotional breakdowns himself as an actual human being whether in the way Peter described him or not, he showed a real desperateness when he said 'tell me good things about Tom'. How he pretended to be someone else and constantly lied is sorta similar to what L and Light had in the Death Note if you ask me
I saw this in the theater how I wanted Tom to be caught he just kept getting away with it. These people endless dumbness but you could see how easy this could happen probably has in real life.
I didnt read the book however I let my imagination flows and think that he continues his patron. Killing Peter means He continues with Meredith. Once He believed found a life with Peter, Meredith appears and change the hole moment. It nevers ends. Because pshyco,s life is an eternal lie. And kill.
Peter knew him as Tom Ripley, but another passenger on the boat, Meredith, knows Tom as Dickie. Meredith and Peter know each other, so Tom realizes that if they (inevitably) speak to each other, he will be exposed.
Yes. He thought about killing Meredith but once her family saw them together, it would be impossible to do it and get away. He doesn’t want to kill Peter but he has to if he wants to get away with everything.
@Mood Element a women wrote the book.and no, it’s true. He did not want to kill Peter but had to. This is what’s echoed in the book. Tom wanted a male lover like Dickie, Peter was it but more his style. In early drafts of the script and the book he takes in another American briefly and tries a non-romantic partnership to where Tom is basically Dickie and says where they go and what they do, but he gets tired of it quickly and kicks him out.
he clearly consciously chose money and success of this world over his true self. made a conscious choice and priorities. he only feels pain in rare glimpses of moments and not fully
I hate this film. Tom ripley is the charachter I hate the most in cinema history. He is by far the biggest psychopath in cinema and for some reason people find him likeable.
None of these characters, Tom or Paris have any backbone. They whine, complain and have a victim mentality. That's why they're easy to hate. Those are not likeable characteristics of the human psyche, hence unlikeable person/personality.
@@emotion_gfx i seriously dont think the writer(s) intended us to come away with an impression that Tom "whines" and "complains" and that because he does these things he is unlikable. if anything we're meant to sympathize with his jealousy of the lives of these rich trust fund babies who did nothing to earn it, while not approving of his murders. Its what makes him a complex and interesting character. but you sound like one of these people who doesnt really get art.
@@emotion_gfx Tom Ripley is a genius. I dont like it but he is damn good at what he does. Front-to-back from obsession to murder and concealment, he executes it perfectly.
he said one thing, but it had multiple meanings layered under, the true one only he knew and the manipulative one meant for peter. he said it that he's not gonna give him keys despite feeling like this for a moment, because he has different priorities, so his words only aimed at deceiving peter and confusing everything while being pseudo open with him, he chose not to be open at any cost. it's how psychopaths talk, when they try to be somewhat truthful to someone. they still manipulate, convolute and deceive at the same time
he said one thing, but it had multiple meanings layered under, the true one only he knew and the manipulative one meant for peter. he said it that he's not gonna give him keys despite feeling like this for a moment, because he has different priorities, so his words only aimed at deceiving peter and confusing everything while being pseudo open with him, he chose not to be open at any cost. it's how psychopaths talk, when they try to be somewhat truthful to someone. they still manipulate, convolute and deceive at the same time
When I saw this at the cinema years ago, the audience actually groaned when Meredith showed up on the ferry at the end of the movie. The movie really does get you rooting for the happiness of a psychopath.
Maybe they groaned because it was such a contrived coincidence, just like when she saw him at the gucci store
That was my exact reaction as well. I mean what are the odds. They would have to be so astronomically tiny to coincidentally run into her on three different occasions.
@@wallraven55 That's the thing though, isn't it. All it takes is one unlucky coincidence and everything can fall apart.
My theory is that this movie keeps the viewer under a constant state of stress as the possibility for Tom to be outed lurks around every corner. When we see him sailing away with his lover we feel we can finally breathe after 2 hours of being on absolute edge. We dont care so much whether he deserves it - we just want to breathe again. And then, BAM! Not so fast!
Not only that - the ending gives you the gift of suspense to take home with you to ponder. Unresolved mini-trauma. You're welcome.
@Jonathan Birch
They are traveling amongst the wealthy so they eventually will meet again.
Tom said it himself, he thought it's better to be 'a fake somebody than a real nobody' and that's why he killed the one person who loved him for who he really was
He killed him cuz the gig was up. Meredith wpulda outed him to Peter Stop it
He didn't love him for who he really was. He wasn't "himself" throughout the entire film. If he even knew who "himself" was.
When you're an isolated, lonely person you don't really have an identity.
Peter never really knew who he was lol
Tom isn't a sociopath and sociopathy has nothing to do with a lack of identity. An identity is formed from your interactions with other people and the relationships you form with them.@@Torrential39399
Peter didn’t know who Ripley really was, he never knew about the horrible things he did and was capable of. If he knew he’d definitely turn on Tom
Favorite thing about this ending is the editing. Tom and Peter talked about having a basement where all their dark secrets are at, and after killing the one person who Tom would have opened that door to, the camera floats into a dark room and you watch the door close.
It's even better than that. Tom is a gay man with internalized homophobia hating himself (much like the author of the original novel - a lesbian in an era when it was scorned). That final scene is him being unable to accept himself and get love being forever stuck in the closet.
That's why the final scene with the door is so great
@@ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣΛΑΧΑΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ didn't know that about the author. The other thing is that the darkness is consuming him as well.
This is the saddest scene. He had gotten away with it, and he had gotten everything he ever wanted out of life. And in the end, he was nothing but a cowardly murderer, with not even the guts to be himself.
(The Tom Ripley character)
We destroy the things we love. And the things that love us. That's literally the message of the movie.
@@damianthorne7495 are you sure Ripley’s not just an irredeemable psychopath?
@@hangry265 no I'm not sure
@@hangry265 True psychopaths, in regard to the mental condition, feel no remorse, no guilt, no emotional attachment at all, particularly to people. If Tom really were a psychopath, he wouldn’t be crying about killing Peter, and every bad thing he did in the movie was a reaction to the first, killing Dickie. I guess what I’m trying to say is the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Peter was so good to him, and still Tom killed him.
These psychopaths harm the nearest people around them…
That’s what great movie villains do.
this entire movie i hated how i was rooting for a total psycho, and i kept having to remind myself how fucked this man was. but this scene literally made me cry cause i genuinely loved peter
Same, i was like NOT my Peter you mfcker😭
I think that’s part of the point, you’re supposed to not like him. But how can you not like him when the people around him are just as vile if not worse.
Imo he was more on the borderline personality disorder side. He didn't necessarily ever PLAN to kill anyone. But he does have sociopathic or narc traits that made it easy for him to commit these crimes
@@RowdyCloudsMeredith, Marge and Peter did barely anything wrong. I can't actually think of anything they did that was wrong.
I don't think he was a psychopath. He reacted with too much emotion throughout the movie. He was just desperate and afraid and maybe overly emotional. Closer to Borderline if anything.
The only person who truly saw him for what he wanted to be.
but he didn't want to be loved for what he is but for the lie
@@BJDibby nah, he did to not get caught
Peter played by a young Jake Davenport was perhaps my favorite character in the entire plot.
Such a tender and delicately beautiful man. His last speech on Tom's character was painful to watch.
This and Good will Hunting are Matt's work of art
@Mood Element but you can't deny that Matt portrayed this character beautifully, with all its mental breakdowns and vulnerability.
@Mood Element just a minute there. Are you opposed to the acting itself or the notion of sociopath getting under the spotlight cuz honestly I don't get your distaste.
Each human being deserves sympathy, even killers at one point in their lives where good humans too before they lost their compass. Sorry, English isn't my first lg.
@Mood Element yeah I get your point, I love movies in general and I loved the way Matt acted in this movie. Yes movies should convey heavy messages but again I enjoy the " acting" more than the "notion". Call me superficial cuz I don't have your level of awareness but that how I perceive the movie industry. If I want a great message I would read a book which unfortunately I haven't cuz I know that this movie is based on a novel but maybe I will read it. Lastly I watched the devils advocate long ago and again the acting performance was spectacular from both actors. Maybe you're referring to keano being given a second chance and the devil being defeated at last unlike Matt's case ??
Again your knowledge in this field exceeds mine so sorry for my poor observation 😊
Rounders was his masterpiece
Bad Will Hunting is terrible
I typically want a somewhat happy ending in films but in this case the ending felt very appropriate and realistic considering Tom's character. Peter and Meredith were inevitably going to meet and Tom's whole cover would be blown. This is who Tom is, a man willing to sacrifice the one person who loved him and therefore his happiness just to escape from himself and be a free but fake Dickie.
It wasn't about being Dickie, it was about not getting cought and go to jail
definitely wasnt going back to Dickie. Tom Ripley has the cash from the trust coming to him. But he now also has three dead bodies/disappearances that follow him...
@@sailormoon4921 Dickie, Freddy, Peter
Not that it matters, but do you think he would get away with that? After the corpse is found I can’t imagine how Tom can escape this one…
He probably threw him overboard and will take his job in Greece
This scene was just heartbreaking! Hands down one of my all time favourite endings to any film
Why? It’s so sad
@@zachary7897 that's why it's amazing, it was able to make you sad.
I like how an unspoken but kind of ever present thing in this movie (sold by the physical casting of matt damon) is that tom is strong. his three murders are all of men and rely on brute force, and you get the sense he's that way by having had to work hard jobs his whole life. its one more component that really sells the class difference between him and all the rich expats he interacts with.
I don’t see it tbh. We see Damon-as-Ripley in a Speedo when he makes his first contact with Greenleaf and while not scrawny he still doesn’t cut a particularly impressive figure. All 3 of his murders are by using the element of surprise and a blunt force weapon in the first two, which would give me and you an advantage over The Rock or Muhammad Ali.
@@omegamanGXE i dont think its to any great degree. gym culture has kind of slanted our perpective on what constitues a stong physique. in the 50s, which this movie cast its actors for very well, most people were thinner, and were likely to have played sports as children but never lifted wieghts or anything (a fat guy like freddie is an outlier and hes not obese by modern standards just a naturally thick rich guy who probably has big appetites) and in that context tom comes across as a pretty strong man in his twenties (which im sure matt damon was)
@@jamesmohab that is so true, muscular physique standards have changed dramatically and have probably warped my view
He's got that crazy guy strength.
@1:40 I never noticed this before, you can see him wrapping the rope around his hand - so haunting.
And the music at the very end as it pans to the mirror is just chilling to close out on.
Omg! I missed that also! How?!!!
Ripley loves Peter. But to keep his fake identity, he has to kill him. The greatest dilemma! Anthony Minghella created a wonderful psychological version (thriller-drama) of a cheap serial-killer novel. Too bad we lost him too early.
tom ripley didnt love anybody. he didnt know how to love
Gross!
@@lisaprince5767 oh please. Love is the great undefineable. You dont get to define what love is ultimately.
The novel was not a cheap serial killer book. I haven’t read it, but from reviews I’ve read it’s a very philosophical work about moral ambiguity, ontological questions, and it includes a critique of capitalism. I’ve been meaning to read it. The reviews say the movies don’t capture a lot of the ideas explored.
@@robertsixto1246If you haven't read it, you don't have a say on how good it is. Now is been a year, so if you have read it, you can probably comment on it. You can't comment on something which you haven't read/watch.
0:28 notice how he only said "that's my", even after Tom knew he was going to do something terrible to Peter he couldnt tell him that he was lying.
The cruelest part of the movie is Peter's death and it really shows how deranged and self-centered Tom is. Terrific scene. This movie really outshines the novel in my opinion especially with the addition of Peter.
Agreed
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I pretend that this scene didn’t happen and him and Peter made up and lived a happy life together 😫😫
Interesting perspective. I take it you truly sympathized with him despite his misdeeds.
Sass Hole I honestly kinda did 😭 I mean he only killed bratty rich boys at that point
@@MarinaAndTheDevil haha, point taken
I didn't notice this till now but once he lays his head on Peter, you look at his hand and he's wrapping that tie around it...
How can anyone live a happy life having murdered two people and deceived countless others? You mean you wanted him to get away with it and for Peter never to find out? Peter would never know and the relationship would be an illusion built on lies because Tom had no conscience to confess his crimes. I don't think that's happiness.
Wow. watching this now in my mid 30s, I never realized how young Matt Damon and the others were In this movie. This is one of the most tragic ending I have ever seen.
He was actually late 20s still young but not super young he looked 20
Late 20’s can be considered pretty damn young
This story was evil and demented anyway, but this scene took it right off the rails. Of course, Matt Damon gives an extraordinary performance but after seeing this movie once, I could never watch it again.
I first watched this film at 14 and had forgotten about this scene. Damn how i cried. So desperately sad.
Same. I thought the film was exquisite but I can never bring myself to watch it all again, knowing it's leading to this scene.
he is a psychopath. if you ever met one and saw their true side, you'd know it's a realistic scene. too bad so many ppl prefer to keep wearing rose-colored glasses about the world we live in
I couldn't care less about the stupid award shows because we all know it's nothing to do with talent and votes with who win those. But it is INSANE how matt Damon did not win best actor or at least a nominee. This is his most nuanced role and his acting is top tier.
This movie on the whole was well acted, Jewd Law did a great job too
@@omegamanGXElol “Jewd”
He was going to get away with it all. After murdering Peter, there was no way he was going to get away with it.
I think he got away with it, If he didn`t kill Peter the inevitably Peter would talk to Meredith and his cover would be blown. He couldn`t kill Meredith because she was with her family and would be missed. Peter on the other hand wouldn`t be. If he disposed the body well then i presume he had gotten away with it.
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@@MultiAdere I like to think that after the ending scene, given how close Marge was to Peter (and how close Peter was to Meredith), that she would have been able to put 2-and-2 together about Tom murdering Peter, and finally have enough evidence to finally sink him and his whole scheme.
That was the one huge flaw in Tom's plan: he gravely underestimated Marge's resolve. She seemed like a harmless little mouse at first, but you could see it in her eyes before leaving Venice; she was going to bring that man doing if it meant the last of her.
A lot of people had seen Tom and Peter together on that cruise. And there would have been records. Plus Meredith's party would have confirmed seeing them both on the same cruise.
As soon as Marge got wind of this, which she definitely would have, it would have given her all the excuse she needed to bring him down.
And you know what I think is the most tragic irony of the ending? As painful as it was to kill Peter, who was the one person that truly loved Tom just for being Tom, he felt this was the only way he could cover he tracks. But I truly do believe that if he had just been upfront and honest with Peter, about everything, then Peter would actually have let it go and kept his mouth shut anyway. because of his gentle nature and his total love and devotion to Tom. Tom didn't have to kill him to protect his identity. But by killing the one person who loved him, he paradoxically did something that would inevitably have led to his arrest anyway.
Great moral message.
Kinda reminded me of the James Cagney movie ''Angels With Dirty Faces''.
That's my interpretation anyway. Besides, the movie deviates a lot from the original book.
@@cybernautadventurer I think you make a great point. Tom was a genius and i think he stayed at large a long time. But eventually got caught because you can't kill a number of people you've been seen together with and remain out of suspicion. He made a mistake killing Tom, he should have told the truth to Peter like you say.
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@@MultiAdere he faked a suicide by hanging, you can see the body swinging in the closet if you look closely
I remember an internet critic mentioning that the ending is just... "tragic". And it is. It left me reeling. Appropriately horrified. He finally found someone to love him for what he truly is... and then he had to... Damn it... I still remember the very last shot... It haunts us...
he's deeply f-ed up since childhood. psychopaths are most difficult to heal those attachment wounds, because they identify their whole life with aggression that was against them in early childhood and despise vulnerability, killed that in themselves long ago and don't identify with that human part they have deep inside/used to have. They're way too rigid with those identifications and it's basically their whole lives. They identify with destroying any vulnerability and attachment they see, and it was shown really good in this scene. They have whole belief systems based on that and see the ''proof'' of how supposedly right they are everywhere in their lives. And they VERY rarely get caught or accountable for their actions, that's why it's even more difficult to change, which was also greatly shown in this movie. Nobody can mirror their true nature back to them, like when they're caught and have to face the consequences
Even though Tom and Peter look visually good together, Peter deserves someone better
No he doesn’t he deserved that 😌
next time around, I guess
He finally got away with it but he stays behind with nothing, he`s just a fake somebody.
money and power, only things that are his passion
I was expecting him to toss Meredith overboard!
Hahahaha same here!
Do we know that he didn’t?
@@buttonman6262 I'm guessing he wouldn't need to since no one on the boat can contradict his story
@@NaturalAegyo True but she is the only one who knows him as Dickie which could cause him problems down the line.
He definitely thought about it, hence why he asked if she was travelling alone, once he had seen she was with a large group he realised the only person he could get away with killing was Peter.
Just watched and I still can't believe Tom killed Peter. Like, ??? He's too precious to be killed
Peter is gross
@@omegamanGXEhow ?
@@omegamanGXEand that's worse than being a murderer in your opinion? That justifies getting killed? 🤨 ....might wanna get yourself checked out first
@@starrynights8184 yes that is worse and yes that justifies it ^_^
@@omegamanGXE ah you're a troll I see lol. Hope you get therapy soon!
Saw this ending as a kid on TV with no context and it scared the hell out of me. Still disturbing.
Great ending , seems out of an existential horror movie with that ethereal lightning and dialogue plus that room is perfect and that door closing , masterpiece
Plus the swinging Mirrors
I absolutely love the ending of The Talented Mr Ripley.
I love that Tom was able to trust Peter enough to tell him about his past and I love that Peter basically said "Y'know what, I love you no matter what. You are smart, sexy, talented and Dickie and Freddie were kind of assholes, so they should've seen it coming." And the next day they watch the sunset on the boat together. And when Meredith shows up, Tom is all like "Hey, look who I found on the boat?" and Peter played along "Such a coincidence we were on this boat together, and yet Dickie and I have decided are getting married next month" and Meredith was all like "I can't blame either of you. Can I be maid of honour?" and she was and they lived happily ever after.
Truly a classic.
Such a wonderful wishful happy ending on this Christmas Day 😄👍
@@sadece-birisi you left out the part where Peter uses his connections to introduce Tom to various well-renowned artists so they both have long successful musical careers as they live happily together. 👍
@@craigbaxter6591 oh yes, I just forgot to add that part! Thank you for reminding
@sadece-birisi no problem
Peter was so gorgeous and he loved Tom😭
This is the most unsatisfying ending ever.
In the best possible way!
@@trunch58 I respectfully disagree.
@@emilengen7825 I respectfully disagree with your disagree
Wow, that is interesting to hear. To me it was the most unsettling and brilliant ending I have ever seen. Chills,
@@emilengen7825 You don't know how storytelling works.
This was phenomenal
Honestly when Kevin Kostner came out with that Murderer movie, I honestly thought it was a sequel to this movie. Only because of HOW CRAZY this was.
This just broke my heart
my sister used to hate Meredith because of this scene.
@asapdammoh we see it differently now. it's just that she happened to be at the wrong places at the wrong times. we both know Tom messed up.
this scene haunts me forever
TOM is choking me
Tom has ligma
@@omegamanGXE pretty bad case too
@@omegamanGXE This shouldn't have made me laugh as hard as it did
Peter is so wildly oblivious.
Wish Gabriel Yared would that final riff in the film soundtrack ... so haunting
The first time you see this movie, you don't understand the ending. But when you rewatch it, you'll realize Tom actually did kill Peter. That's why he had a rope in his hands like if he was supposedly intending to strangle Peter, but because they don't show it to us. Instead, they let us imagine the scene while hearing the audio and in our eyes we only see Tom's unforgivable regret for that, including everything he has done since he killed Dickie.
I don't get why. He wraps the rope, is caught as being Dickie and thus Peter is a liability and one of them has to go but she's with her family, he also walks into the other room alone which he wouldn't have done after the scene as well. Even without the audio it seems clear what's happening imo.
Anyone evet notice that in the beginning he looks at his pin and thinks of the name tom ripley just like he did with dickie... so is he even tom ripley? 😅
Definitely, Lullaby for Cain is the best piece of Music of this Myth of Cain and Abel's Tale...
Only Death in the movie that felt horrible.
for real
I just finished watching this movie… DAMN what an ending. So happy for Tom, he’s such a great guy. He deserves to be happy. 😊
😂
Sadly Tom wanted to live in fantasy. It's such a sad state. If only he chose Peter, it will all be good for him.
Music please??
gabriel yared - proust
the ending makes you think that marge or meredith is a loose end hell have to take out but its realyl peter he chooses to take care of. so wild
He attempted to kill Marge when she discovered he had Dickie's rings but Peter interrupted them. And Meredith was there with her family so she could be missing
He was a true narcissist
One of those times where the movie ending is better than the book (imo). The book ending is way different than this ending.
could you elaborate? i am curious on how it differs from the book
@@justhereforagoodtime88 I will. Peter's character is much greater in the Film than the book, in the book Peter is merely a friend of Tom, never a lover. (This scene from the end of the film doesn't take place, except with Peter "comforting Tom for the 'loss' of his friend") Tom Ripley at the end of the book gets away with not only the Murders / everything he lied about did pretty much but ends up with Dickie's Fortune as a forged will (with him cited as the beneficiary) that Tom made and sent to Dickie's Father/Family after convincing them that Dickie committed suicide the only inconvenience Tom has at the end is being paranoid that the Police will eventually catch him/ the next group of Policemen he sees will "be waiting for him at the next Dock." So no real consequence, just Tom wondering if who he will have to kill next and if / when it will all catch up to him.
@@justhereforagoodtime88 in the book Tom is “likely” to be caught because he’ll want to claim his inheritance bequeathed to him by Dickie. The fingerprints found in Dickie’s (Rome) apartment and also on his found paintings & luggage are actually Tom’s fingerprints. All the Italian cop has to do is check …
In the movie, Peter’s murder will get back to Marge; who’ll realize it’s not a suicide because no way does Freddy get killed, Dickie commit suicide and now Peter. No way will Meredith NOT inform her posh circle of Peter’s suicide; similar to the book Marge & the Italian cop will eventually put two & two together …
@@cedricbeard4609 thanks for filling me in! Yeah killing Peter would've definitely sealed his fate. So after he kills Peter, he is stupid enough to hang around Italy and collect the inheritance, but does he try to assume a new ID or move to a new country if he did end up successfully securing the inheritance? This makes me want to read the 📚
@@justhereforagoodtime88 Peter wasn’t in the book per se, but I didn’t want to outright contradict a fellow fan. Peter was an EXTREMELY minor character who’s in Venice and is fascinated by Tom’s infamy; due to Tom’s friendship with Dickie (presumed missing while tied closely to a murder) … He plays no other purpose / has no further relevance.
The main parallels between the novel & (American) film is that Tom is likely to be caught but it’s not as obvious as in the (French) Film. “Obvious” as in Purple Noon makes it much more likely he’ll be caught.
Roverini is an Italian cop based out of Rome who is basically the “Marge” in The Talented Mr Ripley. It’s likely Mr Greenleaf doesn’t allow Tom to collect the inheritance without his ok, and all Roverini has to do is get his fingerprint. And you know the likelihood of Marge connecting the dots.
The last thing worth mentioning is that the French film made Alain Delon a star. And Patricia Highsmith wrote sequels, in which the consensus was they weren’t canon because they “had” to allow Tom an out (concerning the ending of the first novel).
I accidentally watched this ENTIRE movie with the voice over ON. I honestly thought it was just part of the movie's style or something 🤣
bahhahaa
I think Meredith might realize something is up
The scene where hes waiting for the detective for tom, and he funds out they outsourced him from Rome which he didnt expect. I was cringing because they thought it would be the detective that knew him. Crazy scene just for it to be a new guy lol
I watched this movie at 16 abd didnt get it.i watched ut again at 28 and u cry at this scene..how could he??!!??
Peter knew too much so Tom felt to keep the charade and the lies he had to kill Peter!🫤
Still prefer him than Oliver from Saltburn.
Exactly..and oliver was creepy af whereas Tom was charming too
This guy looks so much like Jack Kerouac
For a brief second, you can tell Tom really regrets having to kill Peter to keep him from finding out…
I don’t get it, he sits on him to death?
you saw the tie in his hand when he laid his head on his face? he was choking him to death
I did see him lay his head on his face
Tom could never give love or accept it, the can only fake it or be obsessed 😮
Good for Christmas snow.
Esse filme é sensacional!
I will never get over this scene,, Peter was so inlove with him you can't even tell me he wasn't, and I feel like Tom knew this, that's why he killed him 😢
Tom killed him, because Peter knew a too much things about Tom
What's with the mirrors
Tom having to self reflect probably and the distorting view of others seeing Tom at different angles.
Great movie but weird comments to it honestly. The story of a psychopath destroying lives wherever he went, manipulating people, it's the story of an evil man and all the comments are about how they wish tom got some kind of happy ending with peter. There's no possible happy ending for an evil bastard like him no matter how much he lies to himself and others, he's stuck in the basement for what he has done.
This is not a romance story, it's the story of a man that had no true feelings. Freddie saw right through him the moment he laid eyes on him. But somehow all the comments are about expecting him to have some sort of happy ending? People is weird man
Freddie, you mean that misogynist guy? We all know it is not a romance story but movie still had an obvious homosexual theme apparently unlike the book itself. He was still a sociopath but not as bad as an ordinary looking guy like Dickie and the movie that portrayed him actually caused the audience to sympathize with him, among the other trash people in the movie. So this isn't that surprising when people saw Tom in a different light that they wanted to see him in, considering that humans aren't always the cartoonish pure evil type, the way he spoke to Dickie before killing him, how he reacted to opera that reminded him Dickie and himself, the way he actually displayed emotional breakdowns himself as an actual human being whether in the way Peter described him or not, he showed a real desperateness when he said 'tell me good things about Tom'. How he pretended to be someone else and constantly lied is sorta similar to what L and Light had in the Death Note if you ask me
@@sadece-birisi he was a pos. He had no feelings for anybody. Not really. The moment anybody became a problem for him he killed them
Ppl like this are at risk of becoming psychopaths' victims
I was actually rooting for them believe me or not like literally
+++++
Because it's haunting to understand when smb does something like this
Genius
Peter in Ripley 1999
So if not for the freak bad luck of Meredith also being on the boat... Tom and Peter would have possibly lived happily ever after?
How sadness ending
What on earth! Now why did he go and do that,
I saw this in the theater how I wanted Tom to be caught he just kept getting away with it. These people endless dumbness but you could see how easy this could happen probably has in real life.
I didnt read the book however I let my imagination flows and think that he continues his patron. Killing Peter means He continues with Meredith. Once He believed found a life with Peter, Meredith appears and change the hole moment. It nevers ends. Because pshyco,s life is an eternal lie. And kill.
Serial kilĺer😢👹👺☠️
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Tom Ripley ...is gay too.
Dude xD low blow sarcasm, man!
Nah that’s just a word. The filthy act being summed up in one word is purely propaganda.
@@mickeywicked478 agreed 🤮
@@mickeywicked478 ??? Homosexuality is one word
@@tomlamb3885 yea, no shit 🤷♂️
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why did he kill him again?
Peter knew him as Tom Ripley, but another passenger on the boat, Meredith, knows Tom as Dickie. Meredith and Peter know each other, so Tom realizes that if they (inevitably) speak to each other, he will be exposed.
@@fancytyme thank you
Yes. He thought about killing Meredith but once her family saw them together, it would be impossible to do it and get away. He doesn’t want to kill Peter but he has to if he wants to get away with everything.
@Mood Element a women wrote the book.and no, it’s true. He did not want to kill Peter but had to. This is what’s echoed in the book. Tom wanted a male lover like Dickie, Peter was it but more his style. In early drafts of the script and the book he takes in another American briefly and tries a non-romantic partnership to where Tom is basically Dickie and says where they go and what they do, but he gets tired of it quickly and kicks him out.
@Mood Element “would I had to kill Peter?” I don’t understand what you’re asking.
You kind of feel bad for him a little, till the ol self preservation thing kick in..😂😂
Full movie please
So him and Meredith live happily ever after?
No not happily because he likes men
Happily on the outside yes. But he killed the best man he was ever going to get.
no chance. Dickie is a wanted man - by the Ghostbusters
Think about Marge.
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What does Tom mean by he is going to be stuck in the basement?
Watch the whole movie… it’s the place in his mind where he locks away his feelings of guilt and his „true“ self
he clearly consciously chose money and success of this world over his true self. made a conscious choice and priorities. he only feels pain in rare glimpses of moments and not fully
The Merediths of this world ruin everything, don't they? 😏
No, the sexual perverts ruin everything 😏
@@omegamanGXE Who?
@@alicenestpasmonprenom5784 Tom Ripley and Peter. Marriage = 1 man, 1 woman, 4 life!
@@omegamanGXE Oh that's very homophobic
@@alicenestpasmonprenom5784 no such thing
I still can’t believe why people liked it, are they rooting for Psychopath.
Idgaf freaking Meredith's fault for taking Tom and Peter away from us😭😡
More like Tom's fault dude 😭
You're seriously blaming an innocent woman over a deranged, murderer psychopath lmao crazy world with stupid people we live in
Tom murdered people for self gain. Say it with me please and stop romanticizing a serial killer.
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I hate this film. Tom ripley is the charachter I hate the most in cinema history. He is by far the biggest psychopath in cinema and for some reason people find him likeable.
The worst character in cinema history is Paris in Troy
None of these characters, Tom or Paris have any backbone. They whine, complain and have a victim mentality. That's why they're easy to hate. Those are not likeable characteristics of the human psyche, hence unlikeable person/personality.
@@emotion_gfx i seriously dont think the writer(s) intended us to come away with an impression that Tom "whines" and "complains" and that because he does these things he is unlikable. if anything we're meant to sympathize with his jealousy of the lives of these rich trust fund babies who did nothing to earn it, while not approving of his murders. Its what makes him a complex and interesting character. but you sound like one of these people who doesnt really get art.
@@emotion_gfx Tom Ripley is a genius. I dont like it but he is damn good at what he does. Front-to-back from obsession to murder and concealment, he executes it perfectly.
@@lehlacheyenne1480 The worst characters in cinema history are Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar (Brokeback Mountain) 🤮
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@@omegamanGXEok?
@@S.D.323 They did 9/11
@@omegamanGXE Even if that were true anti semitism would still be evil
He's gonna be locked in the closet.
he said one thing, but it had multiple meanings layered under, the true one only he knew and the manipulative one meant for peter. he said it that he's not gonna give him keys despite feeling like this for a moment, because he has different priorities, so his words only aimed at deceiving peter and confusing everything while being pseudo open with him, he chose not to be open at any cost. it's how psychopaths talk, when they try to be somewhat truthful to someone. they still manipulate, convolute and deceive at the same time
Tom is….. gay?
He's bisexual
he said one thing, but it had multiple meanings layered under, the true one only he knew and the manipulative one meant for peter. he said it that he's not gonna give him keys despite feeling like this for a moment, because he has different priorities, so his words only aimed at deceiving peter and confusing everything while being pseudo open with him, he chose not to be open at any cost. it's how psychopaths talk, when they try to be somewhat truthful to someone. they still manipulate, convolute and deceive at the same time
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Hommasecks apologetics. Propaganda movie.
Exactly. Disgusting!
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