7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Crime, Thriller • 2002 • 110 min • Adults (18+)
Ripley's Game (2002)
Ripley's Game (2002)
Overview
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and little to leave them. If Ripley draws Jonathan into the game, can Ripley maintain control? Does it stop at one killing? What if Ripley develops a conscience?
Starring Cast
John Malkovich • Dougray Scott • Lena Headey
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Viewer Rating
7.4
Overview
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and little to leave them. If Ripley draws Jonathan into the game, can Ripley maintain control? Does it stop at one killing? What if Ripley develops a conscience?
Starring Cast
John Malkovich • Dougray Scott • Lena Headey
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film explores individual morality, deception, and the psychological aspects of crime without engaging in a critique or promotion of specific political ideologies or societal structures, leading to a neutral rating.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The movie features a cast that is predominantly white, consistent with its source material and setting, without explicit race or gender swaps of traditional roles. The narrative focuses on a psychological thriller plot, exploring individual character dynamics and criminal activities, rather than offering a critique of traditional identities or explicitly centering DEI themes.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Neutral
Confidence: Medium
Ripley's Game features Tom Ripley, a character whose ambiguous sexuality and homoerotic subtext are integral to his complex persona. The film portrays Ripley as a manipulative, amoral individual, but it does not explicitly connect his implied queer identity to his villainy. The narrative maintains a neutral stance, neither affirming nor denigrating LGBTQ+ themes, presenting them as an incidental aspect of a multifaceted character.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film "Ripley's Game" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on Tom Ripley's involvement in a murder plot, with no elements related to transgender identity present in the story or character arcs.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Ripley's Game" (2002) is an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel. All major characters, including Tom Ripley, Jonathan Trevanny, and Sarah Trevanny, retain their established genders from the source material in the film adaptation.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
Based on the source novel by Patricia Highsmith, the main characters, including Tom Ripley and Jonathan Trevanny, are consistently portrayed by actors of the same race as established in the original material. No character's race was altered for this adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.6
6.4
Critic Ratings
9.2
N/A
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