Matt Damon plays Tom Ripley, a New York nobody who is sent by a millionaire to Italy to bring back that millionaire's son, Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law, terrific), who's spending his inheritance loafing on the beach with his whiny girlfriend Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow, well cast). Ripley winds up befriending Dickie... then falls madly in love with him. After something horrible… read more!