Highsmith Comparison

Rating: 3/10 (30 April 2006)

For those whom have not read the 5 book Ripley Series by American Writer Patrica Highsmith, this film may be mildly interesting, but for Highsmith Fans after the first twenty minutes of the picture it is painfully obvious, that both the characters and the plot is a thinly veiled, copy inspired by Highsmiths work. i do not need to list the plot entries which include almost every aspect of the film, or the character similarities down to the inclusion of some very familiar character names. As a fan of Highsmith, I could not find one original point from Allen in the entire movie. This greatly saddened me as I am usually a fan of Allen and cannot help but wonder Why Mr. Allen did not film the Second Book in the Ripley series, which is far more cohesive than this piece.