Product: The American Friend [VHS] (1977)
Rating: 3.0
Ganz is great but the film is dull
The Bottom Line:The weakest of the films involving Tom Ripley (though I haven't seen Ripley Under Ground), Wim Wender's slow moving adaptation of Ripley's Game features an impressive performance by Bruno Ganz but Dennis Hopper is mediocre as Ripley himself and during several passages the film slows to a crawl; unless you're determined to see every Ripley film or love the director's work, you'd be better suited to watch the 2002 Ripley's Game instead.2.5/4