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Plein Soleil Reviews

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Tom Ripley is paid $5000 to go to Italy to bring back his friend Philippe Greenleaf, an American industrialist's wayward son. Ripley, a charming young man whose social skills of imitation and forgery allow him to insinuate himself into almost any situation, finds his target and gets seduced by playboy Philippe and his decadent .. Read more

Starring	Alain Delon, Marie LaForet, Maurice Ronet
Director	Rene Clement
Genres	Thriller

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- Sparkling variation on an American film noir, glowing in the Mediterranean sun and maintaining suspense as well as a sense of sexual ambiguity.
- 34041
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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- - 9
  - 2
  Puts The Talented Mr Ripley Under Water
  
  Did you find The Talented Mr Ripley overlong, overwrought and fairly vapid in its direction. Then watch this and see how it has been done better and smarter. I ... read more »
  
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  - Saty
  - Reading
  - 14 Mar 2005 at 10:43
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- - 0
  - 1
  Dream and Time Warp
  
  This put me in a different state to the every-day. The black and white cinematography rolling by with only 2 or 3 characters to concentrate on made me half fall... read more »
  
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- - Bulie
  - 5 reviews
  - London
  - 21 Aug 2008 at 14:13
- - 1
  - 0
  Performances galore - Plein Soleil
  
  I watched TheTalented Mr Ripley when it was realeased and loved the film but I knew the film lacked great performances and after watched Plein Soleil the void ... read more »
  
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- - Shehzadi
  - 3 reviews
  - Wolverhampton, West Midlands
  - 21 Apr 2008 at 21:56
- - 0
  - 0
  Menace in the sun
  
  Brilliantly evoked story, with the advantage of being made almost contemporaneously with the period of the novel, before the mediterranean fishing ports filled ... read more »
  
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- - flickgazer
  - 10 reviews
  - Watford
  - 17 Feb 2008 at 22:44
- - 0
  - 0
  Traitement de choc
  
  From the very variable Alain Jessua, a stylish, Hollywood-style thriller, in which the main plot twist is pretty obvious, and the narrative construction equally... read more »
  
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 12 Jul 2007 at 20:17
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  - 0
  L'eclisse
  
  Even by the standards of the great Michelangelo Antonioni, this is an imperious, chilly, commanding film. From an Olympian distance, he passes judgment on the ... read more »
  
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 28 Jun 2007 at 12:27
- - 0
  - 0
  talent is an asset
  
  Ripley as an old friend is sent by Greenleaf's father to bring his son back to San Francisco for fee of $5000 to stop him spending money. He gets better ... read more »
  
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- 388205
- - juradino
  - 627 reviews
  - London
  - 23 Nov 2006 at 22:06
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  - 4
  opposite view
  
  The problem with this version is that it strays to far from the book. The 1999 version is much closer to the book and has a lot more tension as the law closes ... read more »
  
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- - david cook
  - chelmsford
  - 17 Sep 2006 at 19:59
- - 3
  - 0
  Delon is better.
  
  A far better film than 'The Talented Mr Ripley'.
  
  Alain Delon wipes the screen with Mat Damon in his portrayal of the sociopathic Tom Ripley.<... read more »
  
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- - Daniel Ward
  - Belfast
  - 18 May 2006 at 13:11
- - 0
  - 0
  Matt Damon - who he?
  
  I enjoyed Talented Mr Ripley but my fellow reviewer's description of it as 'vapid' is fair in retrospect. This version, which was made not long ... read more »
  
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- - Richard Holland
  - North Wales
  - 03 Jan 2006 at 11:57
- - 3
  - 1
  Plain to see.
  
  The scenes on the sailing boat are perhaps the best I've ever seen in a film and that includes Jaws. Alain Delon is terrific in these scenes - it must have... read more »
  
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- - neonknight
  - London
  - 24 Apr 2005 at 19:14
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- - 9
  - 2
  Puts The Talented Mr Ripley Under Water
  
  Did you find The Talented Mr Ripley overlong, overwrought and fairly vapid in its direction. Then watch this and see how it has been done better and smarter. I ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 81143
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Saty
  - Reading
  - 14 Mar 2005 at 10:43
- - 3
  - 0
  Delon is better.
  
  A far better film than 'The Talented Mr Ripley'.
  
  Alain Delon wipes the screen with Mat Damon in his portrayal of the sociopathic Tom Ripley.<... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 245715
- - Daniel Ward
  - Belfast
  - 18 May 2006 at 13:11
- - 3
  - 1
  Plain to see.
  
  The scenes on the sailing boat are perhaps the best I've ever seen in a film and that includes Jaws. Alain Delon is terrific in these scenes - it must have... read more »
  
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- - neonknight
  - London
  - 24 Apr 2005 at 19:14
- - 1
  - 0
  Sun, Sea and Murder
  
  Famously re-made as 'The Talented Mr Ripley', 'Plein Soleil' is a far less flamboyant and indulgent affair than Minguella's film, and all ... read more »
  
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- - Lennychinaski
  - London
  - 02 Apr 2005 at 01:09
- - 1
  - 0
  Performances galore - Plein Soleil
  
  I watched TheTalented Mr Ripley when it was realeased and loved the film but I knew the film lacked great performances and after watched Plein Soleil the void ... read more »
  
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- - Shehzadi
  - 3 reviews
  - Wolverhampton, West Midlands
  - 21 Apr 2008 at 21:56
- - 0
  - 0
  Matt Damon - who he?
  
  I enjoyed Talented Mr Ripley but my fellow reviewer's description of it as 'vapid' is fair in retrospect. This version, which was made not long ... read more »
  
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- 189247
- - Richard Holland
  - North Wales
  - 03 Jan 2006 at 11:57
- - 0
  - 0
  Edge of the Seat
  
  This is one of the great thrillers: obviously influenced by Hitchcock, and up there with the best of his 'fifties' films. The characters and ... read more »
  
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  - FrankIV
  - 393 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 07 Dec 2004 at 10:18
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  You can't miss this french classic
  
  Probably almost a cult french movie set on beautiful summer of post-war Italy.
  
  Very original movie more dinamic than 'Tallented Mr Ripley' ... read more »
  
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- - Gerald5
  - Brighton
  - 25 Jan 2005 at 15:21
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  Original and best Ripley adaptation
  
  Classy European version of the 'Talented Mr.Ripley', gorgeous cast, locations etc. Proper period details and acting, great direction. Why weren't ... read more »
  
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- - demon64
  - Manchester
  - 06 Feb 2005 at 16:02
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  - 0
  Great film
  
  I remember seeing this film in black and white a long time ago and it stuck in my mind due to the ending which is magical in the way that all the threads of the... read more »
  
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- 326635
- - BigSry
  - Glasgow
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:07

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  Tom Ripley is paid $5000 to go to Italy to bring back his friend Philippe Greenleaf, an American industrialist's wayward son. Ripley, a charming young man whose social skills of imitation and forgery allow him to insinuate himself into almost any situation, finds his target and gets seduced by ...

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  Tom Ripley is paid $5000 to go to Italy to bring back his friend Philippe Greenleaf, an American industrialist's wayward son. Ripley, a charming young man whose social skills of imitation and forgery allow him to insinuate himself into almost any situation, finds his target and gets seduced by ...