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Rating: Q=6, P=6 / Average OJ
Scale 1=3, Scale 2=3, Scale 3=3, Scale 4=3
Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Based on Book
I love Patricia Highsmith stories. There have been a few adaptations of The Talented Mr. Ripley but I had always been told that Purple Noon was the best. I was not disappointed. Alain Delon is a perfect Tom, beautiful and nonchalant on the surface but evil and disturbed inside. We don't get in his head like we do in the novel, but the artistry and slow, deliberate pacing helps us spend more time watching him and, eerily, relating to him. It's a gorgeous film--like an eternally sunny watercolor painting--but such a creepy story.
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