Purple Noon
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Movie Reviews of Purple Noon
Movie Review: HYPNOTIC FRENCH NOIR
Summary: 4 Stars
The French title Plein Soliel has been translated PURPLE NOON (Miramax), but "broad daylight" is more accurate. Rene Clement's 1960 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's diabolical murder mystery The Talented Mr. Ripley is better than the recent remake. Alan Delon is the ice-cold Ripley who kills his friend and assumes his identity. The restored 1960 film, bathed in Mediterannean sunlight and color, looks like it was shot yesterday.Movie Review: 3.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Arguably the best adaptation of a Highsmith Ripley novel, Purple Noon is an engaging thriller with a corker of an ending; if you liked the more recent Matt Damon version then be sure to check this one out, and if you're uninitiated into the world of Tom Ripley then check it out anyway.
Movie Review: Hot, Hot, Hot!
Summary: 4 Stars
Good thriller, ala Alain Delon. Beautiful Italian scenery. Wonderfully ironic finale. Hollywood, please stop remaking good, classic films into mediocre, homogeonized ones.Movie Review: Entertaining
Summary: 3 Stars
Unfortunately the version I received was dubbed, which has a definite impact on this review. I despise dubbed movies, so I know this version affected my review. That being said, this film holds up over time and doesn't feel remotely dated. The cinematography as well as the actors, is positively gorgeous. It's impossible to comment on the acting because all I would be commenting on is the emoting which would be five stars. Other than a vague similarity in storyline, it doesn't really bear a resemblance to The Talented Mr. Ripley. I felt a much greater characterization in The Talented Mr. Ripley; got a greater sense of who they were. Purists will consider The Talented Mr. Ripley an abomination of this film, but I actually enjoyed it more. Any Alain Delon fan will love this film and perhaps a year from now I will try and get the subtitled version, but at this moment...viewing it once was enough.Movie Review: ok eurotrash thriller
Summary: 3 Stars
It takes 40 minutes for the first crime in this movie to happen---Hitchcock in his prime would have had it happen in 20 minutes...? Even by 1960s standards, this movie is lesurely paced, though the 2nd half of the movie does move faster.
Alain Delon is the only familiar actor; Hitchcock, and even Mario Bava movies, had better casts.
The climax is one of the best in movies, akin to Hitchcock's FRENZY.
If you're familar with the novel this is based on, you'll probably like this movie a lot more.
The english version is unintentionally funny---cause the english subtitles don't match up with what is being said in English.