The Talented Mr. Ripley

Revealing mistake: When Ripley is leaving New York, there is the shot of the ship sailing out of the harbour. Check out the water - one layer has been 'cloned' on top of another.

Revealing mistake: During the scene on the boat while Ripley is reading the book, Paltrow gets out of the water and walks to where she is leaving a trail of wet footprints. If you notice there is already one set of footprints that have not dried from an earlier take.

Revealing mistake: The letter which is typed on the Olivetti portable typewriter (certainly an accurate model for this period) is obviously a modern laser-printed letter, not from a manual typewriter.

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: When Tom, posing as Dickie, rents a place in Rome, and after Tom kills Freddie, the police are all over him. Marge visits and Tom, as Dickie, asks the policeman to ask her to come back later, leaving Tom alone with the detective. But as Marge creeps up the stairs to see Dickie, the policeman is suddenly with Tom and the detective, even though the policeman had left and Tom had closed the doors. The policeman should not have been there.

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Quotes

Freddie Miles: I want this job of yours, Tommy. I was just saying, you live in Italy, sleep in Dickie's house, eat Dickie's food, wear his clothes, and his father picks up the tab. If you get bored, let me know, I'll do it.

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Questions

Question: I know that Tom had to kill Peter because of Meredith's family being there and all, but what exactly does this end mean? Is Ripley caught as a liar? Does he stay as Dickie for the rest of his life? What exactly does this end suggest?

Answer: He slips back into the original lie he was telling Meredith, so he can be with her. Peter would know he was lying, so Tom must kill him.

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