You’d think that Matt Damon broke out as a star in the early 2000s with The Bourne Identity, but he had already delivered a handful of major hits in the 1990s. The first was <em>Good Will Hunting</em>, which grossed more than $225 million worldwide and won Damon and Ben Affleck Oscars for their original screenplay. The very next year, Damon played the titular role in Steven Spielberg‘s Saving Private Ryan, which grossed nearly $500 million worldwide. In 1999, he showed the world that he could also play more complex characters and delivered arguably his slipperiest performance ever. The 1999 movie is currently streaming on Peacock in the United States, but not for much longer.
It was based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith and directed by the late Anthony Minghella. The movie also featured Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Produced on a reported budget of $40 million, it grossed nearly $130 million worldwide and received five nominations at the Oscars. It was nominated in the Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor categories, but Damon was curiously overlooked at both the Oscars and the BAFTAs.
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Here’s How Long You Have Left To Watch Matt Damon’s Psychological Thriller
We’re talking, of course, aboutThe Talented Mr. Ripley, in which Damon played the titular murderer who targets a wealthy playboy in Europe. The movie now holds a “Certified Fresh”85% critics’ score and an80% audience score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “With Matt Damon’s unsettling performance offering a darkly twisted counterpoint to Anthony Minghella’s glossy direction,The Talented Mr. Ripley is a suspense thriller that lingers.”
A ravishing new adaptation of Highsmith’s novel was written and directed byScott Frank for Netflix. It featuredAndrew Scott in the role made famous by Damon, and was critically acclaimed for its monochrome cinematography, tense writing, and Scott’s central performance. Damon’s movie, on the other hand, will be available to stream onPeacock until June 1.You can check it out in the run-up to possibly his most ambitious project yet,Christopher Nolan’sThe Odyssey, which is slated for a July release. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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