Ripley on Netflix review: Andrew Scott dazzles but Johnny Flynn and Dakota Johnson can’t compete with the original cast
The first thing to say about Netflix’s bold Ripley remake is that is unbelievably, extravagantly beautiful. The cinematography is grand and exquisite. I’ve never seen a television show look so cinematic. Think Hitchcock meets Antonioni meets Wes Anderson. Visually, it’s MDMA for the eyeballs, an absolute masterclass.
The series has, however, a terrible, and I’m afraid insurmountable problem. And that is that the
