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Ripley follows con man Tom Ripley (Scott) after he is hired by a wealthy benefactor to convince his vagabond son Dickie Greenleaf (Johnny Flynn) to return home from Italy.
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Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
About 2 million California Republicans voted for a lying, uncivil, fraudulent con man.
—George Skelton, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
What is the validity of a bill of sale, the novel poses, when any white con man can claim the nearest Black person as his own?
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
While Ben is honest and skilled with a gun, Sam is a sly con man who depends on his clever thinking and schemes.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
But Tartuffe is a hypocrite and a con man, who his scheming to seduce Orgon’s wife, Elmire, and get his hands on Orgon’s fortune.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
Our players are: Jinx Alameda, a bounty hunter at the top of her game who’s tired of her grimy life; Goldfish, a charming con man and wanted felon who falls head over heels for Jinx; and Columbia, Goldfish’s loose-cannon partner, who has big criminal dreams.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
In each one, con man Tom Ripley comes dangerously close to being caught or killed.
—Adrienne Wyper, theweek, 23 Jan. 2024
Bradley Cooper stars as Stan Carlisle, a con man who learns how to fake (and monetize) psychic powers through his time in a 1940s carnival.
—Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2024
Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
About 2 million California Republicans voted for a lying, uncivil, fraudulent con man.
—George Skelton, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
What is the validity of a bill of sale, the novel poses, when any white con man can claim the nearest Black person as his own?
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
While Ben is honest and skilled with a gun, Sam is a sly con man who depends on his clever thinking and schemes.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
But Tartuffe is a hypocrite and a con man, who his scheming to seduce Orgon’s wife, Elmire, and get his hands on Orgon’s fortune.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
Our players are: Jinx Alameda, a bounty hunter at the top of her game who’s tired of her grimy life; Goldfish, a charming con man and wanted felon who falls head over heels for Jinx; and Columbia, Goldfish’s loose-cannon partner, who has big criminal dreams.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
In each one, con man Tom Ripley comes dangerously close to being caught or killed.
—Adrienne Wyper, theweek, 23 Jan. 2024
Bradley Cooper stars as Stan Carlisle, a con man who learns how to fake (and monetize) psychic powers through his time in a 1940s carnival.
—Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2024
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“Con man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20man. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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