It's intrinsically a gripping story and in this version this kicks in after a long, long time, when Scott and Flynn finally go on the boat trip. After that, the plot kept me watching. However - and it's a big however - the script is flat and the acting flatter. Andrew Scott barely moves a facial muscle throughout. Whatever makes Ripley of any interest to Greenleaf? He's a total bore. There is no sign even so much as lively conversation between them. Johnny Flynn is equally bland. He affects a semi-growling monotone. Playboy glamour? Next to none. As has been noted elsewhere, they are both far, far too old for their parts - in Scott's case by about 20 years! A 27-year-old actor might have prsented us with a "hungrier" and at least livelier Ripley. A very strange feature of the plot near the end is that the American detective correctly works out (guesses?) what's what and asks the key question (which I won't give away here) but promptly drops it. Why? It's not the only puzzling and convenient feature of the plot, but I won't say more.
