The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme
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Plot Summary
Clarice Starling, a gutsy FBI trainee haunted by her past, risks her life in an attempt to save a missing woman from certain death. The desperate, deadly search for a killer makes Clarice confront her deepest fears as she must confront and befriend convicted psychopathic serial killer Dr. Hannibal 'the Cannibal' Lechter, a monstrous brilliant psychiatrist, who can lead her to the murderer.
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TOMATOMETER
96%- Reviews Counted: 54
- Fresh: 52
- Rotten: 2
- Average Rating: 8.5/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: The Silence of the Lambs is pop film making of a high order. It could well be the first big hit of the year.
Fresh: Demme has created a supremely sensuous and hypnotic thriller, one that's likely to become his first major hit.
Fresh: For all the unbridled savagery on display, what is shrewd, significant and finally hopeful about Silence of the Lambs is the way it proves that a movie can be mercilessly scary and mercifully humane at the same time.
Fresh: Main attraction: the intellectual tug-of-wills between Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins.
Customer Reviews
"Silence" is Golden
Robert Harris' novel "Red Dragon" first inrtoduced us to Hannibal Lekter. Then they made a film out of it called "Manhunter", starring "CSI:"'s William Peterson. And in 1991 they brought Lecter back. Anthony Hopkins is the epitome of evil, with his soft spokeness and coolness, yet it is undeniable that he is one of the most evil characters in history. Jodi Foster also shines as a brave FBI agent trying to track down a ruthless killer. And how does she find him? By playing mind games with Dr. Lecter. I've noticed that many of the reviews have said "Best Horror Movie Ever", but is it really a "horror movie". I think not. I find this to be one of the most suspenseful Psychological Horror films of all time. So great are the performances that both Jodi Foster and Anthony Hopkins got Oscars (Hopkins' performance was 27 minutes long). This film will go down in history as one of the greatest in any genre.
BEST MOVIE EVER!
Anthony Hopkins was only in this for like twenty four minutes and won an Oscar! The way he acts and the suspense he brings is amazing.
The Best Horror film If not One of the Best Movies of All Time
this movie exceeds all expectations! it won all 5 major academy awards(best picture, best actor and actress, best director, and best screenwriting)! Antony Hopkins is at his best in this movie as Hannabal Lector, a cannibalist doctor who has been locked up for many years. Jodie Foster, "Clarice", is trying to get him to tell him the location of a man named Buffalo Bill, who has been kidnapping women. Hannabal only tells her information if she tells him her past with him. This movie is one of those films which will be remembered for centuries to come! Buy it! You won't be dissapointed!!!
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- $9.99
- Genre: Thriller
- Released: 2004
- © 1991 Orion Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved.
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