The Silence of the Lambs Review: ★ 4 Quality & ☺4 Rewatchability (2740 Ratings)

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The Silence of the Lambs 2000

Jonathan Demme

Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald

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Rachel Marshall 10 months ago

Gripping, grim and fascinating. Really well made with good pacing. Stellar acting

Neil Cooke over 1 year ago

Years later, it's still a great movie. Hopkins & Foster have incredible presence.

Alice Albescu 2 years ago

I still can't use lotion without thinking of Bill.

Ryan Allen over 2 years ago

This movie is electric!

Guy Meltzer over 2 years ago

hopkin's Lecter is still a terrifying villain

Sinead Shahrzad over 2 years ago

Just phenomenal

Mikus Zeberiņš over 2 years ago

at points slightly predictable but otherwise perfectly executed

Jonathan Evans almost 3 years ago

Iconic. I don't have anything else to say.

Grace almost 3 years ago

Is it bad I was braced for something more thrilling and psychological than what I saw...?

Leif Jacobson almost 3 years ago

Chilling and wonderful. A landmark in cinema.

Freya 3 years ago

I really don't know what the hype is about?!

Claire Pom 3 years ago

The two main characters are very interesting, both in a different way. plays with feelings

Adam Connell over 3 years ago

Star-making turns abound, the film manipulates the emotions of the viewer quite deftly.

Annika Løchte Taylor over 3 years ago

I had very high expectations, and even though it was great it didn't quite live up to them

Ana Annie over 3 years ago

Great!

Aleksandra Bajić over 3 years ago

Great movie!

Lachie Munro over 3 years ago

Very deep and thought-provoking movie. Edge of your seat thriller too!

Tony Gandía over 3 years ago

Almost the perfect cerebral horror thriller. Foster and Hopkins are spellbinding.

Austin over 3 years ago

It's exciting that the Academy awarded such an awesome and unblinking genre film.

Ay Lin over 3 years ago

If you didn't fall in love with Hecter while watching this, you are a liar. Right Clarice?

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American thriller film that blends elements of the crime and horror genres. It was directed by Jonathan Demme and stars Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Ted Levine, and Scott Glenn. It is based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris, his second to feature Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. In the film, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Lecter to apprehend another serial killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill". The Silence of the Lambs was released on February 14, 1991, and grossed over $272 million. The film was the third film to win Oscars in all the top five categories: Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Clarice Starling (Foster) is pulled from her training at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia, by Jack Crawford (Glenn) of the Bureau's Behavioral Science Unit. He tasks her with interviewing Hannibal Lecter ...