There's a new serial killer on the loose and as the partially skinned corpses
of women continue to wash up on the shores of local rivers the FBI is getting
more and more desperate to catch the killer. They're doing everything they know
to do, including interviewing killers with similar M.O.'s already in custody.
But the one they want to talk to the most, Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter,
isn't interested in talking to them. So they send in a young, attractive FBI
Academy recruit, Clarence Starling, to talk to him, because they know that she's
"his type". It works and he talks to her, but only because he has something
sinister in mind.I'm sure at this point in time everybody on the universe has seen THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and they should because it's excellent movie. Watching it again for this review was interesting, because even though I've seen it dozens of times I still got wrapped up in the story. The construction of the story is brilliant, the acting by the entire cast is mind-blowing and the editing is so sharp that it's hard to believe the filmmakers where able to cram so much emotion and detail and character development into 118 minutes!
If you haven't seen this movie, then you really should. Not only is it an excellent movie and massively influential, but it's one of the rare times the Academy Awards actually got it right...mostly. Ted Levine wasn't even nominated for his performance! But it did sweep all of the major awards, including Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins who was absolutely perfect as Hannibal Lecter. So perfect, in fact, that I still think of that role every time I see him.
Part 1 - Manhunter (1986)
Part 3 - Hannibal (2001)
Part 4 - Red Dragon (2002)
Part 5 - Hannibal Rising (2007)
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