Silence of the Lambs
Directed by Jonathan Demme (Beloved)
Writen by Ted Tally (Before and After)
Based on the novel by Thomas Harris
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins (Amistad) as Hanniabal Lecter
Jodie Foster (Contact) as Clarice Starling
Scott Glenn (Backdraft) as Jack Crawford
As Reviewed by Kimberly Swank
There have been many psychopath movies made to make you cringe. The ones based on true stories get me the most. A deranged psychiatrist who can’t be trusted with a pen starts eating his patients… A transvestite wannabe does some sewing of his own on a personal mannequin… and a student in criminal law is trying to "piece" this puzzle together; only the answer is right in front of her face, or so says the doctor. Will I tell you what that is? No. You’ll definitely have to see this yourself. As for those of you who aren’t into seeing someone’s entrails dangling from their body cavity, then this is not the movie for you. There’s also some, how shall I say, not your everyday nakedness. Definitely not a movie I would take your five-year-old cousin to see.
The plot of the movie is extremely original. There is a serial killer on the loose, who kills his victims because of their clothing size. The FBI sends a young student (Jodie Foster, Contact) to confer with Hannibal Lector, a psychiatrist gone supposedly mad by eating the flesh. The actor portraying Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lector (Antony Hopkins, Nixon) does a fine job of showing his extreme "intellect". He makes Foster realize the mind of a mass murderer can be extremely intelligent … or completely psycho. He shows her that people who have an obsession with something can be, and most likely is, very good with figuring out what they have to do to keep their obsession alive. Even though this movie may be an older film (1991), it is one I would recommend going to a rental store and paying a couple of bucks to see.
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