Movie #21: The Silence of the Lambs

Movie #: 21
Movie Title: The Silence of the Lambs
Year Released: 1991

Director: Jonathan Demme
Notable Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine

Short Description: A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #74
IMDB.com: #24
Ranker.com: #14
Lifed.com: #25
Empire.com: N/A
FilmCrave.com: #12
FlickChart.com: #28



Date Watched: 11/15/2016

Grade: 3.5 out of 5 (Very Good)

Rationale: Unsurprisingly, the cold and calculated Hannibal Lecter, played by Anthony Hopkins, steals every scene he's in and, up until the climax when Jodie Foster's Clarice Starling tracks down and confronts the killer "Buffalo Bill", Hannibal's conversations with Clarice are the only reason you need to watch The Silence of the Lambs. Though not scary, Lecter is a character that can easily cause chills. Foster is ok in her role as an FBI trainee in charge of taking down "Buffalo Bill" and Ted Levine is more than adequately creepy as "Buffalo Bill" himself.