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The Silence of the Lambs
A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism, to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
30 January 1930, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
1 May 1973, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
13 July 1921, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
12 April 1962, East Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2 September 1940, Amarillo, Texas, USA
16 December 1941, Vancouver, Washington, USA
13 November 1948, New York City, New York, USA
26 January 1941, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
5 April 1926, Detroit, Michigan, USA
22 May 1967, New York City, New York, USA
26 June 1956, Stockton, California, USA
2 December 1954, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
September 27, 2015
The Silence of the Lambs, with its dark Freudian subtext, its Poe-like air of foreboding and its chillingly gritty characterizations, is simply a very tough and very scary little movie.
August 12, 2013
The confrontations between Foster and Hopkins -- facing her from an ultrasecure cell -- are models of chilling intensity.
August 12, 2013
It's a gnarled, brutal, highly manipulative film that, at its center, seems morally indefensible.
February 22, 2013
This multi-Oscar-winning classic, adapted from Thomas Harris's bestseller, was responsible for giving cinematic serial killers a better image, thanks to Anthony Hopkins's enthralling portrayal of Hannibal Lecter.
July 10, 2016
An exquisite piece of filmmaking in which basically not one single thing goes wrong at any point.
July 23, 2013
Has any horror movie equalled it in the past 22 years? Perhaps. But if only one super-gory flick is ever considered worthy enough for the Academy's top prize, I'm fine with this being it.
August 12, 2013
Jonathan Demme's hypnotic adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel has a seriousness and intensity that's been entirely lacking in horror movies lately.
August 12, 2013
As Lecter, Anthony Hopkins gives an astounding performance -- eery, menacing, creepy, believable.
August 12, 2013
Jonathan Demme's thriller is artful pulp -- tabloid material treated with intelligence and care and a weird kind of sensitivity.
August 12, 2013
Hopkins' cumulative screen image is one of civility and decency, and the association adds to the withering, macabre effect of his murderer. It is a remarkably lucid portrait of lunacy.
February 17, 2015
The movie, scary and graphic to cause timid souls (such as this writer) to close their eyes at certain points, has a vise-like grip on the audience.
August 12, 2013
Demme comes at Harris' material from another angle: His movie may deal with madness, but his perspective is mercifully sane.