Hannibal Rising
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: February 9, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
12
Negative:
14
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
For better and worse, the movie is more attractive and competently assembled than its schlock peers. That's refreshing, but it hardly excuses the appalling lack of suspense, intermittent tastelessness, or shockingly low camp quotient. Read full review
38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Errors in logic will delight the attentive. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleJosh Rosenblatt
Who would have thought mass murder and cannibalism could be so dull? Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesSam Adams
Bad as Harris' Hannibal Rising screenplay (his first) is, at least it's an improvement on his dreadful book, streamlining its convoluted action and discarding large chunks of unspeakable dialogue. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
This Hannibal is a stick-in-the-mud altogether lacking in the wit, gourmet appetites and romantic flair required of any surrogate for Sir Anthony Hopkins. By the end of two full hours, it's only Harris' head you long to see on a plate. Read full review
25
Chicago TribunePhil Vettel
A sort-of combination of "Lambs," "Batman Begins" and "The Joy of Cooking," Hannibal Rising ostensibly dramatizes the atrocities that turned Hannibal Lecter from loving child to serial killer. But this film is larded up with so many food references that I'm undecided whether this story belongs in a film compendium or a recipe file. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The funniest movie of the year - a true laugh riot. Viewers will be holding their sides to contain the laughter. Forget Borat - if you're looking for something hilarious, this is the movie to see. What's that? It's not supposed to be a comedy. Oops. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Not just a bad film, Hannibal Rising is downright dull, which is a far worse crime. Read full review
25
New York PostKyle Smith
Dull and dreary prequel. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
For the first time in the film series, Harris wrote the screenplay himself, which means the movie is practically identical to the book. In other words, they both stink. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Not quite repellent enough to avoid tedium, Hannibal Rising is both too familiar in portraying Hannibal as a Dracula-like aristocrat monster, and crud in its exploitation of wartime atrocities. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Hannibal Rising reduces this great creature of the pop imagination to a Eurotrash Boy Scout throwing a homicidal snit fit. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
It's all quite a mess, with awkward performances, worse dialogue and a painfully protracted running time conspiring against any chance of enjoyment, even in a so-bad-it's-good guilty pleasure way. Read full review
10
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Silly, slack and unforgivably tedious, Thomas Harris's screenplay is padded with interminable flashbacks and a bombastic score that telegraphs every emotion Hannibal represses. And there are a lot of them. Read full review
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