The Silence of the Lambs
Orion Pictures Corporation | Release Date: February 13, 1991
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MrBreadJul 1, 2020
Its not only has one of the most suspensful and thrilling movies of all time performacnes from anthony hopkins and jodey foster are outstanding.
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ShonnakanJul 7, 2020
Silence of the lambs is Thiller Horror movie released in 1991 directed by Jonathan Demme.Why is silence of the lambs such a great movie ? If you are looking for an answer to this question,then I have it for you.
The 2 cental charectorsSilence of the lambs is Thiller Horror movie released in 1991 directed by Jonathan Demme.Why is silence of the lambs such a great movie ? If you are looking for an answer to this question,then I have it for you.
The 2 cental charectors Dr.Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling are what makes this such a great movie.The connection between those two charecters were so brilliantly explored through this movie and the oscar winning perfomances from both Anthony Hopkins and Jodie foster adds to the charm..It is a masterpiece and surely worth your time...… Expand
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GoobisJul 8, 2020
Anthony Hopkins gives a phenomenal performance. Nearly every aspect of this movie is great. It has some slow out of place scenes, but other than that it is brilliantly tense and we'll written. Any scene with letter is instantly great.
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Kirollos_NoahJul 26, 2020
The Silence of the Lambs was directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally. Starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Ted Levine.

Based on the famous novel by Thomas Harris, and it's about a young FBI cadet who receives the help ofThe Silence of the Lambs was directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally. Starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Ted Levine.

Based on the famous novel by Thomas Harris, and it's about a young FBI cadet who receives the help of Hannibal Lecter, an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

There won't be any kind of spoilers in this review, but I'll discuss some of its scenes deeply, without going into spoilers, just wanted to warn y'all. All set? Let's go then!

The Silence of the Lambs starts with our protagonist, Clarice Starling (played by Jodie Foster) training with the opening credits. It's a very effective scene, some viewers won't pay much attention to it, but it's really important, it shows us that our protagonist, Clarice, is nothing but a trainee! Of course, that was mentioned later on in the movie, but seeing her training with your own eyes without the characters telling you at first, is such a powerful scene. We get to see that at the climax of the movie too, not just there, we get to see that in almost every scene that genuinely requires her to do a hard decision. And of course, that goes to the stellar performance by Jodie Foster!

What makes this character so good to watch, is that she is not a professional FBI agent or whatever, she's a trainee, and she's trying to prove herself, sometimes in doing some really hard stuff, and later on, in the movie that was kinda hinted that she's doing it not to impress the others, but to impress herself and do to face the thing that she's most afraid of. And that does make her character very easy to relate to and to sympathize with her character even more!

The movie doesn't take time showing us her backstory at the beginning or giving us all the information about all the characters at first, it takes time, and it gives us the information we need about most of the characters, not in the form of a flashback, but mostly in the form of a dialogue, which is even better because if it was in the form of flashbacks we wouldn't have gotten this amazing scene between Lecter and Starling in the prison, where Starling is telling Lecter about the lambs, which is not just my favorite scene in the movie, but one of my favorite scenes of all-time!

We get quickly to meet Lecter, we get to brief info about him, and how he used to kill and eat his victims, and then we get to meet and see him, and he's not the cannibal we thought he would be, he's very settled, calm, civilized and kinda respectful. And that's another thing this movie nailed, we thought he would be loud and wild, like how he was described, or at least how you imagined he would be, but he's different, even when we get to see him killing and eating a man's lips, he listened to music afterward, which makes him unique and very intriguing.

Anthony Hopkins' performance as Lecter is one of my favorite performances in a horror movie, he nailed this character, every scene he was in it, the tension was there, even though he might be just speaking with someone, or being normal, the way he just talks is very scary!

Ted Levine doesn't get many praises for his role in this movie, maybe because he wasn't in this movie a lot, but still, whenever he was on screen he was pretty good. Everyone in this movie is great, everyone did a great job!

The plot was very intense, the movie doesn't take time, every scene matters, every line builds something, every character is there for a reason, even if it's very minor, but still, it matters, and that's how perfect this movie is, you can watch it and just be mesmerized of how careful the crew was while making this movie.

I didn't read the novel, so I don't know how faithful it was to the source material, but I heard that it was, based on other people's opinions, people who have read the novel and watched the movie.

Demme did a great job with the tension and the thriller, it never got out of its psychological thriller to a supernatural movie, it was always real, and that what makes it scary, with no modern jump scares, it's just pure horror. He did a great job with the psychological study aspects too, he was simply able to build tension and make you on the edge of your seat, even if it's a normal conversation between two characters! His job behind the camera was great, and this movie benefits a lot from his work.

In the end, The Silence of the Lambs is such a perfect movie, with an amazing guy behind the camera who knows how to make real horror, and two stellar main performances in front of the camera, who simply knew how to deliver this horror. I'm gonna give The Silence of the Lambs an A+!

Thank you, guys, for reading my review, more are coming on your way!… Expand
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akshatmahajanAug 7, 2021
The Silence of the Lambs is not that type of psychological horror thrillers which we watch nowadays. It's so much different. It is one of it's kind.

Everything in this movie; plot, direction, acting, pace setting, tone built-up was great.The Silence of the Lambs is not that type of psychological horror thrillers which we watch nowadays. It's so much different. It is one of it's kind.

Everything in this movie; plot, direction, acting, pace setting, tone built-up was great. The interaction scenes between two main leads were so much grasping, you want more of their conversation. The pace and tone setting was also good. Everything in the movie looked real, not forceful. Only thing which I didn't like about this movie was that last hour was very much uneven and was little bit unbalanced. The climax scene was the best way to end the movie.

Overall, a treat for movie fans who love psychological horror thriller. You must give it a try, if you haven't.… Expand
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MrPajamasAug 17, 2021
The Silence of the Lambs draws mainly from the excellent Anthony Hopkins, who played bravura and here and there threw such a feeling of unpleasantness. Hannibal just pulls the whole movie off, or at least for me. The scenes with him in theThe Silence of the Lambs draws mainly from the excellent Anthony Hopkins, who played bravura and here and there threw such a feeling of unpleasantness. Hannibal just pulls the whole movie off, or at least for me. The scenes with him in the cell really are a luxury. The atmosphere is great. The story is great too. There was only one little thing that bothered me towards the end, which I won't spoil, but otherwise I was satisfied throughout the movie. For me, a great film that I recommend.… Expand
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Deepu82Sep 19, 2020
One of the best serial killer movie. Jai Dr. Hannibal lector. Deserves the Oscars.
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geewahApr 25, 2021
One of the best movies of 1991.
Led by two brilliant turns from Foster & Hopkins, this chilling psychological thriller is as much about power plays as it is about solving the case.
Must see.
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AJ_13Jan 11, 2021
Really good psichological thriller, being the acting its greatest strengh. Anthony Hopkins' performance is one of the best ever, even though he doesnt have much screen time.
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Zac03Aug 8, 2021
All creative hands are at the top of their form in “The Silence of the Lambs,” a mesmerizing thriller that will grip audiences from first scene to last and generate solid B.O.

Skillful adaptation of Thomas Harris’ bestseller intelligentlyAll creative hands are at the top of their form in “The Silence of the Lambs,” a mesmerizing thriller that will grip audiences from first scene to last and generate solid B.O.

Skillful adaptation of Thomas Harris’ bestseller intelligently wallows in the fascination for aberrant psychology and perverse evil, delivering the goods in a way that should electrify critics and mainstream audiences.

There is not a false note nor an extraneous moment as he establishes a vise-like hold almost immediately and doesn’t let up even through the chilling final shot. In the second half of “Something Wild,” Demme demonstrated a marked talent for rough suspense, something he sustains for two hours here.

In a strong performance, Foster fully registers the inner strength her character must summon up to meet the challenges and occasional humiliations her tough assignment entails.

Cast against type as a reserved man in glasses and a suit, Scott Glenn is a very agreeable surprise as the FBI agent who takes a chance by putting his young charge on the case.

The juiciest part is Hopkins,’ and he makes the most of it. Helped by some highly dramatic lighting, actor makes the role the personification of brilliant, hypnotic evil, and the screen jolts with electricity whenever he is on. This is, without doubt, his most effective film appearance to date.

From the huge hall in which Lecter is eerily caged at one point to the dingy rooms of Buffalo Bill’s house, Kristi Zea’s production design is critical to the picture’s mood. Editor Craig McKay keeps doesn’t let a frame stay on too long, and Howard Shore’s rather traditional score outstandingly amplifies the tension and psychological mystery.… Expand
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Pan_KrytykMar 18, 2022
anthony hopkins... geniusz, rewelacja, po prostu kapitalna rola... śmiem twierdzić że jedna z najlepszych w historii kina
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SydmwswyJun 23, 2022
Very artificial and full of enlargement
Toxic movies that I hate forever I really believe that films like this harm not only the cinema but also our world
The only strong point that seems to be in this movie is the few silences that JonathanVery artificial and full of enlargement
Toxic movies that I hate forever I really believe that films like this harm not only the cinema but also our world

The only strong point that seems to be in this movie is the few silences that Jonathan Demme has managed to capture, but it took too long and it didn't turn out well. Everything in the movie is based on a funny but very serious story.the film does not have script .And it is the only film for which the Academy has become emotional for specific reasons. The set design in the movie is awful. There is neither simplicity nor complexity in it. The story of the movie is full of bugs. The knots of the story are neither real nor fantasy, neither believable nor surreal. A film that is basically a deception. In my opinion, it could have been a more successful movie by switching the roles of Hopkins and Jodie Foster. The pleasure that the story of the movie wants to convey is very confusing and deceptive. Everything suffers from an artificial nostalgia. In the end, it seems that it was one of the few works that I have seen that tries its best to turn a cinematic work into an inhuman tool. Not only is it unsuccessful and it never deceives the professional cinema audience, but it is so ridiculous and funny that it is unbelievable at a certain time. A movie that not only the character but also the style is not seen in it.the tasteless and for example tasty inserts don't do anything and the film remains on its basic interesting idea.… Expand
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AgentLviJul 7, 2023
Decent movie. The story is so --so, scoring is great, visual is decent, and the voice is also great
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royalguy07Mar 13, 2023
Definitely one of the best thrillers ever. Hopkins and Foster are incredible, the plot is very tight, not a lot of loose flesh here at all like buffalo Bill liked.
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oopkpApr 1, 2023
Should have been called "Loudness of the Lambs" if you ask me. This movie isn't really entertaining and failed to hold my attention. I would rather see "Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix".
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wizards666Jul 10, 2023
An incredible psychological horror-thriller with just the perfect amount of twists. Each twist is engaging, and the characters are so well constructed and incredibly portrayed by the actors I guarantee you will get the chills. Do not watchAn incredible psychological horror-thriller with just the perfect amount of twists. Each twist is engaging, and the characters are so well constructed and incredibly portrayed by the actors I guarantee you will get the chills. Do not watch this before going to sleep!… Expand
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