Silence of the Lambs

Pros: Hopkins, Foster, Direction, Story, Supporting Cast
Cons: Unintentional comic moments relative to the serial killer

Silence of the Lambs (1991) "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner." Dr. Hannibal Lecter FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), part of FBI's Behavioral Science branch, is sent to interview notorious ...

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The Silence Of the Lambs is the most recent film to win Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay at the Academy Award ceremony. When you watch the film, it's easy to see why. This psychological thriller is based on a novel by Thomas ...

Pros: powerful, insightful, scary
Cons: begins slowly

This film reminds me of what a thriller is supposed to be. The Silence of the Lambs is Jonathan Demme's 1991 Oscar-winning adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel about a female FBI agent whose best hope of tracking a serial killer is to get lessons from ...

Pros: Hopkins, Foster, Levine
Cons: Nada

Despite the definitiveness SILENCE OF THE LAMBS is usually touted with, Jonathan Demme's 1991 award-winner wasn't the first of Thomas Harris' Hannibal Lecter books to be filmed. Unfortunately, 1986's brilliant MANHUNTER was passed on by audiences, so the...

Pros: tone, acting, score, characters, lots of DVD extras
Cons: Missing the extras from the Criterion DVD

“Silence of the Lambs” was the first movie I ever bought for myself… strange the things I remember… Some consider “Manhunter” to be the best serial killer movie, but SOTL gets my vote. It's spooky, in a darkness-of-human-nature kind of way, disturbing, ...

Pros: Dark, haunting, great acting and script
Cons: Takes a little while to really get going

Silence of the Lambs will be remembered as one of the best modern day classic horror film. It won many academy awards and critical praise. Ten years later a sequel was released but didn’t do too well and got mixed reviews. Two other films have been ...

Pros: Hopkins, great acting, very suspenseful, disturbing
Cons: A little to extreme and goofy at times, a little short

After the Shining, I was kind of on a horror frenzy. I could not watch enough of them. This film was the climax of my obsession. After it, I've never seen a horror film as good. Saw excused. The film begins rather unexitingly, where we see Agent ...

Pros: There must be several thousand, so where do I begin?
Cons: A few nit-picking errors I may or may not mention in my review.

Ok, let's get some the details out of the way so I can become subjective. Silence of the Lambs is directed by Jonathan Demme, who won the Oscar for his work. He was relatively unknown until this film lifted him to fame. His prior work included...

Pros: kept me on my edge of the seat. Thrilling and suspenseful.
Cons: NONE

Have you seen the NEW movie out called “HANNIBAL”? If you haven’t I would then suggest you first see the movie “THE SILENCE OF THE LAMB”. This is the first part of the squeal to Hannibal.

I rented the movie Silence of the Lamb again this...

Pros: every minute of screen time
Cons: N/A

This was one of my favorite thrillers of the 90’s. Every facet of this film was ingeniously combined to create a masterpiece that pleased mainstream and even most “artsy” filmgoers that I know. It is truly a rare talent to satisfy both my parents and...

Pros: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture
Cons: Slow opening, horrifying corpse shots, use of f-word

Clarice: If you didn't kill him, then who did, sir?

Lecter: Who can say. Best thing for him, really. His therapy was going nowhere.

With exchanges like this, it's no wonder that Silence of the Lambs won the Best...

Pros: amazing performances by every actor in this movie
Cons: A movie not for the faint of heart

I read this book long ago, but for years put off seeing this movie. I am not sure why really, maybe I wanted to keep the images all for me, maybe I was completely chicken.

My oldest son is reading "Hannibal and rented Silence...

Pros: Brilliant performances. Unforgettable scenes between Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins.
Cons: Visceral, but necessary (and somewhat stylish) gore.

Bob Mackie's design studio called this afternoon. My Grizabella costume is done. No more tatty fur and rumpled ears. I am going to be one glamorous pussycat when I shoot the 'Meow Mix' commercial tomorrow. I've seen the set. They have me standing on...

Pros: Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Demme, overall feeling, dialogue
Cons: Very scary for some, a bit slower in the scenes without Lecter

Who could have really predicted that "Silence of the Lambs" would sweep the Oscars with Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress? Probably not even the filmmakers and studio. And that's because what makes this film so good, what makes it...

Pros: Best psych thriller of all time...
Cons: May be too intense for certain audiences...

It was one of the most memorable Oscar races in recent memory. Some cartoon was actually nominated for the Best Pic award, and Robert De Niro had gone one-up on his Jake La Motta portrayal by getting chiseled, mean and lean at fortysomething as Max Cady,...