Hannible and bill are so zesty,both in different ways
The Silence of the Lambs
To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman.
Rating
4.3 (2)
Release Date
2/14/1991Runtime
119 minsOverview
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$19,000,000Revenue
$272,742,922Homepage
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How It Feels
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A meticulously crafted psychological thriller that grips you through the intense intellectual and moral dance between an FBI trainee and an imprisoned cannibal psychiatrist. The film moves with measured precision through layers of profiling and predation, building toward a confrontation that feels simultaneously intimate and deeply disturbing.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseUnsettlingContemplative
Themes
ObsessionIdentityPowerSurvival
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceSexual contentBody horror
Jodie Foster
Clarice Starling
Anthony Hopkins
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Scott Glenn
Jack Crawford
Ted Levine
Jame Gumb
Anthony Heald
Dr. Frederick Chilton
Brooke Smith
Catherine Martin
Diane Baker
Senator Ruth Martin
Kasi Lemmons
Ardelia Mapp
Frankie Faison
Barney
Tracey Walter
Lamar
Charles Napier
Lt. Boyle
Danny Darst
Sgt. Tate
Reviews
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