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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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The Silence of the Lambs overview

In this multiple Oscar-winning thriller, Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy whose shrewd analyses of serial killers lands her a special assignment: the FBI is investigating a vicious murderer nicknamed Buffalo Bill, who kills young women and then removes the skin from their bodies. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), 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 this case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out. Lecter does indeed know something of Buffalo Bill, but his information comes with a price: in exchange for telling what he knows, he wants to be housed in a more comfortable facility. More important, he wants to speak with Clarice about her past. He skillfully digs into her psyche, forcing her to reveal her innermost traumas and putting her in a position of vulnerability when she can least afford to be weak. The film mingles the horrors of criminal acts with the psychological horrors of Lecter's slow-motion interrogation of Clarice and of her memories that emerge from it. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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The Silence of the Lambs News & Reviews

"Home Alone with coconuts. An above-average kid-flick that’s let down by Jodie Foster straining to prove her comedy chops but buoyed by some peppy visual touches and another irresistible turn from little miss Breslin."
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02 May 2008
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"Smarter than it sounds and carried by a very funny performance by Foster, this is a kids' movie that's bearable for adults too."
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28 April 2008
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"Meiwes came along quite awhile after Hannibal Lecter entered the cultural lexicon but there seems to be a reminiscent admiration for taste in both the infamous killer and Clarice's biggest fan. "
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04 February 2008
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"Hoping to gain some insight into the killer's mind, she visits the notorious psychiatrist and serial killer Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter (Hopkins) in prison. "
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"Crawford assigns Starling to do a behavioral profile on Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hop-kins), a former psychiatrist imprisoned in a Baltimore asylum for carving up nine people and cooking his favorite bits. "
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The Silence of the Lambs comments

diriger
" I enjoyed it."
by diriger, 19 July 2006
anshu
" eager 2 know abt ? kind of silence "
by anshu, 21 January 2006
girlybat
" Great psychological thriller. Characters are compelling and well played. A must see for every adult."
by girlybat, 29 September 2006
Atko
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by Atko, 14:06 10 October 2008
fontgoddess
" Underwhelming and campy. I found it very predictable, with tension drawn out and turned into tedium. I found so many parts too cliché for modern viewing. Were viewers once so unsophisticated? The average modern tv law/police procedural is much more nuanced, suspenseful, and interesting than this film. The only highlight of the film was the non-passive captive of Buffalo Bill."
by fontgoddess, 20 July 2008
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