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Movie Overview
Cast
• Jodie Foster
• Anthony Hopkins
• Scott Glenn
Director
• Jonathan Demme
MPAA Rating
R
Silence of the Lambs (1991)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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A+
"No common follow-the-clues, get-the-bad-guy movie"  AboutFilm.com  Carlo Cavagna

4.5/5
"Is it a modern masterpiece? Did it deserve to sweep the four big Academy Awards? Is it one of the best thrillers ever made? A definitive maybe to all three questions."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

4.5/5
"Give the Lambs their due."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

B-
"The over-the-top story reeks of phoniness, grisly violence and exploitation."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

9/10
"[A] powerful, thought-provoking and surprisingly well-made film."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dragan Antulov

"A terrifying psychological drama about a brave modern day woman warrior."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3.5/4
"There is little doubt that the most memorable aspect of The Silence of the Lambs is Anthony Hopkins' incomparable performance as Lecter."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

8/10
"The film comes through with flying colors."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

9/10
"...gripping action, psychological thrills, and dramatic horror...a first-rate suspense chiller."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

4/4
"Director Jonathan Demme keeps the film intense and haunting, and Jodie Foster compelling to watch."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

high +2 out of -4..+4
"This is one heavy thriller."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

9/10
"The Silence of the Lambs is a psychological thriller of the highest order, and well deserving of the unusual Oscar nod for Best Picture, never before bestowed upon a film like this."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

5/5
"Demme has the control of a born master of suspense."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

5/5
"Not since The Exorcist had a horror flick been this applauded! It was almost as if ... "horror" were its own legitimate genre!"  FEARnet  Scott Weinberg

4/4
"the best serial-killer movie, ever!"  sbs.is  Stefan Birgir Stefansson

A-
"Lecter fascinates us because he embodies qualities that we associate with civilized, reasonable existence, yet he is murderously sociopathic."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

5/5
Read review  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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