Excellent

Rating: Null/10 (25 June 2000)

The above word is a serious understatement. This movie was very well executed. The acting was superb, the directing was dynamite. It was a perfect thrill to watch. Jodie Foster was wonderful as Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee who is sent to Dr. Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lector in a crazy house for clues to a murderer. Anthony Hopkins was FANTASTIC as Hannibal. The scenes with just he and Clarice are great, especially (MINOR SPOILER) when he passes her a towel through the drawer and announces she has a cut and is bleeding, and, well, you get why that can give you the creeps. Without giving away too many spoilers all I can really say is that The Silence of the Lambs deserves a 9.5.