One of the best suspense films of the early 1990's

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2001)

Silence of the Lambs is a film that will always be memorable because of 2 things (in my mind)- 1, Hopkins brilliantly mixed type of Socrates meets Dawn of the Dead zombie charicature and 2, an argument will go on like who was the better Darren on Bewitched, Jodie Foster playing Clarice Starling (and version of herself in 10 years Julianne Moore). I feel that Jodie Foster is very good here as a FBI agent who has to get in the mind of Dr. Lecter (Faba beans and all) to find a killer. Story latter patterned out in The Cell, which while that was better, this film is a tad better than the sequel by having you sqeam in your seat while getting memorable catch phrases and (dare I say) laughs. A little note (and not too uncoincidentally)- Dead Director George A. Romero appears briefly as a Memphis agent. A