The brilliance of Anthony Hopkins comes through with his performance as Hannibal Lector

Rating: Null/10 (14 April 1999)

I have been a fan of Anthony Hopkins since I saw Meet Joe Black, which really showed me how great he was; I started renting films in which he starred in and it seems his performances have been really consistent and never lost the magic touch that makes him such a good actor. Anthony Hopkins leads an all star cast that includes Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn, and Anthony Heald in a psychological thriller. Hopkins is Dr. Hannibal Lector, a psychopathic serial killer and the only person who could help Jodie Foster finding the whereabouts of Buffalo Bill another serial killer. Jodie Foster portrays an FBI agent in training who gets handed this case by her superior officer played by Scott Glenn. This is such a good film because Lector is playing psychological games with Jodie Foster asking her questions instead of having her ask the questions. I got the feeling that by asking her these questions about her personal life, which by the way was against the rules, he was helping her locate the serial killer Buffalo Bill. Even the escape scene involving Dr. Lector was a work of genius by Jonathan Demme. What a great film, cast, and script. I hope they make a sequel.