Worth seeing!

Rating: Null/10 (4 April 2004)

This movie sets the bar for the genre - intelligent, psychological thrillers. Both Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster give wonderful performances, although Foster's adopted accent can be grating. Definitely a must-see; I consider it a modern classic. The plot isn't terribly complicated, but still engrossing, and the character portrayal is phenomenal. Both Clarice Starling's (Foster) and Hannibal Lecter's (Hopkins) characters are very well developed, and the movie just gets better the more times you see it, as you pick up on the details. It is a little bloody in parts, but not obscenely so. And if you just can't enough, watch Red Dragon and Hannibal too (though they're not quite as good as Silence of the Lambs)!