A splendid movie - even better than the book!

Rating: 10/10 (10 October 1999)

Maybe I got this opinion 'cause I first watched the movie, but Demme's Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter makes you shiver much more than Harris' Hannibal does. Hopkins' acting, too, is so brilliant, you really believe him to be this hyper-intelligent, cold-blooded monster. But even better is Jodie Foster, who shows us a different kind of ambitious, young career-woman. She's not stonecold and harder than hard as we've seen so many times. Fosters' Clarice Starling is weak sometimes, and this makes her real and human.