Watch this film if you want to see some crap acting!

Rating: 6/10 (4 August 2008)

This has got to be one of the most overrated movies out there. Although it looks into the fascinating and gruesome subject of the 'mind of a serial killer', the execution of the film in particular the acting and the realism portrayed by most characters makes this film just another action flick.
This is the first time I saw Jodie foster and the performance was a big let down. It didn't even come close to being real and the last part of the film (where she (an Fbi trainee, a 5 foot something woman) single handedly takes down the serial killer) was sooo unreal! I could not even make myself laugh! (Watch out for the way she shakes her hand in fear its one of the most, distant from reality acting caught on film). In my opinion she was a big miscast. And the accent was the most irritating thing in the whole movie. Crude. Somewhere from the US as Hopkins refers to it.
Anthony Hopkins is a very good actor and plays this part like a poker player. But it was by no means great.
This movie was by no means great. A great topic but an average movie. I give it a healthy 6.