Are the lambs actually silent?

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2020)

Are the Lambs Actually Silent?
Silence of the Lambs is a classic psychological thriller film that everybody hears about. The film was based on a psychological horror novel written by Thomas Harris in 1988. The film was directed by Jonathan Demme, he won an Academy Award for Best Director for Silence of The Lambs. The film made $273 million worldwide after it was released on February 14, 1991, making $14 million its opening weekend.
The film takes place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1991. A young FBI agent in training named Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is asked by Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn), to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), who is known for being a forensic psychiatrist, also as a cannibalistic serial killer. Jack is in charge of her and giving her a chance to help with the case. While Dr. Lecter is locked up in a state hospital for the criminally insane, Starling and her superiors think that he can help them find another serial killer named Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine).
Starling keeps going back to talk to Dr. Lecter and he helps her break down the case of the other serial killer. While they talk he made her talk about her childhood in exchange for information about Buffalo Bill. He then goes and gets transferred to Baltimore to talk to the senator and he tells them who Buffalo Bill is. Clarice then goes back to talk about what he said before when they were talking about her childhood, she reveals what haunts her the most.
Since this film is a psychological thriller, it uses low angle lighting to show how scary and sinister Dr. Lecter is when talking to Clarice. A good majority of the scenes with Dr. Lecter are shots with low lighting. The actress that played Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) was remarkable with her acting and how she portrayed the character. She won awards for her great contributions to the film. Along with her co-star who played the character Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), won awards for his role and acting. The film uses many close up shots of the characters to show their emotions and maybe get some from the audience. Most of the close up shots are when the two Starling and Lecter are talking. They had good makeup and costumes to show who the characters are and the blood made it more thrilling.
The characters showed a lot of emotions in this film. It felt like I was there with them and I couldn't look away. Some of the characters I did not like because of what dialogue they had. I thought that one particular character didn't need to say what she said because it made me not like her as a character, but she did have some good lines that made sense in the situation that she was in.
This film is thrilling, haunting, and suspenseful. It takes the audience through the mind the cannibalistic serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter and what his thoughts are. This film sucks you in and wants you to keep watching because the characters are so fascinating and have many dynamics to their characteristics. Silence of the Lambs is a film that I highly recommend seeing if you like thrillers with some gore.