If you haven't seen this movie, it's about time. If you have, there is no need for you to read this review

Rating: 10/10 (13 November 2004)

Once in a while a movie comes along that just blows you away, and this is one of them. The performances - ALL of them - are downright brilliant, from the unsure, yet aggressive Clarice Starling, her controlled superior Agent, the insane Buffalo Bill (by the way one of the more haunting movie villains...he'll come to you in your dreams ;) and, of course, Hannibal Lecter. What can I say about Hannibal - he is the reason why you watch the movie another time. I said Buffalo Bill is haunting. Well, if that is true, Lecter is the stuff that nightmares are made of, and yet, in a strange way, you want to have dinner with him (preferably one that you cooked yourself). A fascinating character that you wish to see more of, and actually have the feeling to see more than you actually do - He has a total on-screen time of about 15 minutes. Fun Fact, I believe that's the shortest on-screen time that ever brought an actor an Academy Award.
To sum up the rest, the storyline is compelling, has enough creepy moments to be classified as a horror thriller, and was followed by a bunch of movies that desperately want to be "the silence of the lambs", but are not. In my opinion, and I only include this because another reviewer stated the opposite, it is by far superior to "Se7en". If you haven't seen this movie, it's about time. If you have, there is no need for you to read this review.