Superior Suspense Thriller

Rating: 10/10 (3 January 2001)

Jonathan Demme's Silence of the Lambs is perhaps the best suspense thriller that I have ever seen. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, and he gets to play off of an excellent performance by Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling. Both won Oscars, and both deservedly so. Hopkins is so menacing as Lecter that even behind the bars or the glass you are terrified of him. The direction of the film provides a tight moving suspenseful storyline that moves along at a perfectly timed pace. Demme's film is a landmark film elevated to the level of masterpiece by the performances of its two stars, Hopkins and Foster. A definite must-see for anyone with the courage to do so!