Complicated humanity

Rating: 9/10 (30 September 2005)

The young FBI agent Clarice went to visit the in-jail horrible killer Hannibal in order to solve the series-killer-case. Clarice was afraid of him. She also had the psychological problem that haunted her from the childhood. Although Hannibal treated her with consideration, what he had done was so cruel that nobody could imagine. The strange chemistry reaction happened between them since their first meeting.
Hannibal's action embodied the complexity of humanity. He was gentle to Clarice. However he was so brutal to the other people. You cannot believe that was done by the same person. Sometimes we do know little about ourselves.
It was rare to see that a movie won the best actor and actress (the academy award) at the same time. It just proved that it was Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster made the movie so outstanding. No one can deny their wonderful performance. The following Hannibal and Red dragon had lost the original idea and could not achieve the astonishing effect that TSOTL brought us.
A thriller classic. 9/10