Chilling, scary, intelligent, brilliant.

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 1999)

Excellent. A true gem. "The silence of the lambs" is the third and last movie up to date to have garnered the four major Oscars: Best picture, best actor (Hopkins), best actress (Foster), and best director (Demme). The one thing that might make the fact that this movie won these four Oscars all the more exceptional is that contrary to "It happened one night" and "One flew over the cuckoo's nest" which are a romantic comedy and a heavy drama, "The silence of the lambs" is a high-scale horror-movie.
FBI agent Clarice Starling (Foster) is assigned to track down a serial killer who calls himself Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). The only problem she must confront however is that to catch Buffalo Bill, she must consult with Hannibal "The cannibal" Lecter (Hopkins) who is an ex-psychiatrist renowned across the country. Dr. Lecter has a clue lying in his head as to what Buffalo Bill's true identity is and how to catch him. However, Lecter will not cooperate unless Starling lets him in onto some of the details of her private life.
Incredibly gripping and frightening, "The silence of the lambs" is one of those rare thrillers we see. The ending scene is extremely tense and is probably the best suspense scene I've ever seen. A masterpiece.