One of the Best Films of Our Time

Rating: Null/10 (2 April 2003)

I first saw "Silence of the Lambs" when I was in high school, and I didn't understand it too much. But when I got the DVD of this film recently, I saw it for at least twenty two times. I even ordered another DVD from amazon.com and it's still sealed, in mint condition, just in case the other DVD gets damaged.
"Silence of the Lambs" is one of those rare films that will stay in your mind and in your head for at least a week or more. This is the scariest, most emotionally affecting film in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy.
You all know the basics of this film. A rookie agent from the FBI is pulled out to ask Dr. Lecter's help for the capture of the brutal, serial killer Buffalo Bill. In these exchanges, we begin to probe deeper into the character of Clarice Starling, a woman who has her skeletons in the closet that immediately resurfaces once Dr. Lecter dissects her mind. And in this process, she feels it is her ultimate mission to track down Buffalo Bill so that her lambs will stop screaming.
Jodie Foster is the key to this film, aside of course from, Anthony Hopkins. I don't know if the film would have been effective if Michelle Pfeiffer agreed to play Starling, but she just draws you so strongly to this masterpiece of a film. There is not a scene in this film where she gives her character such depth.
The key to the success of this film is we are given privy to the world of a woman. A woman who is doing the work of a man. As the DVD featurette said, the sexual twist here is that it is a female who is trying to rescue another female. Thomas Harris is just brilliant.
If you are an avid DVD collector and film buff, it is imperative that you go out and buy this DVD. And if you are as anal as I am, I would suggest that you buy two copies.