A smart, and tightly directed psychological thriller

Rating: 10/10 (1 October 2018)

This film is really about alot of things, things that affect people, how past experiences can affect people in the long term, how destructive in nature we become when we are stuck in horrible situations, this film is a lot more than just a psychological thriller/horror film.
on the surface this film is your typical thriller, with a frightening killer on the loose, Clarice (played by Jodie Foster) Is tasked with hunting down this killer. But,
If you look past the surface level there is a lot more hidden underneath the surface, besides the brilliant building of suspense that never allows our main protagonist or the audience a chance to breathe.
The thing that really made this film for me was Hannibal Lector, (Anthony Hopkins), who steals the show as this character, keep in mind that he doesn't get a lot of screen time, but with the screen time he gets, he uses it to explore the human mind and the destructive nature of humans, through talking to Clarice, these are the best scenes in the film for me, these scenes are filled with tension, and create a lot of insight into what makes a human, human.
On the technical side of things, the cinematography adds to the atmosphere and makes the film that much more claustrophobic and disturbing. The soundtrack adds a lot to the film, which again adds more to the incredible atmosphere this film has.
Claire, (Jodie Foster), is our protagonist, she shows her struggle as a human, as she tries to leave her past behind, but realises that its not easy to let go of the past. This is created through the lambs. *Spoiler section now*, here we go.
So during these scenes with Hannibal Lector and Claire, they talk out about the lambs, he says,"Have the Lambs gone silent yet?", symbolising her past, and how it can never go away, no matter how hard she tries. Its symbolised this way because, Claire hears screaming in the middle of the night, she tries to let them out, but they just stood still, therefore, breaking down the title of the film and what it means.
The Silence of the lambs challenges its audience with deep subject matter, while also presenting it in a much more unique way to other thrillers, it gives you hints to look deeper into the film to discover more about this film, with its deft direction, stunning camerawork, brilliant score and absorbing performances, The Silence of the Lambs is a great example of how to make a suspenseful, and creative psychological thriller.
10/10