Great film worthy of its hype but a lot of hidden meaning

Rating: 9/10 (15 February 2005)

This is a great film that has a lot of hidden meaning. Especially that for women's rights. In the way that Clarice Starling is treated unfairly. This is really a film about overcoming adversity. Their is plenty of scenes which detail this perfectly. One is when she is running with her friend at the FBI compound when a group of males go running by and give them looks of "What the hell are they doing here." The way Hannibal Lector will only talk to Clarice a woman mainly I feel because it is a different approach the FBI used. This main fact is covered up by the fact that Lector likes her or has a crush on her. Another is when she is doing training at the FBI compound when they run into the place to secure it Clarice messes up and is told that she is dead and he looks at the guy and says you did great, but to Clarice he says you messed up. The scene of the film which details my point is the scene in which they are at the funeral home in which all the police are meeting and Scott Glenn's character tells the other police officer to come with him into the other room to talk details, this way Clarice can't hear them and then Clarice looks around to see herself surrounded by men. All in which are giving looks of "What the hell is she doing here." If you pay attention closely this is repetitive throughout the film. One scene in which Clarice overcomes her "disadvantage" which don't get me wrong is not one but detailed in the film this way is when doing an autopsy of the body, Clarice yells at everyone to leave. They listen to her and leave. She actually cracks a smirk in this scene, to almost say to herself "I did it." Of course we all know the ending of the film, where the women was right and all the men at the other place were wrong. She overcame her adversity and succeeded over the men and is also shown at the award ceremony at the end where award ceremony says her name first as opposed to the male name next. Scott Glenn's character is a closet sexist. This is a great film once again and deserves all its credit but watch close for these details throughout the whole film. 9/10