Outstanding suspense thriller

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2002)

Silence of the Lambs is a truly memorable suspense thriller which deservedly won the Oscar for best picture and Oscars for Hopkins and Foster. The best scenes are the ones with Hopkin's Lecter especially when he is conversing with Foster's Starling. Hopkins internalizes wonderfully throughout, and, wisely, he and director Jonathan Demme avoid taking his character over the top. Highly recommended, 9/10.