Excellent film!

Rating: 9/10 (11 March 2003)

If you have not seen this film yet then I highly recommend you rent it the next time you are in the video store! The cast is phenomenal - both Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins were excellent. She, the straight laced FBI agent, and he, the brilliant but sick Hannibal the Cannibal. What makes the film though, is the direction by Johnathan Demme. The way in which the film was shot really lends to the spookiness of the story.
This is a truly suspenseful and freighting film and not for the faint of heart. There are some very gruesome scenes - though it is far less gory than Hannibal, its sequel. This is an excellent psychological thriller and I would give it 9/10.