Disturbing, to say the least

Rating: 9/10 (26 October 1999)

Silence of the Lambs (1991) C-118 min. D: Jonathan Demme. Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald. Suspenseful detective yarn about an FBI trainee whose only way to track down a notorious serial killer is to ask for help from another one, the infamous Hannibal `The Cannibal' Lectar. Pretty good mystery/thriller has some disgusting subject matter (even for the TV version, which is what I viewed) but hits home in a bravura finale. RATING: 7 out of 10. Rated R for graphic violence and gore, strong language, adult themes, and disturbing subject matter.