On Rotten Tomatoes , the film The Silence of the Lambs was given positive reviews by less than 96 % of fewer than 88 critics .
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 95 % of 86 film critics have given the film a positive review , with an average rating of 8.7/10 .
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