The Silence of the Lambs Movie Review
The Silence of the Lambs Review
"The Silence of the Lambs" Overview
Rating: R
1991
Cast and Crew
Director : Jonathan DemmeProducer : Ronald M. Bozman,Edward Saxon,Kenneth Utt
Screenwiter : Ted Tally
Starring : Jodie Foster,Lawrence A. Bonney,Kasi Lemmons,Lawrence T. Wrentz,Scott Glenn,Anthony Heald,Frankie Faison
Is it a modern masterpiece? Did it deserve to sweep the four big Academy
Awards? Is it one of the best thrillers ever made? A definitive maybe to all
three questions. The Silence of the Lambs is definitely an experience that
gets better and better each time you watch it, and it paved the way for some of
the greatest sickos of 1990s cinema. Hopkins' Hannibal Lecter has entered the
annals of pop culture and will never be forgotten, but it's really Jodie
Foster's frail-yet-foolhardy protagonist that carries the film.
Silence's influence can be seen in virtually every thriller made today. So
even if you think Anthony Hopkins didn't deserve a Best Actor Oscar with less
than 20 minutes of screen time, you still have to give the Lambs their due.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
