The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glen
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
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Grade: A+

This is one of those films that people "just have to see". Finally, I did. It's extremely scary and very gory at parts. But overall, very good and definitely keeps your interest. Clarice Starling (Foster) is in training at the FBI Academy. One day, she is sent in to talk to Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins), a psychiatrist turned cannibal, in prison. The FBI needs his help to catch a new serial killer, Buffalo Bill (played very creepily by Ted Levine...Stottlemeyer...why?!). Buffalo Bill has kidnapped another girl, this time a senator's daughter, and Clarice is racing against the clock to find the girl before its too late. As Clarice talks to Lecter several times, it becomes clear that he not only knows more about Buffalo Bill than he's letting on, but he actually knows who he is and where he lives. But, of course, giving them the name would be too easy. Clarice must put together Lecter's clues and solve his riddles in order to find the correct house and person before Buffalo Bill takes another victim.