
Roger Ebert
The popularity of Jonathan Demme's movie is likely to last as long as there is a market for being scared.
Full reviewOscar winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay. The classic thriller starring Anthony Hopkins as manipulative serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter - one of movies great villains - and Jodie Foster as the FBI cadet who is interviewing him for help on catching another killer.
The popularity of Jonathan Demme's movie is likely to last as long as there is a market for being scared.
Full reviewAnthony Hopkins' performance as Lecter is an uproarious technical masterpiece.
Full reviewIt's stylish, intelligent, audacious rather than shocking, and stolen by a suave monster you'll never forget.
Full reviewA smart, restrained entertainment, it doesn't splash around in blood and hysteria.
Full reviewIt proves that a movie can be mercilessly scary and mercifully humane at the same time.
Full reviewThe Silence of the Lambs is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV.
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