Silence of the Lambs

Hannibal Lecter is a sick, deranged, psychopathic madman. He is a former psychiatrist and serial killer who cannibalized his victims. Held under heavy surveillance and security at the baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. He is brilliant, cunning, and most of all, psychotic.

Clarice Starling is a young FBI trainee who is asked to help in the case of a serial killer known as Buffalo Bill, who skins his victims. She is sent to interview Dr. Lecter to find out more about how the minds of serial killers work so that the FBI can get more clues on how to catch Buffalo Bill. Hannibal agrees to talk with her only if she will feed his morbid curiosity with details about her own life.

As time goes on, Clarice finds out more and more about how the Hannibal and Buffalo Bill are connected. But the FBI is running out of time...the daughter of a well-known politician has been kidnapped by Buffalo Bill, and according to the research of the FBI, they have three days before she is killed and skinned.

GREAT movie!! I, personally, find it fascinating from a psychological point of view. Hopkins delivered a creepy performance, and though it was more thanks to brilliant camera work rather than acting, he won a well-deserved Oscar. Jodie Foster was very good, as well, and her Oscar was well-deserved, also.

5 stars. 5 Oscars isn't nearly enough credit for this film.