Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 164
Fresh: 64 | Rotten: 100
While superbly acted and stylishly filmed, Hannibal lacks the character interaction between the two leads which made the first movie so engrossing.
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 23
While superbly acted and stylishly filmed, Hannibal lacks the character interaction between the two leads which made the first movie so engrossing.
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Based on the controversial sequel novel of the same name, Hannibal is the much-anticipated follow-up to the Oscar-winning The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Anthony Hopkins returns as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, one of the world's most cunning and feared serial killers, who resurfaces after a decade in hiding to toy with FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore). As Starling's career flounders thanks to a drug bust gone wrong, Lecter attempts to elude a greedy Italian police detective (Giancarlo
Feb 9, 2001 Wide
Aug 21, 2001
$163.9M
MGM/UA
All Critics (171) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (101) | DVD (42)
Hannibal Lecter is the ostensible cannibal of this franchise, but the real cannibals are his creators. I wouldn't be surprised if the next time, they have him endorsing his favorite Chianti.
Hannibal definitely grabs at the emotions, but not the one it's after. You come in hoping to have the wits scared out of you and leave with your temper barely in check.
Simply a fat slab of sadism.
Hopkins, who is electrifying in almost anything he does, reprises the mastery he brought to Silence of the Lambs. Even in a movie as patchworky as this, he's always compelling.
It is not bad on its own terms, and it is certainly engrossing, but it comes nowhere near the power and sordid glory of the original.
Hannibal won't even be a footnote when the year's best movies are grabbing the ink in December.
Thoroughly distasteful. Not for kids.
Doesn't work as its own individual, self-contained cinematic entity.
A dark and complexly entertaining ride, highly generous to multiple viewings.
The near-impossible taks and insurmountable problems have been handled by Scott in a proficient if unexciting way. Aware that he can't possibly meet viewers' expectations, Scott has made a different film, more florid, baroque, and tongue-in-cheek.
Scott's elegant, shadowy atmosphere and deliberate pacing make the film a delightfully spooky experience.
The weight-watchers script sensibly dispenses with several characters to serve a brew that's enjoyably spicy but low on substance.
There are moments of a good movie buried amongst this over the top thriller. But these moments are all too rare.
Pork chops get even!
Hannibal doesn't grip the audience with the macabre wit and pervasive sense of impending evil of its predecessor
Where the book kept you wondering and marvelling at the intricacies of the human mind and heart, the film has a sour, smart-alecky conclusion which highlights (what else?) the gore.
There are several interludes here that rival anything found in Silence for pure adrenaline...
Perhaps Scott should have rented out Se7en before he yelled 'action' - the best horror is often what you don't see.
Director Scott has used his considerable talent to dress up this film into an artful, visually impressive affair.
Minus all the mystique of Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal has a few interesting scenes, but fails in equal portion.
Hannibal is not quite what I'd call a 'good' movie, but it could so easily have been worse in countless ways that I'm more than satisfied by the way it turned out.
Ridley Scott had no chance in competing with The Silcence of the Lambs....so he did something different....And I think he did it good. Anthony Hopkins is cold as ice. And Julianne Moore is okay. It would have been great with Jodie Foster
December 20, 2007Super Reviewer
Crap compared to the incredible Silence of the Lambs
March 3, 2011
Super Reviewer
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