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57 out of 100

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6.3 out of 10

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  • Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore
  • Summary: Hannibal continues the story begun in "The Silence of the Lambs." Ten years have passed since Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins) escaped from custody, ten years since FBI Agent Clarice Starling (Moore) interviewed him in a maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane. The doctor is now at large in Italy, gloriously at liberty in an unguarded world. But Starling has never forgotten her encounters with Dr. Lecter -- his cold voice still haunts her dreams. (Universal Pictures)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 36
  3. Negative: 1 out of 36
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    90
    It's unmissable, flaws and all, because riveting suspense spiced with diabolical laughs and garnished with a sprig of kinky romance add up to the tastiest dish around.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    Though the movie is clearly meant to work on its own, the relationship between Starling and Lecter plays best if you're familiar with "Lambs."
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Charles Taylor
    0
    Hannibal, which is very likely the worst film of this year and quite possibly the next, achieves what no movie I can recall ever even attempting: It somehow manages to be both repugnant and boring.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28
  1. Drzewoplot
    7
    I would say: more action, less psychology. Lecter, as an aesthete and connoisseur of art, in some other delivery, with the brain in a box. There is nothing surprised: the relationship between him and Starling must be fascinating, and is also really tasty.… Expand
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  2. R.Dalvi
    5
    The brain scene is awful and disgusting. But Anthony hopkins' terrifc performance almost lifts it from the pits of mediocrity. Moore9;s charcter sketch is very poor though. but her performance is very good. Not as suspenseful as The Silence of the Lambs but has more gruesome violence than it. Also, Oldman is good but is not recognisable.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. imthenoob
    1
    The only good part of this film was Anthony Hopkins. The rest of the cast was terrible, The plot was stupid, and it just failed epicly imo. Worst film in the series.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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