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MPAA RATING: R
Starring William L. Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Tom Noonan, and David Seaman
FBI Agent Will Graham (Petersen) has captured the diabolical Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Cox), nearly losing more than just his mind in the process. But when Graham is called out of retirement to hunt the psychopath known as "The Tooth Fairy" (Noonan) he must once again confront the horrors of "Hannibal The Cannibal". If Will Graham enters the mind of the serial killer, can he ever come back? (Anchor Bay Entertainment)
| GENRE(S): | Suspense/Thriller |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Thomas Harris (novel)
Michael Mann |
| DIRECTED BY: | Michael Mann |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 30, 2001 Video: January 30, 2001 Theatrical: August 22, 1986 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 119 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Pat C. gave it an 8:
Noonan plays a truly spiritually frightening dude. The Hannibal films that followed pay due homage to director Michael Mann. Never one to shy away from the dark side of human nature, he once again establishes that evil cannot be confronted until it is understood. That understanding flows from a world that is not necessarily twisted, but always is matter-of-fact. Unfortunately, this film introduced the My-family's-in-peril-I-must-become-Executioner device now never out of stock on Hollywood's formula shelf.
Andrew M. gave it a 9:
No hamming it up by any of the actors, they do whats asked of them by the script and folllow it. the B movie dialogesque overtones give more credibilty then trite, smoothly stiched dialogue found in recent thrillers. Casting was excellent, it shows a fluid process flow of law enforcement that probably doesnt exist but should be expected.
Yoon C. gave it a 6:
Effective but hollow, slick and soulless. Michael Mann as director is too enamoured of what might be called the Armani decorum and yuppie office building lighting. A minimalist exercise, a glasswork than a mirror reflecting human motivations. William Peterson does a creditable job but this pales in comparison to the other Peterson film of the same period, Friedkin's masterpiece To Live and Die in LA.
Rod L. gave it a 10:
By far the best of the Hannibal Lechter movies, due in no small part to Brian Cox, who played the killer not as a slithering over-the-top caricature, but as a very devious, very deceptive genius. William Petersen's profiler is a worthy opponent for the psychopath, not begging for clues (a la Edward Norton) but using Lechter as a way into his own dark recesses. A stylish thriller not to be missed.
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