ProfessorPeach Review of The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Serial killer is consulted about the obvious to the naive

[5/10 · 28 August 2001]

Well, let's not beat about the bush. HUGE populist appeal, which just goes to show that you can fool all the people all the time. Anyone who has read any book about the FBI and serial killers will spot holes in this story so wide they need to be stitched together with mooring rope. Rookies assigned to such important cases? Um, sure... Deaths head moths that don't signify what they do? Of course... Jesus H Christ, has no one ever heard of Ed Gein? Absolute rubbish, all of it. Oh, of course, except the escape of Hannibal... Easily the high spot of the whole film, as everyone I know agrees. Chilling? Well, yes, if you've never set eyes upon a refrigerator, I suppose...