Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Anthony Hopkins
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Hannibal
“His genius undeniable. His evil unspeakable. His name...Hannibal.”
6.8
2001
2h 11m
CrimeDramaThriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Overview
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
Trailer
Hannibal | Original Teaser Trailer | Coolidge Corner Theatre Official
Cast
Clarice M. Starling
Julianne Moore
Clarice M. Starling
Mason Verger
Gary Oldman
Mason Verger
Paul Krendler
Ray Liotta
Paul Krendler
Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
Giancarlo Giannini
Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
Dr. Cordell Doemling
Zeljko Ivanek
Dr. Cordell Doemling
Barney Matthews
Frankie Faison
Barney Matthews
Allegra Pazzi
Francesca Neri
Allegra Pazzi
Evelda Drumgo
Hazelle Goodman
Evelda Drumgo
FBI Agent Pearsall
David Andrews
FBI Agent Pearsall
FBI Asst. Director Noonan
Francis Guinan
FBI Asst. Director Noonan
DEA Agent John Eldridge
James Opher
DEA Agent John Eldridge
Reviews
Gimly
Certainly the weakest of the Anthony Hopkins _Hannibal_ movies. Having read the books before I watched the movies, that actually does sort of track, as the first two books were better than the third. Even so, I actually think _Hannibal_ does the worst job of adapting the source material too. Looks pretty good and there's quite the cast list (although I don't think many of them are exactly giving career-defining performances here), Julianne Moore is fine as Clarice Starling (although not as good as Jodie Foster), and the story isn't **bad**, but if I'm being honest, I typically give this one a skip whenever I'm revisiting the Lecter mythos. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
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As sequals go, this isn't a bad one - but somehow we are a bit more sanitised to the evil of Sir Anthony Hopkins' "Hannibal Lecter" in this; and Julianne Moore doesn't quite have the intensity of Jodie Foster as FBI agent "Clarice". The story is also a bit too contrived: Millionaire Gary Oldman ("Verger") tries to use "Clarice" to lure, for motives of revenge, "Lecter" out from his secret existence as a museum curator in Florence. Once she discovers where he is, she alerts the carabinieri to keep an eye on him; one of whom quite fancies the reward so tries to take matters into his own hands... Hopkins returns to the US with only one aim in mind, and a cunning game of cerebral chess ensues. It comes across as more of a compendium of short stories rather than as a flowing narrative; there is still plenty of gruesomeness, but without the subtlety - the script isn't at all sophisticated; and though there is plenty of classical music trying to replicate some of the class of "Silence of the Lambs" (1991) it just doesn't quite work. It's a good enough effort, but just lacks that je ne sais quoi.
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