Hannibal
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.
What critics thought
Broadly dismissed as a pale shadow of 'The Silence of the Lambs', 'Hannibal' split critics over whether its Grand Guignol excesses were knowingly playful or simply hollow. The central problem most identified: without Clarice and Hannibal genuinely sparring, the film loses its engine, leaving style and gore to carry weight they can't quite bear. A small minority found the escalating nastiness entertaining on its own pulpy terms.
“A banquet of creepy, gory or grotesque incidents is on display in Hannibal. But this superior sequel has romance in its dark heart.”
Time
“laughable to just plain boring, Hannibal is toothless to the end.”
Empire
“It works. It's smart, good-looking, sexy, fun ... dirty, naughty and knowing.”
David Thomson·Sight & Sound
“ultimately more shallow and crass at its heart than its predecessor, Hannibal is nevertheless tantalizing, engrossing and occasionally startling.”
Variety
“The result is an inflated, good-looking bore of a movie. The Silence of the Lambs was a marvelous thing. This, by contrast, is barely okey-dokey.”
The Guardian
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Ridley ScottDirector
Anthony HopkinsDr. Hannibal Lecter
Julianne MooreClarice M. Starling
Gary OldmanMason Verger
Ray LiottaPaul Krendler
Giancarlo GianniniInsp. Renaldo Pazzi
Željko IvanekDr. Cordell Doemling
Frankie FaisonBarney Matthews
Francesca NeriAllegra Pazzi
Hazelle GoodmanEvelda Drumgo
David AndrewsFBI Agent Pearsall
Francis GuinanFBI Asst. Director Noonan
Hans ZimmerComposer
David MametWriter
Thomas HarrisWriter
Steven ZaillianWriter
John MathiesonCinematographyHannibal
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.
What critics thought
Broadly dismissed as a pale shadow of 'The Silence of the Lambs', 'Hannibal' split critics over whether its Grand Guignol excesses were knowingly playful or simply hollow. The central problem most identified: without Clarice and Hannibal genuinely sparring, the film loses its engine, leaving style and gore to carry weight they can't quite bear. A small minority found the escalating nastiness entertaining on its own pulpy terms.
“A banquet of creepy, gory or grotesque incidents is on display in Hannibal. But this superior sequel has romance in its dark heart.”
Time
“laughable to just plain boring, Hannibal is toothless to the end.”
Empire
“It works. It's smart, good-looking, sexy, fun ... dirty, naughty and knowing.”
David Thomson·Sight & Sound
“ultimately more shallow and crass at its heart than its predecessor, Hannibal is nevertheless tantalizing, engrossing and occasionally startling.”
Variety
“The result is an inflated, good-looking bore of a movie. The Silence of the Lambs was a marvelous thing. This, by contrast, is barely okey-dokey.”
The Guardian
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- mild
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Ridley ScottDirectorAnthony HopkinsDr. Hannibal LecterJulianne MooreClarice M. StarlingGary OldmanMason VergerRay LiottaPaul KrendlerGiancarlo GianniniInsp. Renaldo PazziŽeljko IvanekDr. Cordell DoemlingFrankie FaisonBarney MatthewsFrancesca NeriAllegra PazziHazelle GoodmanEvelda DrumgoDavid AndrewsFBI Agent PearsallFrancis GuinanFBI Asst. Director NoonanHans ZimmerComposerDavid MametWriterThomas HarrisWriterSteven ZaillianWriterJohn MathiesonCinematography