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Director:
Ridley Scott
Writers (WGA):
Thomas Harris (novel)
David Mamet (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 February 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Horror | Thriller more
Tagline:
Break The Silence more
Plot:
Hannibal returns to America and attempts to make contact with disgraced Agent Starling and survive a vengeful victim's plan. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 14 nominations more
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(233 articles)
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Good, but not great more (1302 total)

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Also Known As:
The Silence of the Lambs 2 (USA) (working title)
Hannibal (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) [es]
Hannibal (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Hannibal (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Ганнибал (Russia) [ru]
Hannibal (Brazil) [pt]
Hannibal (Greece) [el]
Hannibal (Croatia) (original subtitled version) [hr]
Hannibal (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong gruesome violence, some nudity and language.
Runtime:
131 min
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UK | USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Mexico:C | Iceland:16 | Australia:MA (original rating) | Malaysia:18SG | USA:R (certificate #38000) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (cut) (DVD rating) (uncut) | Philippines:R-18 | Italy:VM14 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Poland:18 | Austria:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R (re-rating) | Brazil:16 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) (special edition) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Germany:18 (w) | Hong Kong:III | Hungary:18 | India:A | Ireland:18 (widescreen edition) | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (original rating) (cut) | South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18

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Trivia:
The first shot of Florence after the movie starts is the same scene as depicted in the drawing on Hannibal's cell wall Hannibal describes to Clarice in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - the Duomo, as seen from the Belvedere, in Florence, Italy. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Francesco is on the pay phone, the same woman walks by twice. It is the woman in the green sweater. more
Quotes:
Hannibal Lecter: "Io fei gibetto de le mei case." I made my own home be my gallows. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Oi diaplekomenoi: (#1.10)" (2001) more
Soundtrack:
GOURMET VALSE TARTARE more

FAQ

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Why didn't Jodie Foster return to play Clarice Starling?
What is the song that is being played at the opera that Pazzi and Lecter attend?
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86 out of 117 people found the following comment useful.
Good, but not great, 12 February 2001
Author: webgrunt from location, location.

Anthony Hopkins gave an impeccable performance. However, the material he was given to work with was not as good as Silence of the Lambs. In fairness, perhaps there was no way it could be. In SOTL, he was somehow more foreboding, more of a sort of superhuman monster; in Hannibal, he's more accessible, a guy you meet on the street. Maybe it was impossible to maintain the mystery of Lecter that we saw in SOTL because of the risk of doing a rehash. I'd give the overall Dr Lecter character a 9 of 10 in this film, vs. a 10 of 10 in the last one. Not quite as good, but still very good.

Starling's character, on the other hand, fell flat in this film. In SOTL, Foster perfectly portrayed Starling's flat surface with a turbulent depth; in Hannibal, there was nothing under her surface. Foster's Clarice evoked feelings of sympathetic grief, Moore's Clarice evoked nothing. I do not necessarily blame Moore, this could be due to writing and/or directing. Obviously, though SOTL focused mainly on Starling's character, Hannibal focuses on, well, Hannibal. Still, that's no excuse for what was done to Starling. Her character gets a 3 of 10.

The story was much weaker in Hannibal than in SOTL. It almost seemed like an excuse to present us with the characters, rather than a story in and of itself. Still, it had no other major flaws, so it gets a 6 of 10.

Now, there's another category I'll call the shock factor. It's different than ordinary gore, it's... creative gore. The sick, disgusting depravity we expect to see and like to see in this type of film. I can't go into detail without spoiling it, but I'll have to say it goes even beyond what I expected. Do not watch this film if you are squeamish or dislike gore. There isn't a lot of gore in the film, but what there was, was... concentrated. Shock Factor, 10 of 10.

Overall I give the film an 8 of 10. Very well done with a few weaknesses, well worth watching.

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