Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
The Silence of the Lambs has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Silence of the Lambs was released in 1991 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 964 reviews, giving The Silence of the Lambs (1991) an average rating of 87%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 93%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 88%.
With a score of 87%, The Silence of the Lambs is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1991, which stands at 59%.
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