Hannibal (2001) Critic Reviews

It's unmissable, flaws and all, because riveting suspense spiced with diabolical laughs and garnished with a sprig of kinky romance add up to the tastiest dish around.Read the full review

Hannibal lacks the rounded emotional elegance of ''The Silence of the Lambs'' (that was a great film; this one is merely good).Read the full review

The continuing saga of one of contemporary literature and cinema's most fascinating villains, as played once again with exquisite taste and riveting force by Anthony Hopkins.Read the full review

''The Silence of the Lambs'' was a classic; Hannibal is only a good movie of its type.Read the full review

A carnival geek show elevated in the direction of art. It never quite gets there, but it tries with every fiber of its craft to redeem its pulp origins, and we must give it credit for the courage of its depravity.Read the full review

Even by its own dark standards, the movie's conclusion is as dramatically dissatisfying as it is disturbing.Read the full review

It is not bad on its own terms, and it is certainly engrossing, but it comes nowhere near the power and sordid glory of the original.Read the full review

Though Hannibal the movie is unresolved in ways the book is not, that isn't Mr. Hopkins's fault. He's still a star for all seasons, and seasonings.Read the full review

Hannibal, a silly though handsomely staged adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel directed by Ridley Scott, is a movie meant for the whole family -- the Manson family.Read the full review