Review by sherwoodbandit-1977

This is surely one of the greatest films of all time. It lands in the top 100 of several lists at the very least, and remains the only horror film to ever win a Best Picture Academy Award. I've watched it many times and it holds up incredibly well 33 years after its release. Howard Shore's haunting score tends to be the game changer for me. I know exactly what is going to happen and yet that music and Jonathan Demme's storytelling still manage to have me tense throughout the entire movie. The performances are all excellent and well deserving of the accolades they received. As often as I have watched the entire trilogy of Lector films, it is odd that I've never actually read the books. I think it is past time for me to dive into those but until that day I will continue to enjoy every single piece of cinema devoted to our favorite cannibal.