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pulling the feels…
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72
from 55 comments
COMMUNITY
85
1 person
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FUN
24
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
44
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
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Read from 55 comments (48 from Metacritic, 7 from TMDB reviews) — 18 of them described how it moves.
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“From the moment it starts, there’s an unsettling tension that never lets up.”
RalphRahal · TMDB reviews ↗
“Pace is well controlled, magically slow by times and high intensity by others.”
Abluvium · Metacritic ↗
“I also want to criticize the ending, which fails to properly close the narrative arc.”
arch4ngell · Metacritic ↗
“The actual amount of killing and violence is condensed mainly into the last 20 minutes”
rive040 · Metacritic ↗
“it is sometimes boring during its development”
BM7 · Metacritic ↗
“From the moment it starts, there's an unsettling tension that never lets up.”
ralphrahal · Metacritic ↗
Read 25 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
“A mesmerizing thriller that will grip audiences from first scene to last.”
Staff [Not Credited], Variety · 100
“The interplay between Starling and Lector as they share an indefinable, dark understanding gives the film its unforgettable and unsettling power. [14 February 1991, Daily Notebook, p.E1]”
Judy Stone, San Francisco Chronicle · 100
“The superbly crafted suspense thriller…slams you like a sudden blast of bone-chilling, pulse-pounding terror.”
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone · 100
“A movie with this kind of haunting power comes along only once every decade or so. [20 February 1991, Life, p.11D]”
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today · 100
“Hopkins' insinuating performance puts him right up there with the screen's great bogymen. [13 February 1991, Calendar, p.F-1}”
Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times · 100
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 23 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“Pace is well controlled, magically slow by times and high intensity by others.”
Abluviumabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“I also want to criticize the ending, which fails to properly close the narrative arc.”
arch4ngellabout 75–100% inread it ↗
“The actual amount of killing and violence is condensed mainly into the last 20 minutes”
rive040about 80–100% inread it ↗
“it is sometimes boring during its development”
BM7about 0–100% inread it ↗
“From the moment it starts, there’s an unsettling tension that never lets up.”
RalphRahalabout 0–100% inread it ↗
“Unlike a lot of viewers, I first saw _The Silence of the Lambs_ at five years old. So, for me, _The Silence of the Lambs_ is a childhood favorite. Some would say I had an unusual childhood, in this age where some people actually **avoid** R-rated movies like the plague. The fact that I saw _Something Wild_, which Jonathan Demme directed five years before _The Silence of the Lambs_, as well as the original _Alien_ (alone at that), at the same age probably indicates that they were okay with me wat”
Ted Fraraccioread it ↗
“This is one of a few movies I put off reviewing for years, because I honestly don't know what to say about a film this classic. So I'll be brief in my actual review, knowing that it comes from a place where I honestly believe that this is a movie that deserves its praise: Even if the A-plot of the story wasn't one of the best crime thrillers put to screen, the Hannibal Lector moments alone would be enough to make _Silence of the Lambs_ a great movie, most especially his run in Memphis. _Fi”
Gimlyread it ↗
“As a genre fan, there's a certain amount of satisfaction when a film is recognized by mainstream audiences. That's what it was like for me in 1992 when <i>Silence of the Lambs</i> swept the Oscar's (Best Picture, Director, Actor and Actress). And boy did the movie deserve it. Jonathan Demme's fantastic retelling of the classic book by Thomas Harris. Anthony Hopkins' scene-chewing Hannibal Lecter turned him into a pop culture icon (and unfortunately a slew of middling sequels). And Jodie Fost”
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Repo Jackread it ↗