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- "Hannibal"
(Reviewed February 7, 2001)
- It's pretty damned sad when the best thing you can say about a horror movie is that it has lovely cinematography. "Hannibal" is dull, dull, dull -- and agonizingly LONG. (Jesus, the Florence-cop subplot goes on FOREVER.) Worst of all, it's just plain not scary. Ray Liotta is flat-out awful. Julianne Moore looks pretty good, but that accent's just gotta go. And Anthony Hopkins is playing...well, the same cartoon character he played in "Silence of the Lambs," to be honest. And I didn't like that movie, either.
This time around, we have a plot that's like a bad episode of "The X-Files." Clarice loses badge! Clarice uncovers conspiracy! Clarice...oh, why go on.
Nice face makeup on Gary Oldman. And a nice special effect at the end, when Mojo Jojo makes a surprise cameo. But you'll be more frightened fighting traffic on the way home from the theatre. And, with any luck, you will be more wide-awake.
Back Row Grade: F
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