Review of Hannibal Rising (2007) by Jim Ridley for Village Voice — 13 Jan 2013
This comically fastidious telling of the Hannibal Lecter origin story completes the extreme makeover of grindhouse fare that "The Silence of the Lambs" started 15 years ago. Meaning: Respectable audiences who wouldn't be caught dead at a (sniff!) horror movie still want severed heads; they just want the bloody meal served on Royal Dalton china.
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This review of Hannibal Rising (2007) was written by Jim Ridley and published by Village Voice on 13 Jan 2013.
Hannibal Rising has generally received mixed reviews.
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