Metacritic Movie Ratings
Hannibal Rising Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyDennis Harvey

  This upmarket slasher is a well-produced but slow-moving thriller that never quite roars to life.

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• 30

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Bad as Harris' Hannibal Rising screenplay (his first) is, at least it's an improvement on his dreadful book, streamlining its convoluted action and discarding large chunks of unspeakable dialogue.

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• 25

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  Hannibal Rising reduces this great creature of the pop imagination to a Eurotrash Boy Scout throwing a homicidal snit fit.

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• 20

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen

  It's all quite a mess, with awkward performances, worse dialogue and a painfully protracted running time conspiring against any chance of enjoyment, even in a so-bad-it's-good guilty pleasure way.

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• 10

  out of 100

  The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis

  Silly, slack and unforgivably tedious, Thomas Harris's screenplay is padded with interminable flashbacks and a bombastic score that telegraphs every emotion Hannibal represses. And there are a lot of them.

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