Hannibal Rising

unfortuantely, since seeing hannibal lecter played by anthony hopkins I can only watch Hannibal being played by anthony hopkins. He set the bar really high for that character and I just don't think this actor made the cut. Now, I can... Full review

. . . will ruin a movie every time. Since I'd heard so many people say the movie sucked, I had no expectations, but once I watched it, found that the movie was very watchable, and even somewhat enjoyable. Granted, it... Full review

It is beyond me how people could have hated this. I read the reviews before I went and thought it was going to be terrible. It is MUCH better than part 2 and 3. The real problem was that this didn't... Full review

The previews were a screw over. They promised gore, action, suspense. Things they claim ''couldint'' be shown in the previews. Well i dragged my boyfriend to see it & now i wish we woulda' just sat out in the car &... Full review

Hannibal Lecter has been my favorite villan, and of cuser like the trilogy of the movies hannibal, we started with Silence of the lambs which is my favorite of all of them, Red Dragon was pure master piece with Hannibal. Hannibal... Full review

For all of you that rate this so low....what is wrong with you? You have to respect what it was...hello a prequel. you can't compare this to Silence of the Lambs. It is about Hannibal and why he became who he... Full review

Yes, the "critics" didn't like this movie. Why? Im not sure. It's a movie that finally delivers what we want to see, the bad guy win one for a change. This movie was more of its own movie than a prequel,... Full review

My husband and I attended a free screening of this movie last year. The director was there as well as other people involved in the making of Hannibal Rising. At the end of the movie, the audience was asked to fill... Full review

this movie was seriously a waste of my money. i thought it was going to be scary or atleast interesting but it was very long(it felt like it) and boring and i watched this at home so i thought if i... Full review

The movie was not graphic enough and did not show Hannibal's true character. He had some remorse! Hannibal has no remorse at all!!!... Full review

Based on the book of the same name by Thomas Harris, Hannibal Rising is a reasonably well written and well made film that takes a lot of the mystery and therefore a lot of the eeriness out of the character, therefore reducing him to little more than a classier Freddy Kruger. ... Full Review

There's an interesting confrontation with the local bully, and the commandant gives one of the best lines in the film, which I won't spoil here. The rich former Nazis (Rhys Ifans, Kevin McKidd and some others) are in for some really nasty revenging and that's all to the good. ... Full Review

The criminals are lead by the ruthless Grutas, played admirably by Rhys Ifans..... ... Full Review

As a result, Hannibal Rising suffers significantly from a failure to mesh meaningfully with the prior offerings.....if you're at all familiar with the prior films from the grisly franchise.....From the scene of this understandably traumatic tragedy, the film fast-forwards to post-war France where we find teenage Hannibal in med school.... ... Full Review

Christian Hamaker ( Crosswalk ) says, "If Hannibal Rising isn't bad enough to kill off this franchise, nothing will do the trick. Ghastly and often disgusting, the film somehow manages also to be dull, all the while providing a strange ... Full Review

This horribly ill-conceived project is fake from start to finish, without a moment recognisable as real, and the story is often so badly told as to be laughable. ... Full Article

The need to make international co-productions work is more compelling now than ever. Film-makers looking to work on a certain scale - and not just to make low-budget movies for local consumption - are rarely able to raise their budgets... ... Full Article

Hannibal RisingAn unknown in the world of Hollywood, Hannibal Rising tells of a young Hannibal Lector, and all the tradgedies that befall him. At the end of the movie, there is a scene in which he tells his "girl" that... ... Full Article

A newbie in the world of Hollywood, Hannibal Rising tells of a young Hannibal Lector, and all the tradgedies that befall him. In the last few scenes, he tells his "girl" that he loves her and her response is so... ... Full Article

Gaspard Ulliel as Hannibal Lecter in "Hannibal Rising" (The Weinstein Company) By Joe Williams POST-DISPATCH FILM CRITIC 02/09/2007 "Hannibal Rising" puts the blame for a legendary serial killer where it belongs: with the Nazis. ... Full Article

So now we know: Hannibal the Cannibal was produced by wartime trauma.That's the one decent idea in HANNIBAL RISING, which traces the infamous serial killer's beginnings. ... Full Article