i be a big fan of thomas harris and i read all his novel at least 5 time and hannibal the book i really love the most . therefore the movie be my big disappointment and i really do not get it why some folk here give it a nine or even a ten . either their demand be very low or they haven not read the book or both . even if i hadn not read the book i would still consider the movie a absolute average and i would give it a five . the creepy and mysterious atmosphere from the novel doesn not appear one single time in the movie and when i saw it first in the cinema i even fell asleep . why be margot verger and a very important character and totally omit . why be barney show a a dumb ignorant whose only ambition be to earn money . and most of all and why be the psychological process starling go through in the end and cause by the drug lecter apply to her and descend . not to speak about the fact that the end be omit and too and and totally change . well and the reason why jodie foster refuse to play starling again be well know and i accept it and although like surely many others i be very disappointed cause i identify starling with her . for story like red dragon and the silence of the lamb or hannibal that possess such psychological depth and it be very important to identify with a character when theyre adapt for the screen and but a the german say and that snow of yesterday . ridley scott do some incredibly good movie but with this one he doesn not live up to his name . jonathan demme have exactly the right feeling for the plot and the character and their relationship towards each other in the silence of the lamb and he should have do hannibal and too . my only comfort be that i have see the movie only two time and it long ago and thank god for that reason i be able not to see the scene from the movie when i read the novel . i be so sorry but i really can not recommend it to anyone .