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Title: Stupid Silence of the Lambs Wanna Be
Review: Caught this on TV. Awful. Maybe it was good in another time period (1995) when Silence of the Lambs was still on the audience's mind.It's a mix of a Silence wannabe with an attempt at a 1970s Taxi Driver/Conversation overlay (too many dang saxophones and trenchcoats). It works with Morgan Freeman, but not with Brad Pitt whose essential 90s-ness jumps out at you. Kevin Spacey underplays it in an attempt to be another Hannibal. He is not successful.There are plot holes galore. The clues don't add up and the suspense doesn't build in the same way they did with Agent Starling. Things happen and you aren't sure why. Gwenyth Paltrow's character asks Morgan Freeman to lunch for no discernible reason and this later becomes a key plot element.Just a really stupid movie. As far as pure horror/suspense, the sloth guy tableau was the only one that got a jump out of me.
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