Hannibal Rising (2007)
The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a med student he hones his appetite for the kill.
Hannibal Rising (2007)
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Released Year: 2007
Runtime: 121 minutes
Directors: Peter Webber
Casts: Dominic West, Joerg Stadler, Martin Hub, Kevin McKidd, Rhys Ifans, Richard Brake, Richard Leaf, Stephen Walters, Robbie Kay, Gaspard Ulliel, Aaran Thomas, Gong Li, Ivan Marevich, Helena-Lia Tachovská, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Michele Wade, Hugh Ross, Zdeněk Dvořáček
IMDB: Hannibal Rising (2007)
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The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a med student he hones his appetite for the kill.
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Christian Science Monitor -
Thomas Harris adapted his own bestseller and Peter Webber, who previously directed "Girl with a Pearl Earring," had the unenviable task of trying to give this glop, which is too gruesome to be campy, a high gloss. It should be called Man With a Severed Head.
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Empire -
Gong Li is welcome as Hannibal's Japanese aunt-in-law/mentor, Gaspard Ulliel isn't a bad young Lecter and Webber's direction is intermittently classy -- but this is a footnote rather than a film.
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Washington Post -
The movie streamlines much of Harris's book. It's a shame, because it results in the movie's fundamental flaw -- the one-dimensionality of Hannibal.
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Austin Chronicle -
Who would have thought mass murder and cannibalism could be so dull?
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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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