Hannibal Rising

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Hannibal Rising

R,

2007,

2h 1m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Drama/

Horror

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16%

141 Reviews

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55%

250,000+ Ratings

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16%

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141 Reviews

55%

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250,000+ Ratings

After witnessing the violent deaths of his parents at the end of World War II, young Hannibal Lecter (Gaspard Ulliel) flees to his uncle's home in Paris. He learns his uncle is dead, but the man's mysterious Japanese widow, Lady Murasaki (Gong Li) welcomes him nonetheless. An aptitude for science helps Hannibal gain acceptance to medical school, where he hones the skills he needs to exact revenge for the atrocities he witnessed.

Critics Consensus

Hannibal Rising reduces the horror icon to a collection of dime-store psychological traits.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

May 22, 2019

[Hannibal Rising] shows us the death of a little boy, and the birth of a monster, but at no point does it make us want to look over our shoulder.

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

Jan 25, 2019

1/4

In a nutshell, it's all about the hideous ways of killing, flesh-pounding images, slain heads, blood and gore.

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Feb 17, 2007

2/6

Thomas Harris is now hoodwinked by his creation's faux pedigree. He's scripted him a ridiculously Eurotrashy upbringing, one so silly, it'll remind you of Dr. Evil's memory-tripping: "Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons..."

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Jan 5, 2023

Routine, boring, and typical...

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PJ Nabarro

Patrick Nabarro

Feb 12, 2022

1/5

Hannibal Rising? More like Hannibal Risible in this truly infantile film that conceives of Hannibal Lector as a superhero in his own origin flick. This tacky, hackneyed idea finds a tacky and hackneyed grammar to boot.

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Betsy Sherman

Arts Fuse

Aug 9, 2017

[Hannibal Rising] is a handsome and involving macabre drama, with a pathos that tempers the horror-movie shocks.

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Han R

Apr 2, 2019

Thomas Harris destroys his own legacy, penning the screenplay to this 'by numbers' tale of how Hannibal Lecter grew up. After a reasonable start, the film becomes pedestrian and predictable right up to its flat ending. This was almost like watching Hannibal do James Bond. Even hardcore lecter fans will be disappointed I'm sure.

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George R

Jan 13, 2019

lacks the realsim that made the first movie so great. it´s a nazi-fantasy movie. ulliel is an over-the-top-acting catastrophe.

Hagrid R

Nov 15, 2018

Hannibal Rising is a disappointing film. It is about the early life of well-read psychopath Hannibal Lecter. Gaspard Ulliel and Li Gong give horrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. Peter Webber did a horrible job directing this movie. I thought that this motion picture was boring.

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Hagrid W

Sep 15, 2017

So poor compared to the others...

Hagrid M

Aug 11, 2017

Terrible movie. The origin story to one of the thriller genre's most compelling characters is a thoroughly dull, unimpressive bore chock full of cliches that don't justify Lecter's extreme actions and also feature some plot holes and lackluster performances.

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Draco S

Jun 29, 2017

An attempt to prequelize 'Silence of the Lambs' which unlike 'Red Dragon' fails utterly to expand the Lecter Mythos in a satisfying way.

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Peter Webber

Director

Gaspard Ulliel

Hannibal

Gong Li

Lady Murasaki

Helena Lia Tachovska

Mischa

Rhys Ifans

Grutas

Kevin McKidd

Kolnas

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Synopsis

After witnessing the violent deaths of his parents at the end of World War II, young Hannibal Lecter (Gaspard Ulliel) flees to his uncle's home in Paris. He learns his uncle is dead, but the man's mysterious Japanese widow, Lady Murasaki (Gong Li) welcomes him nonetheless. An aptitude for science helps Hannibal gain acceptance to medical school, where he hones the skills he needs to exact revenge for the atrocities he witnessed.

Director: Peter Webber
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis, Tarak Ben Ammar, Martha De Laurentiis
Screenwriter: Thomas Harris
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Ingenious Film Partners, Zephyr Films, DeLaurentiis Productions, Quinta Communications
Rating: R (Some Language|Sexual References|Strong Grisly Violent Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 9, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.7M
Runtime: 2h 1m
Sound Mix: SDDS, DTS, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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