The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Whenever asked what my favorite movie of all time is, I inevitably answer The Silence of the Lambs . I had a job back in 1991 that involved me driving around town and delivering cheap items that people got in return for their donations to Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and often took time out to goof off. I was 19, after all, and teenagers are not the most reliable workers. I also went out and saw almost every movie I could at the time. So, one January night, I made sure I finished the rounds I had to do on the far west side (at least, it was at the time) of Phoenix and slipped in to see this movie, knowing very little about it other than there was a cannibalistic serial killer involved. Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is an FBI trainee who is trying hard to make her way in what is obviously a man's world, as she is constantly treated with barely concealed contempt from her colleagues. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn), her potential boss in the profiling department she is aiming f