Hannibal Rising

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Hannibal Rising

R

Released Feb 9, 2007

2h 1m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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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.

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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

[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.

May 22, 2019

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Namrata Joshi

Outlook

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

Rated: 1/4

Jan 25, 2019

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: D

Sep 7, 2011

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Routine, boring, and typical...

Jan 5, 2023

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PJ Nabarro

Patrick Nabarro

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.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 12, 2022

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Betsy Sherman

Arts Fuse

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

Aug 9, 2017

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Dallas H

I should seriously consider reading all the books in the Hannibal series. This movie adaptation makes Lecter so disjointed from all the previous film interpretations of the character. And to make it worse, this movie is just a glorified reason to gross the audience out with hyper-intensified sound design and editing. Every audio clip is a squishy mesh, or metallic clang, amped up to an abnormally high volume so that you react to the most disgusting sounds.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/25

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Julian S

There’s something tragic about investing heart and soul into a character as monstrous as Hannibal Lecter.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/13/24

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Louis d

Once of the biggest pile of crap I've been given to see in a long time! Full of stupid clichés, nothing original, almost a parody of hannibal. The move bored me for more than 2h, I only kept watching because I enjoy the hannibal saga so much. But this one is a disgrace.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/27/24

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Wolfgang G

Hannibal Rising – Wie alles begann (Hannibal Rising) ist ein britisch-französischer Thriller von Peter Webber, das Drehbuch schrieb Thomas Harris anhand seines eigenen Romans Hannibal Rising, eines Prequels zum Roman Roter Drache. … Als seine Eltern im Zweiten Weltkrieg starben, zieht der junge Hannibal Lecter zu seiner Tante. Er versucht, sich an den Leuten zu rächen, die seine Schwester getötet haben. … Hannibal Rising ist eine unterschätzte Entstehungsgeschichte. Sie zeigt uns, wie Hannibal Lecter zu dem Menschen wurde, der er war. Ein toller Einstieg in die Hannibal-Reihe! Eine düstere, dunkle Geschichte, die einen psychopathischen Charakter auf gewisse Weise sympathisch macht.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/01/24

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Audience Member

I just watched Silence of the Lambs for the first time yesterday and wanted to see the prequel to that great movie. This movie is exceptional!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/29/24

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Karly H

I just watched the series of movies over the past few days. This is just absolutely terrible. The acting: bad. The casting: bad. The storyline: a good idea, but executed very poorly. All of these factors stand out even more when you’ve just watched the Anthony Hopkins movies. Someone rushed this movie to production or it was a college project.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/25/24

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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: Quinta Communications, DeLaurentiis Productions, Zephyr Films, Ingenious Film Partners
Rating: R (Some Language|Sexual References|Strong Grisly Violent Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
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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