Hannibal Rising

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Hannibal Rising

R

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

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

05/22/2019

[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

01/25/2019

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

02/17/2007

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

01/05/2023

Routine, boring, and typical...

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PJ Nabarro

Patrick Nabarro

02/12/2022

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

08/09/2017

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

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Michel V

@RT44160539 Jan 6

Was watching the whole Hannibal series over the weekend and this was the last one. Overall it starts interesting with the kids, but then the adult actor of Hannibal didn't have the physical look of Sir Antony Hopkins, so the whole movie kinda felt off, as he was a more masculine figure than the refined Hannibal persona that Sir Antony Hopkins played. The actor was more of an action figure than the brainy Hannibal we got used to from the previous movies. An other weird thing was how this became a typical fight the stupid Communist-Nazi-bad-guys, which again missed the refinement from a movie like Silence of the Lambs. In retrospect it's also weird how those baddies were framed as brutes, sure, but then Hannibal is a whole lot of degrees worse ... which it seemed we should have applauded ... a more villainous person then the Nazi's being the hero? I get the point but for this vandetta but this Hannibal-actor did not have the refinement for enough contrast between ‘good & evil’.

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Lily J.

@l3sbian Nov 9

couldn’t finish it. sooooo boring omg

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James B

@James_B May 17

It's alright but not the best origin story however there is genuine emotion in it but it's just a lackluster film.

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Cleve H

@RT57860991 Apr 29

It is a shame that Gaspard Ulliel's life was cut so short. He plays the role of Hannibal Lecter in a way that truely shows where the madness and callousness of the character come from. The movie is more horror than thriller, unlike Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, and Hannibal. Of course it is also not police procedural like Manhunter. The movie is pure evil and I love it. Understanding what made the monster was riveting and Gaspard does a fantastic job in a way that is almost erotic. Rhys Ifans is a fantastic villain and shows off why he plays a villain so well. Overall, this is one of my favorite Lecter movies.

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Scott H

@RT79684278 Apr 20

The Thomas Hartis book is almost perfect. Every sentence is crafted with care. Why then does it translate to this unholy mess on screen. OK the lead should never work again but it’s got a quality supporting cast - defies belief.

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Ian S

@rickjames 03/13/2025

Literally created an account to say how horrible this film was. Movie was ass

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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
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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