5.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Hannibal (2001)
Hannibal (2001)
Overview
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Viewer Rating
5.8
Overview
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's core conflict is a psychological thriller centered on individual morality and the pursuit of a serial killer, which is inherently apolitical, and it offers no clear ideological solution to its presented problems.
The movie features primarily traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on a psychological thriller, and it does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center DEI themes within its storytelling.
Secondary
Hannibal features a same-sex relationship between the monstrous villain Mason Verger and his complicit assistant, Cordell Doemling. This portrayal links queer identity to villainy and degradation, using it to underscore the antagonist's depravity rather than depicting it with dignity or complexity, resulting in a negative net impact.
The film 'Hannibal' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on the cat-and-mouse game between Hannibal Lecter, Clarice Starling, and Mason Verger, without touching upon gender identity issues.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Hannibal" adapts the novel of the same name. All major and significant supporting characters, including Hannibal Lecter, Clarice Starling, and Mason Verger, maintain their established genders from the source material and previous film adaptations. No character's gender was altered for this portrayal.
Based on the established character portrayals in previous films and source novels, all major characters in 'Hannibal' (2001) maintain their original racial depictions. There are no instances where a character canonically established as one race is portrayed as a different race.
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