Hannibal Lecter - Les origines du mal

Un crachat commercial insignifiant, oscillant entre l'absurdité d'un massacre sans cervelle et le thriller pour adultes. Un scénario très médiocre, voire télévisuel et stéréotypé. Aucun lien avec le sujet original, se parasite uniquement en utilisant le terme "Hannibal". Triste... (26/03/2007)

J’ai vu les trois films avec Hannibal Lecter et tous m’ont plu. Eh bien, ce numéro-ci n’est pas à la hauteur, malgré le thème pourtant prometteur de la jeunesse du cannibale cinglé. L’intrigue est très creuse et j’en avais déjà marre à la moitié du film ; tout se sentait venir, y compris le dénouement. Cela dit, les explications à propos des crimes sont logiques et je les comprends totalement. Je mets deux étoiles plus une pour les excellentes prestations du jeune Français Gaspard Ulliel et de Rhys Ifans. (27/07/2008)

Great disappointment, the weakest Hannibal hands down. The plot is very unoriginal and boring, the murders aren’t interesting and there are lots of unnecessary scenes and holes in logic. Gaspard Ulliel looks silly rather than demonic and in two of the murders he almost made me burst out in laughter, which doesn’t happen often and, more importantly, shouldn’t happen. 50% (03/12/2007)

This film squeezes money out of an infamous brand, done in the monstrously unfair manner of a cheap TV adaptation, and lacking elegance and distinction. Instead, it shows Hannibal as a traumatized child who has been bewitched by a samurai in France and would like to take it out on his aunt. Thomas Harris on drugs, Marek Vašut with a knife in his throat, and we can announce R.I.P to Gaspard Ulliel, whose psychopathic look in his eyes suited him so well, knowing full well that he was closing his way out, even though he is an excellent actor. (03/04/2008)

My God, what have I done to deserve this? Hannibal with a samurai sword, an woman with a Hiroshima complex, lots of nonsense and a host of lousy actors. Next time they might take it from the other end, I suggest "Hannibal Rises Again: Revenge From The Grave." Thomas Harris, I know money is a nice thing, but you're a clown. (22/01/2008)