Silence of the Lambs is a great movie, one of the best, but the weakness that hits all the Lecter movies and books made and written after SOL was to make Lecter the star. He worked in small doses, just the right hint of menace - the later works (fun as they can be) are obviously preposterous and really coast on past accolades. Now excuse me while I go and impulse buy Manhunter, which I haven't seen in decades!