David Ansen

"Foster's fiercely committed performance matches [Hopkins] step by step. From our first sight of her running through the woods at the FBI training camp, she's a woman in constant motion--a striver grimly driven to escape her own childhood nightmares. Foster has to play her part in a perpetual state of controlled anxiety. Like the movie, she wastes no motion, giving us quick, sharp glimpses into Clarice's defensive, determined heart. It's the strongest woman's action role, since Siguorney Weaver in "Aliens." . . . .

David Ansen
Newsweek