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- 1995
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 3 m
- 1995
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 3 m
Summary A cop investigating a serial killer enlists the aid of a former professor and writer, who is an expert on serial killers but suffers from agoraphobia. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Jon Amiel
Written By: Ann Biderman, David Madsen
- 1995
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 3 m
- 1995
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 3 m
Copycat
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7.9
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Summary A cop investigating a serial killer enlists the aid of a former professor and writer, who is an expert on serial killers but suffers from agoraphobia. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Jon Amiel
Written By: Ann Biderman, David Madsen
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
54
53% Positive
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10 Reviews
37% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
54
53% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
37% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
11% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Intelligent and crackling with crisp, provocative visual energy, Copycat, the new thriller starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter, is so creepy and dangerous-feeling that it's like a knife edge pressed against the jugular.
Ending is on the conventional side, more so than anything else in the picture , but script by Ann Biderman and David Madsen keeps the tart surprises coming throughout most of the picture with only occasional lapses into red herrings and artificial manipulation.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 160 User Ratings
7.9
76% Positive
121 Ratings
121 Ratings
11% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
14% Negative
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 160 User Ratings
7.9
76% Positive
121 Ratings
121 Ratings
11% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
14% Negative
22 Ratings
22 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Copycat is as steady and reliable as a pulse and as exhilarating as a surge of adrenalin.
The screenplay for Copycat, by Ann Biderman and Jay Presson Allen from a story by David Madsen, is otherwise so crackling good that character development threatens to eclipse the actual crimes.
By having Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter play the maniacs' feisty antagonists, the filmmakers seem to believe that they've made a significant feminist statement, the movie's two hours-plus of almost continual sadistic abuse of women notwithstanding. Even in an industry known for self-delusion, that is quite a feat.
The plot would seem more ingenious if the movie itself didn't copy so many other thrillers (notably "The Silence of the Lambs"), and if it weren't so easy to spot every twist half an hour in advance.
Holly Hunter and Sigourney Weaver, a cop and a shrink, are the main trackers, but so little is done in Ann Biderman and David Madsen's script to give them or their colleagues or even their prey interesting human dimensions that the overall ambience is chiefly pornographic.
It was compared to " Seven" when it was released and been underrated for years.however it is a great example for suspense thrillers as it stays away from some cliches like jump out of seat scenes and plots like many so-called thrillers did in the 90s .Copycat also shines with its subplot, score and characters .
Highly recommended
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Copycat is a medium quality thriller. In addition to the excellent acting game Sigourney Weaver. The plot is very prolonged, there is almost no suspense, it appears only in the last third of the film. Twists hardly work. The trailer and cast gave hope for a good thriller of the 90s. Received from viewing not what I expected
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William McNamara, Harry Connick Jr, Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter star in this thriller mystery type film that basically see's one killer behind bars and another out there copying serial killers of the past. Sigourney Weaver plays some agoraphobic Doctor named Helen Hudson who is targeted by the killer as well as other innocents who lose their life but Helen Hudson strangely enough lives to tell the tale because she's saved by a few bullets from Holly Hunter's gun at the end that kill the copycat killer. I'd say it's an average or below average film and to me I think William McNamara is a great actor and Holly Hunter but Sigourney Weaver is pretty bad in this film to the point where she's unlikeable and you've no sympathy for her character. She's annoying at times and Harry Connick Jr is amusing at times and others weird and I did like this film but as time worn on you look at other great films such as Alien, The Terminator and even decent thrillers such as Frantic, The Fugitive and other great films and Copycat doesn't even make a dent on them and seems poor in comparison. There's blood in Copycat and violence and a killer who uses bad language and there is even a few shootings but that alone doesn't qualify it to be a decent film. Made in 1995 where there were great films coming out such as Martin Scorsese's Casino you'd think Copycat would of been better but sadly it isn't. Very disappointing.
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Awards
Cognac Festival du Film Policier
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
