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Copycat (1995)

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 1

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Dr. Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver), a psychiatrist famous for her writings about serial murderers, is nearly killed by obsessed psychopath Daryll Lee Cullum (Harry Connick Jr.). As a result of this trauma, Helen becomes a drunken, pill-taking agoraphobic who can't leave her San Francisco apartment. After a series of bizarre murders, she calls the police suggesting that the murders were the work of a serial killer. Detective M.J. Monahan (Holly Hunter) and her assistant Ruben (Dermot Mulroney)

R, 2 hr.

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Apr 28, 1998

Warner Home Video

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All Critics (50) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (27) | Rotten (10) | DVD (6)

Copycat, despite two tough-babe leads to kill for, flies in more directions than scattered kitty litter.

January 1, 2000 Comment
USA Today
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[Gives] Weaver equal billing with everyone's favorite Southern spitfire, Holly Hunter. Teaming up these heavyweights is the genius notion of Copycat, a solid serial-killer thriller elevated by phenomenal acting. [Blu-ray]

September 23, 2011 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | Comment

It's not the kind of title that anyone would seek out, but it's a fine movie if you're just going to be watching a little TV.

August 19, 2011 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

A striking, consistently engaging thriller...

August 8, 2011 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

As much as I admired the acting from all of the principal players, I could never buy into the story except in a couple of suspenseful scenes. (Blu-ray edition)

August 5, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

There are so many numbskull moves by almost every character, it becomes more of an exercise in frustration than an enjoyable viewing experience.

August 5, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Great cast but too nasty-tempered to elevate it from its sordid serial killer roots.

July 29, 2007 Comment

Not -half-bad serial killer thriller. A great cast helps immeasurably.

April 3, 2005 Comment
eFilmCritic.com

Boasts fine performances by Hunter and Weaver, but it's the inept work of the villains that keeps it from really coming alive.

December 28, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
TheMovieReport.com

Entertaining -- for all the wrong reasons -- thriller,

November 20, 2003 Comment (1)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Audience Reviews for Copycat

Gripping serial killer thriller that was overshadowed by the release of Se7en a month earlier. Weaver is an agoraphobic psychologist that specialises in serial killers. Holly Hunter is a detective with three similar and unsolved murders on her hands. It soon becomes apparent that these murders are copycat killings. The

August 15, 2010
kiriyamakazou

Super Reviewer

An ok thriller.

December 24, 2007
FilmFanatik
Tim Salmons

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