Mimic (1997)

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It comes off smarter and creepier than I recall the original, less about scares than a sustained atmosphere of eerie unease and skittery threats.

May 19, 2012 Full Review

Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

Viewers will be forgiven for wanting to rush next door and douse their neighbor with RAID.

May 8, 2012 Full Review

Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

While a visual treat, Mimic is exactly that, a film which mimics other styles and plot elements. In this case Alien and David Cronenberg's The Fly and Videodrome.

January 29, 2012 Full Review

R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

An oddly conventional work for a terminally inventive director, Mimic receives a satisfactory transfer from Lionsgate and a bounty of strong extras.

January 25, 2012 Full Review

Chris Cabin

Slant Magazine

Del Toro's excision of 95% of the "second-unit crap" foisted on him makes this cut a more subtle work.

October 28, 2011 Full Review

Ian Berriman

SFX Magazine

It's clear now that Del Toro's favorite themes and symbols were already in place, with the vast underground setting, machinery, and man's interference in the supernatural order of things -- not to mention a talent for pure terror.

September 30, 2011 Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Mimic: The Director's Cut on Blu-ray is a true gift for fans.

September 24, 2011 Full Review

Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton

Dread Central

A creature feature imbued with beauty and elegance thanks to del Toro's graceful and gothic sensibilities, Mimic makes the most of suspense and atmosphere.

September 16, 2011 Full Review

Staci Layne Wilson

Horror.com

Preposterous, yes, but a lot of fun.

February 14, 2009 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Fairly lame bug horror. Not del Toro's best, to put it mildly.

July 18, 2008 Full Review

Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Del Toro does not make Tyler a symbol of science gone out of control or of science for greed, instead he makes her a scientist who in doing good has created a monster and has to live with that guilt.

July 10, 2008 Full Review

Beth Accomando

KPBS.org

Del Toro consegue criar alguns bons momentos de tensão e o filme conta com um design de produção bastante acima da média para exemplares do gênero. Ainda assim, a história óbvia, típica de uma produção B, resulta em um longa descartável.

March 7, 2007

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

• 1. Manny: Play them crazy spoons boy!
  – Submitted by Jesse K (3 months ago)
• 1. Josh: Funny shoes! Funny face! Funny place!
  – Submitted by Jesse K (3 months ago)
• 1. Josh: This is what I love about my job. I get to travel, see the world, meet new cultures. I mean, it's all bacterial, but, hey, what the fuck?
  – Submitted by Folashade K (4 months ago)
• 1. Susan Tyler: Sometimes an insect will even mimic its predator.
  – Submitted by Folashade K (4 months ago)
• 1. Peter Mann: Leonard, have you ever seen anything like this before?
  2. Leonard: Why you asking me if I've seen some shit like this before? Do I look like I've seen some shit like this before? Hell, no I a'int never seen no shit like this before. Who the fuck would wanna climb up one of these walls and hang one of these? Musta been a big elephant-ass motherfucker.
  – Submitted by Folashade K (4 months ago)
• 1. Dr. Gates: [on insect's inner motivation] Can I eat it or will it eat me?
  – Submitted by Folashade K (4 months ago)

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