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Description: Genre: Crime & Thriller - Thriller / Theatrical Release: 1996 / Director: Jon Amiel / Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Holly ... more
Copycat (DVD) ... Hunter ... / DVD released 29 March, 1999 at Warner Home Video / Features of the DVD: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen / Taking its lead from Jonathan Demme's Oscar-winning pulse-raiser The Silence Of the Lambs, Copycat strives for intelligence over gristle and carnage. It's a terse, involving thriller that swings away from the usual cinematic notion of violence as a means to an end by forgoing brawn for brains. Young San Francisco police inspector Ruben Goetz (Dermot Mulroney) is teamed with brilliant force vet, M J Monahan (Holly Hunter), a diplomatic, no-nonsense cop who must buck the system in order to find a killer who is copying the crimes of history's most notorious serial killers. Ruben would rather shoot to kill than merely wound a suspect; Monahan labours to help him think more diplomatically. Everything changes when crank calls arrive at the station from serial-killer pin-up girl psychiatrist Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver). She's been housebound for 13 months, ever since murderer Daryll Lee Cullum (Harry Connick Jr.) nearly made her his next victim because she testified against him in court. Though he's in prison, he's still mentor and muse to every loose cannon walking the streets--one of whom is killing people with a vengeance and hoping to finish the job Cullum began. Cop and doc team up to solve the case in this stylish, plot-driven movie. Though Copycat loses steam in the end, it still makes a point. And it serves as a cautionary tale for people everywhere, tossing in street smart warnings against victimisation. The teaming of Hunter and Weaver works well, the short and the tall forging a terrific and friction-filled relationship that leads to grudging respect. Establishing an ominous atmosphere reminiscent of his classic British TV miniseries The Singing Detective, director Jon Amiel has an eye for the dark and the unusual and it gives this film an edge that eludes most other mainstream filmmakers. --Paula Nechak

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 ... They are hunting down a killer who is using for their inspiration the techniques used by historical serial killers. Sigourney Weaver also stars as Helen Hudson a talented psychiatrist and expert on tracking down serial killers, she refuses to leave her house after a near fatal encounter with now incarcerated murderer Daryll Cullum who is played by Harry Connick Junior. The three must join forces and try to influence Cullum to help them crack the case and stop the copycat killer. There is a dark quality to this film ...more

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sunmeilan
Crowned Review Copycat (DVD): Copycat killings (887 words)
by - written on 31/08/08 (Very useful, 194 readings)
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A series of killings are filling the local police department with horror, particularly as there seems to be no rhyme or reason behind them. Then a psychologist, Helen Hudson, spots the link - the killer is copying serial killers from the past. Detectives Monahan and Goetz need Hudson's help - the only problem is Helen is agoraphobic, refusing to leave her apartment following a run-in with another serial killer some years before. Can Helen help them follow the clues to the latest killer without leaving her apartment? And in any case, will they be quick enough to catch the killer before anyone else dies? Made back in 1995, this film for some reason didn't ...  Read the complete review

Ophelia
Premium Review Bundy, Me and Dahmer Makes Three (1082 words)
by - written on 18/04/02 (Very useful, 131 readings)
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In 118 minutes you certainly get your money’s worth on the killing front. While the number of dead may not be as numerous as the number of times David Beckham has uttered the words ‘I don’t understand’, the quality of murders and the amount of suspense is more than gratifying. PLOT Sigourney Weaver plays a criminal psychologist, Helen Hudson, who gives lectures on serial killers, which is her speciality. One day she is attacked by a serial killer who she then helps to convict. After her ordeal she develops agoraphobia and does not leave her flat for 18 months and is forced to retire from work, until Holly Hunter as ...  Read the complete review

sexyminxy
Premium Review Copycat (DVD): Be ready to jump out of your seat! (436 words)
by - written on 06/11/09 (Very useful, 27 readings)
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I suffer from Agoraphobia and am always scouring the internet looking for ways to help deal with it. I came across this film and noticed that one of the characters suffered from Agoraphobia. A friend also recommended this film to me and said that he had thought it was great. I ended up renting it from Tesco dvd rentals and watched it last night with my boyfriend. I am a bit of a chicken when it comes to scary films so was a bit worried about watching it as it sounded really scary! If you have never seen Copycat, it is an American psychological thriller film that came to our screens in 1996. The film has a brilliant cast including Sigourney Weaver, ...  Read the complete review

raebroughton
Premium Review One man is copying the most notorious killers in history (380 words)
by - written on 17/08/09 (Very useful, 41 readings)
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Copycat is a Psycological Thriller that follows the actions of a mass murderer who is copying various serial killers including Albert Desalvo, The Hillside Strangler, Peter Kürten, Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer. Sigourney Weaver plays Dr Helen Hudson who is a criminal psychologist, at the beginning of the film she is attacked by a psychopath at a lecture she is giving. After this event she refuses to leave her apartment therefore becoming severely agoraphobic. Now that a new and very different killer has appeared on the scene the police seek out her help so they can catch the man responsible. Naturally at first she is very reluctant to involve herself in the ...  Read the complete review

sympatic
Premium Review Copycat (DVD): Copying is so wrong (260 words)
by - written on 08/11/09 (Very useful, 17 readings)
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Copycat is an excellent psychological thriller with a few similarities to Silence of the Lambs in some ways, certainly it had me on the edge of m seat when I watched it and I found it to be a tense and nervy viewing experience. Demot Mulroney stars as a youn police officer in San Francisco who is partnered up by an experienced inspector in the form of Holly Hunter playing the role of M J Monahan. They are hunting down a killer who is using for their inspiration the techniques used by historical serial killers. Sigourney Weaver also stars as Helen Hudson a talented psychiatrist and expert on tracking down serial killers, she refuses to leave her house after a ...  Read the complete review

 
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