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Copycat
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790740249
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0790740249
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: January 26, 1999
Running Time: 123 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 27, 1995
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Editorial Review:
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 copycatting the crimes of history's most notorious serial killers. Ruben would rather shoot to kill than merely wound a suspect; Monahan labors 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 victimization. The teaming of Hunter and Weaver works well, the short and the tall forging a terrific and frictioned 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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Creepy good.
Copycat starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter is the best cat and mouse game of all-time. Released in 1995, I still find this film intriguing and nail-biting. The two stars are dynamite together, look out for a creepy Harry Connick Jr. who plays a copycat serial killer. Dermot Mulroney also stars, this guy is so under-used! I love, love, love this thriller, gotta see this one, enjoy!
Rating: - Flat
This movie is one of my favorites, but what I realy like is the apartment. I wish I could have a place like that.
Rating:  - Tightened up it could have been perfect
After The Silence of the Lambs and exactly in the same year as Seven, Copycat had some strong competition on the market of serial killer films. Hence this one has to look for originality because the rhythm has to be the same and it is. First the common points. The main cop is a woman (The Silence of the Lambs). She gets the help of a convicted murderer who is in prison (The Silence of the Lambs). There is some enigma that determines the series of murders in order, in nature and in all particular ... Read More
Rating: - Murderers Reflection
First off please don't try to compare this to other murder mysteries. It isn't any of them and vice versa. You might as well compare it to "Fade to Black", which by the way has nothing in common. Imagine yourself one of the top profilers working for the police department or the FBI. Now you have a string of murders but the Modus of Operation (MO) by the perpetrator (perp) changes with each murder. Some brilliant acting by Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, and the underrated Harry Connick Jr. make this ... Read More
Rating: - great suspense
Just Like an Alfred Hitchcock movie! The suspense never ends! One movie you should have in your collection! Not to mention this movie has some great actors in it!
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