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Nonureva Really Surprised!

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

garthlotel Loved this film. But then, I always love Holly Hunter and Sigourney Weaver. It's wonderful to watch their interesting characters and electric pairing as co-leads - plus their growing friendship - that drives and carries the story in this film. The fact that they work together to take down a serial killer (a great story in itself) is actually secondary to their stellar performances in this refreshing, original thriller.

ronarimes Almost - but not. Great acting by Sigorney Weaver and an appropriate music score. The plot started out well and I was pretty terrified, gripped by the drama - and then it went silly. I know it's a fictional story but no need to be so inplausible and ridiculous. It changed from being an exciting thriller into a black comedy and I felt short changed.

Claudio Carvalho In San Francisco, the criminal psychologist Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver) is specialized in serial-killers. During a trial, the accused Daryll Lee Cullum (Harry Connick Jr.) kills a police officer and tries to kill her and she becomes agoraphobic. Now Helen lives a reclusive life with her gay friend Andy (John Rothman) that helps her. Sometime later, there is a wave of crimes and Detectives M.J. Monahan (Holly Hunter) and Reuben Goetz (Dermot Mulroney) are investigating the murder cases. Helen identifies that the murderer is copycatting notorious serial-killers and she anonymously contacts the Police Department. After fourteen phone calls, she is identified by the police. Detectives M.J. and Reuben visit her and Helen teams up with them and prepares the profile of the killer that wants to be famous. But soon the copycat killer Peter Foley (William McNamara) contacts and stalks Helen and M.J. and Reuben give protection to her. Will they be capable to stop Foley before the next murder?"Copycat" is an effective thriller from the 90's and certainly among the best ones. The performances of Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter are great and Holly Hunter is a great surprise as a detective in a thriller. There are many movies about serial-killers and the great difference in "Copycat" is two women in the lead roles. The identity of the killer is disclosed too soon and could be kept as a mystery; but anyway the character is not connected to Helen, Andy, M.J. or Reuben and it would not be possible to have a twist or a major surprise if the mystery was kept. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Copycat - A Vida Imita a Morte" ("Copycat – The Life Imitates The Death")

Uriah43 "Helen Hudson" (Sigourney Weaver) is a renowned psychologist who has done extensive work in the field of serial killers. So when one of her subjects named "Daryll Lee Cullum" (Harry Connick Jr.) escapes she is afforded police protection because she is considered his next target. Sure enough, he attacks her immediately after a speech at a college which later results in severe emotional impairment even though Daryll was apprehended and returned to prison. Not long afterward another serial killing begins and "Detective M.J. Monahan" (Holly Hunter) is assigned to investigate. This leads her to Helen who becomes an invaluable resource in tracking down the serial killer. Unfortunately, this also results in the serial killer targeting both of them as well. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that while I enjoyed it I must also admit that one or two scenes seemed a bit implausible. But I suppose that's to be expected from Hollywood. In any case, I liked the performance of Holly Hunter and overall I rate this movie as slightly above average.