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Metascore
19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackIntelligent and crackling with crisp, provocative visual energy, Copycat, the new thriller starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter, is so creepy and dangerous-feeling that it's like a knife edge pressed against the jugular.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliWith its rare mixture of intelligent plotting, flawless acting, and start-to- finish tension, Copycat is a force to be reckoned with.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt creates original characters - Hudson and, especially, the little dynamo M. J. - and makes them more important than the plot. We care, and that's the key.
- 75San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserSan Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserCopycat is as steady and reliable as a pulse and as exhilarating as a surge of adrenalin.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyThe movie is, in short, a trash conundrum. What nearly redeems the movie is its acting.
- 70The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThe screenplay for Copycat, by Ann Biderman and Jay Presson Allen from a story by David Madsen, is otherwise so crackling good that character development threatens to eclipse the actual crimes.
- 50Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisIt's an occasionally entertaining ride, although one fraught with numerous logical holes.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranBy having Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter play the maniacs' feisty antagonists, the filmmakers seem to believe that they've made a significant feminist statement, the movie's two hours-plus of almost continual sadistic abuse of women notwithstanding. Even in an industry known for self-delusion, that is quite a feat.
- 40EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanIt must be hard for actresses as unconventional and gutsy as Weaver and Hunter to find scripts worth making. Although this offers them both meaty parts with plentiful neuroses and snappy lines, it is otherwise a completely mechanical load of old cods.
- 10Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumHolly Hunter and Sigourney Weaver, a cop and a shrink, are the main trackers, but so little is done in Ann Biderman and David Madsen's script to give them or their colleagues or even their prey interesting human dimensions that the overall ambience is chiefly pornographic.