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6.5An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
Cast
- Sigourney Weaver as Helen Hudson
- Holly Hunter as M.J. Monahan
- Dermot Mulroney as Ruben Goetz
- William McNamara as Peter Foley
- Harry Connick Jr. as Daryll Lee Cullum
- J.E. Freeman as Lt. Quinn
Themes
- police brutality
- psychology
- police operation
- police protection
- psychologist
- serial killer
- cowardliness
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
79,811 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
76%
Metacritic
54/100
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jon Amiel
- Written by
- Ann Biderman David Madsen
- Produced by
- Arnon Milchan Mark Tarlov
- Starring
- Sigourney Weaver Holly Hunter Dermot Mulroney William McNamara Will Patton John Rothman J. E. Freeman Harry Connick Jr.
- Cinematography
- László Kovács
- Edited by
- Jim Clark
- Music by
- Christopher Young
- Production company
- Regency Enterprises
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- October 27, 1995 ( 1995-10-27 )
- Running time
- 123 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $27 million
- Box office
- $79 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 123
- FilmAffinity ID
- 333537
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- publication date
- 1996-01-25
- title
- Copycat
- review score
- 76%
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Copycat is a 1995 American psychological thriller horror film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, and Dermot Mulroney. The score was composed by Christopher Young. The film follows a criminal psychologist and a homicide detective who must work together to find a serial killer who is committing copycat crimes modeled after notorious murderers.
Principal photography began on October 3, 1994, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The film was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures on October 27, 1995. It was a moderate box office success and received positive reviews for the performances of its leads, writing, and direction. It proved very successful in the video rental market, becoming the 11th most-rented film in the United States for 1996.