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Mimic
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Mimic is a 1997 American horror, science fiction, and thriller film directed by Guillermo del Toro. The screenplay was written by Matthew Robbins, del Toro, and John Sayles. The cast includes Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, and Charles S. Dutton. The narrative is set in New York City and focuses on an insect.
The film was produced by Dimension Films, with Ole Bornedal, Bob Weinstein, and Harvey Weinstein serving as producers. Dan Laustsen handled cinematography, Patrick Lussier edited the film, and Marco Beltrami composed the score. Filming took place in Toronto. It was distributed by Miramax and Netflix in video on demand format. The movie has a runtime of 105 minutes and was rated R.
Mimic had a budget of $30,000,000 and generated $25,480,490 in revenue. It received various review scores, including a 64% rating, a 6.4/10 average, and a 55/100 score. The film won three awards and received eight nominations.
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6.1A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to die after one generation, but three years later Susan finds out that the species has survived and evolved into a large, gruesome monster that can mimic human form.
Cast
- Mira Sorvino as Susan Tyler
- Jeremy Northam as Peter Mann
- Giancarlo Giannini as Manny
- Charles S. Dutton as Leonard
- Josh Brolin as Josh
- Alexander Goodwin as Chuy
Themes
- experiment
- insect
- mutation
- cockroach
- giant insect
- nest
- creature
- disease
- scientist
- epidemic
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Ratings
IMDb
6/10
57,996 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Metacritic
56/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- insect
- Director
- Guillermo del Toro
- Screenwriter
- John Sayles
- Composer
- Marco Beltrami
- Producer
- Harvey Weinstein
- Production company
- Dimension Films
- Cinematographer
- Dan Laustsen
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Toronto
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 412378
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/mimic
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- publication date
- 1997-08-22
- film editor
- Patrick Lussier
- title
- Mimic
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- The Mimic
- review score
- 55/100
- capital cost
- 30000000
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