Very intriguing. I went in knowing nothing about it, and came out in awe. The attention to detail was outstanding, the acting was great and there are plenty of hidden details that make it worth rewatching just to find them
spot the killer!
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Very unnerving, and Sigourney was absolutely phenomenal. I've never seen Harry Connick Jr in anything before (unless Iron Giant counts) so I was amazed at how good he was at acting. He did a great job at being both creepy and insane.
My only real gripe was with Holly Hunter's character, especially her lack of empathy for the first half of the film. I found her character quite annoying for that duration, especially her constant bashing of Helen and her condition.
Other than that, it was great.
If you find the ending
too bleak, just remember that his mail would've been read, and he most likely would've been barred from sending/receiving mail...plus the recipient would've likely been investigated. It makes the ending more amusing that bleak, although it still leaves you with the thought that there will always be more copycats regardless.
I must've seen 1995's Copycat at some point because Holly Hunter's detective and Harry Connick Jr.'s demented killer seems extremely familiar, but none I remembered none of the details and so, watch or rewatch, it comes out the same. An effective thriller about a copycat killer doing a greatest hits of serial killers for the benefit of a traumatized, housebound psychologist (Sigourney Weaver), there's a nice streak of proceduralism here that takes the audience to be smart enough to follow along without too much exposition. As with any detective story, there must be SOME, but no one is treated as a cabbage head to whom things they should know need to be explained. Plotwise, there are times when you can see the strings, particularly in how they want to "arc" the two leads, but the story itself is as precise as its antagonist, and has just enough ambiguity to keep you wondering. Need it be said? Weaver and Hunt are of course excellent.
Pretty good actually. Generally not into women protags but they did it right here. If they made this today it would be pretentious dogshit with mary sue plot armor, but back then they still knew how to write women characters properly.
Also the movie is full of gun porn if you're into that. Sig Sauers, Berettas, Colt Commanders, the LT even uses a Colt MK IV.
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Very intriguing. I went in knowing nothing about it, and came out in awe. The attention to detail was outstanding, the acting was great and there are plenty of hidden details that make it worth rewatching just to find themVery unnerving, and Sigourney was absolutely phenomenal. I've never seen Harry Connick Jr in anything before (unless Iron Giant counts) so I was amazed at how good he was at acting. He did a great job at being both creepy and insane.
If you find the ending
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I must've seen 1995's Copycat at some point because Holly Hunter's detective and Harry Connick Jr.'s demented killer seems extremely familiar, but none I remembered none of the details and so, watch or rewatch, it comes out the same. An effective thriller about a copycat killer doing a greatest hits of serial killers for the benefit of a traumatized, housebound psychologist (Sigourney Weaver), there's a nice streak of proceduralism here that takes the audience to be smart enough to follow along without too much exposition. As with any detective story, there must be SOME, but no one is treated as a cabbage head to whom things they should know need to be explained. Plotwise, there are times when you can see the strings, particularly in how they want to "arc" the two leads, but the story itself is as precise as its antagonist, and has just enough ambiguity to keep you wondering. Need it be said? Weaver and Hunt are of course excellent.shitmovies
Pretty good actually. Generally not into women protags but they did it right here. If they made this today it would be pretentious dogshit with mary sue plot armor, but back then they still knew how to write women characters properly.Also the movie is full of gun porn if you're into that. Sig Sauers, Berettas, Colt Commanders, the LT even uses a Colt MK IV.