Mimic

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  • Opened August 22, 1997 
  • 1 hr 45 min
  • R | Violence, Terror and Language

  • When a cockroach-spread plague threatens to decimate the child population of New York City, evolutionary biologist Susan Tyler (Mira Sorvino) and her research associates rig up a species of "Judas" bugs and introduce them into the environment, where they will mimic the diseased roaches and infiltrate their grubby habitats. So far so good ... until the bugs keep on evolving and learn to mimic their next prey -- humans. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Giancarlo Giannini, Charles S. Dutton
  • Director: Guillermo del Toro
  • Genres: Horror, Suspense/Thriller

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90
Newsweek
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Mimic is undoubtedly the best mutant-cockroach horror thriller ever made. Even granting that there hasn't been much competition, this is intended as a high compliment. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

But Mimic is superior to most of its cousins, and has been stylishly directed by Guillermo Del Toro, whose visual sense adds a certain texture that makes everything scarier and more effective. Read full review

83
Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

A stylish B horror movie about giant insects in the catacombs of Manhattan, it's by turns queasy, gross, terrifying, and -- never underestimate this one -- enthusiastically dumb. It's everything you want in a big-bug thriller. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

In Mimic, director Guillermo Del Toro has created a dark, grotesque world that's hard to look at, and impossible to stop looking at. Read full review

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