Although the plotting of this mystery-thriller about a copycat killer is flawed, Hunter and Weaver drive the show with strong performances.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 11, 2022

A straightforward intelligent thriller.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 11, 2022

Killer star power propels Copycat.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 10, 2022

This is basically a bloke-carving-up-women film.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 10, 2022

For anyone who likes to stoke adrenaline with anxiety, Copycat delivers the goods.

| Feb 23, 2018

What the world would not seem to need right now is yet another serial killer thriller, but "Copycat" has both the smarts and the tension to rate as a potent entry in the overworked genre.

| Sep 2, 2008

It leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.

| Feb 9, 2006

This film, unlike its homicidal wannabe, has a personality of its own.

| May 20, 2003

Copycat seems pornographically intent on pushing the envelope of what is acceptable for thrillers on screen.

| Feb 13, 2001

Amiel... delivers a taut, gripping thriller and, with the help of his accomplished leads, succeeds in camouflaging some of the mammoth holes in Ann Biderman and David Madsen's otherwise intelligent and inventive screenplay.

| Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Copycat doesn't have the dark tones of Seven, or that movie's distinctive look. But in its own way, it is as effective. It creates original characters and makes them more important than the plot. We care, and that's the key.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

As its title indicates, it's lacking in imagination, a movie with too few original thoughts in its head.

| Jan 1, 2000

Copycat, despite two tough-babe leads to kill for, flies in more directions than scattered kitty litter.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The violence in Copycat is going to freak out fans of Hunter and Weaver, but then, the movie’s emotional depth is going to shock your average slasher-film fan.

| Oct 27, 1995