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Mimic

R
Movie
1997
1h 45m
English
Horror, Science Fiction
A 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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
5.8
IMDB
Mimic (1997) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
60

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Directed By: Guillermo del Toro
Written By: Guillermo del Toro (Screenplay), Matthew Robbins (Screenplay), + 1 more

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Zampai 2002 says...
3 years ago
This is The End of Anime 2: The Prince Croc of Egypt 1997 (2026/1997) 3:05:00 (16:9) "French"
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moviemankev79 says...
3 years ago
A fairly atmospheric creature feature with acting ranging from good to adequate to "oh no, your papers" HBOMax has both the theatrical and director's Cut of the film
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simonynwa says...
3 years ago
A film where the concept and ideas are interesting, but the execution Is somewhat hampered by largely uninteresting characters and a rather generic plot, even with the Director’s Cut that now exists. There are flashes of a good film here and Del Toro manages to stage some fun moments once the action moves underground. But this feels like a film trying to unsuccessfully fuse an interesting new filmmaker’s sensibilities with a very generic US studio thriller. Thankfully, Del Toro went on to much better things.
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schmenky says...
5 years ago
1 / 2 directing & technical aspect .5 / 1 story 1 / 1 act I 1 / 1 act II 1 / 1 act III 0 / 1 acting 0 / 1 writing 1 / 1 originality 0 / 1 lasting ability to make you think 0 / 1 misc 5.5 / 10
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AndrewBloom
CONTAINS SPOILERS6/10  4 years ago
[5.8/10] When I think of director Guillermo del Toro, the last word that comes to mind is “generic.” He has such a distinctive style, one that reveals the humanity of his subjects and which brings a visual excellence to help convey it. Even as he trafficks so often in the fantastical, he also ne More
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Kamurai
3 years ago
Really good watch, will watch again, and do recommend.

This is "the movie with bugs that look like people", there aren't a lot of unique ideas out there, so I like celebrating the ones I can point too.

While the cast and acting was really good, what makes this is the concept, the atmospheric t More
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
This is quite an entertaining little sci-fi thriller about a worm that turned! "Tyler" (Mira Sorvino) is a distinguished scientist who created a bug that could kill cockroaches that were carriers for a deadly disease. Thing is, though, these super-bugs have started to get a bit out of control, and i More
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