Copycat

Copycat

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While in one sense a very formulaic serial killer movie, this one is interesting for a number of reasons, not least the choice of copying the modus operandi adopted by several serial killers as a means of terrorising agoraphobic criminal psychologist and serial killer specialist Dr Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver), who reluctantly aids cops Monaghan and Goetz (Holly Hunter and Dermot Mulroney.)  Yes the story runs in a very predictable fashion but this is a highly engaging movie, one in which the honours are stolen unexpectedly by Harry Connick jr in a winning cameo as the jailed serial killer Darryll Lee Cullum.  Maybe not a great film but certainly worth seeing, maybe more than once.  6/10

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