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Mimic

1997

Guillermo del Toro

Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, F. Murray Abraham ...

5.2

11,580

Horror. Fantasy Three years ago, entomologist Dr. Susan Tyler genetically created an insect to kill cockroaches carrying a virulent disease. Now, the insects are out to destroy their only predator, mankind.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] 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 (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"A serviceable bugs-in-the-sewers routine (...) Sorvino is fine (...) It all descends, inevitably, into preposterousness, contrivance and eventually bare-faced silliness (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Nigel Floyd Time Out	"Uncompromising, subversive and occasionally perversely comic."	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"'Mimic' spends more time appreciating the murkiness of subterranean spaces than it does exploring deep, dark motives in either man or bug."	NEU
United Kingdom	Joanna Berry Radio Times	"It's preposterous stuff, but the tale of oversized insects (...) is suitably gruesome and atmospheric thanks to 'Cronos' director Guillermo del Toro's dark direction (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader	"Mira Sorvino is fine (...) [The] characterizations are unassailable"	POS

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