Copycat Review
It's very hard to review a film retroactively and verbalise an opinion formed over multiple viewings across 20 years. I was a teenager the first time I saw Copycat and it so captured my attention that I seriously considered writing my Psychology paper on criminal psychology during my last year of high-school, before realising that finding sources would be a tricky proposition for a 17 year-old. Through 2020 eyes (there's a joke to be made there), the film holds its own and proves why I so liked it from the start. The story is gripping, the tension mounting beautifully, and the characters are both fleshed out and believable. The writing has a big part in all of the above, giving us heroes and villains that are complex and multi-faceted. The movie doesn't shy away from giving us main characters that aren't always likeable and who make mistakes, making them truly human to the audience. I am a fan of both Holly Hunter and Sigourney Weaver but...