this is delicious copaganda! sigourney weaver, online, in chat rooms, in 1995?? yes! piles of stupid, dead cops?!?! yes!! my husband says holly hunter's voice sounds like she has sandwiches secreted away in her mouth, leaving u with a pervasive subconscious feeling of hunger, perhaps? we love to be hungry!! there's so much to celebrate about this movie! those three things, mostly? also, sigourney instructing all white males to please stand up, and telling them they're all serial killers? that's a power move. that's feminism, babe. look it up.

Serial killers come in all kinds.
There are references to Zodiac killer and Ted Bundy, who now have their own movies.
Not a mystery though, the killer is shown halfway through.

the lesbian subtext in this film... thank you

three things i love about helen hudson:

1. the way she laughs every time someone is trying to kill her? powerful
2. she tried to kill herself to save mj!!! that's love, babey!
3. she swears all the fuckin time in casual conversation but when she finds bugs in her bed she just says 'good grief'

Sigourney Weaver overcomes agoraphobia with the help of two male admirers in one of those 90s movies about how serial killers are everywhere and that's why you should never park next to a van. The message of this movie is that serial killers are pathetic and depraved men who murder women to make up for their thoroughly banal inadequacies, which is why it's important to know every single detail about their lives and crimes.

A good cast which includes Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermont Mulroney, JE Freeman, Harry Connick Jr, and William McNamara, slightly elevates this otherwise severely mediocre serial killer thriller.

Classic detective hunting down a serial killer film! Sigourney Weaver Is super excellent as the agoraphobic profiler called in from semi retirement to help the cops .. she teams up with holly hunter and there rapport along with Dermont Mulroney makes this easy and fun to watch. At one point a swarm of ants shows up in Sirgourneys bed and honestly that’s t he scariest thing I’ve seen ina while.. I hate bugs 🐜😱😱😱

This is the movie that just keeps on giving. I could legit watch it any day of the week and still be entertained. Weaver and Hunter are at the top of their fucking game, elevating what is essentially a 2-hour episode of a CBS crime procedural into high art (with a *smidge* of camp thrown in for good measure).

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

“What am I... the lamb tied to the stake here?”

This film was lost in a sea of familiar looking crime thrillers films that came out during the 90’s after the success of Silence of the Lambs. 

Although, the plot doesn’t feel original, it does have two great actresses anchoring the film in Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter. Weaver plays a professor who’s an expert on serial killers, that gets involved with a police investigation when a series of copycat killings occurs. Hunter plays one of the investigating officers. 

It also stars Dermot Mulroney, Will Patton, William McNamara and Harry Connick Jr. 

There’s a nice chemistry between Weaver, Hunter and Mulroney which helps the film and Connick Jr. performance is quite memorable. Too bad that the resolution of the film seems contrived and it features one of the most random character’s death onscreen. 

Watched via Prime Video Canada

i've read several red dragon/silence of the lambs mashup fanfics exactly like this

My moms friend les took me to see this when it was in theatres. And it’s the only time, right before the jump scare he fucken poked me in the arm and I fucken lost it. 
Note to self:
never think you’re better than Harry Connick Jr. 
also see BUG where he fucking nails it.

Viewed in 1995. Tense thriller about a detective and a psychologist tracking a serial killer who copies other serial killers. Involving with strong performances from Weaver and Hunter. One of my favorites that year.

One hell of a movie that always will live under the shadow of Seven, this was released one month after the last mentioned. It's one of the best serial killer films, infused with a copycat that dramatize famous serial killers murders. The film pull no punches, it's relentless from start to finish. Great leads, I love Weaver and Hunter always and a meticulous and methodical psychopathic William McNamara that will make you shit your pants. The blood and donuts shot, fucking rad and sad.

MILFS UNITE!

Why is every character so terrible in this? Weaver is whiny and needy then you add extremely hostile and rude and she is a terrible lead character. She definitely makes a choice on how to play the character, and it is a bad one. All the cops, besides Hunter, are awful. To say the technology in this is outdated is putting it lightly, which is usually okay, however this film leans way too heavily on it. This is just very poorly made, which is too bad. Someone please remake this because the plot is great, it is just executed terribly. Fincher we need you!

Mildly entertaining but fairly dumb serial killer film.

The killer breaks into Sigourney Weavers apartment a number of times and literally nothing is done about it. They have 1 cop posted at her door, she doesn’t move to another secure location until he’s found , doesn’t even check the windows etc to see how he’s getting in. And it never shows how he’s getting in. 

When Holly Hunter shoots the Asian guy Dermot Mulroney reaches down to pick up his donuts before getting shot in the back and dying. A detective who doesn’t secure the scene and at least kick the gun away from the criminal chooses his donuts over his life. 

Harry Connick Jnr is woefully miscast, the character itself just doesn’t add up , we are supposed to believe he is this highly intelligent serial killer but the white thrash / hick country character looks like he can barely spell his name.

Too many twist but also too long.

Entirely middle of the road. Good performances from Weaver and Hunter, but not a lot more to recommend.

Pretty entertaining copycat and mouse thriller (boo me I dare you) with two good leads that just need a bit more time with their characters. It’s all a little stupid though, some plot points don’t make much sense to me. I enjoyed it as another entry into the surprisingly prolific 90s thriller genre.