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      The Mimic

      Released Feb 5, 2021 1 hr. 21 min. Comedy TRAILER for The Mimic: Trailer 1 List
      58% 19 Reviews Tomatometer 65% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Based on a true story, this clever, intriguing, and hyperbolic comedy follows the main character - 'the Narrator' (Thomas Sadoski) who is befriended by his young new neighbor 'the Kid’ (Jake Robinson), after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that the Kid may be a sociopath, the Narrator goes to extreme lengths to uncover the truth about him and his wife, a woman he ultimately begins to fancy. Between long walks down the street, a twisted dinner date, and a car drive gone terribly wrong, the Narrator gets closer and closer to the truth about the Kid. But the truth, as he finds, is anything but what he expected. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Apr 16 Buy Now

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      Critics Consensus

      Although its darkly humorous look at sociopathy can be off-putting, The Mimic earns points for boldness and originality.

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      Ivin E Psychologically compelling, darkly hilarious. It's rare to find a movie that's carried by just two actors but this one does it. It's brilliantly written, directed and acted. If you like bizarre, intelligent humor you'll love this flick. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a very unique, witty and well-written picture. The acting and direction is top quality. Definitely worth your time! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Loved it. A movie that keeps you engaged from beginning to end. A study in human behavior that makes you think. Well-written, unique and very entertaining. The cast is a great compilation of familiar faces, who all bring their A-game. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Movie was intriguing throughout. Has a higher level sense of humor that keeps you laughing and thinking Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty funny, kind of stupid and cleverly written. The two leads chemistry works quite well as they each navigate the films rater engaging narrative. Does lose some momentum towards the end, but its a brief enough film that it may go unnoticed by many. 6.5/10 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member A fiendishly witty film bursting with confidence & determination; one that never suggests to be more than what it is, and on that front it absolutely succeeds. Thomas Sadowski's turn as a detached, self-involved, and (justifiably) cynical screenwriter — who is also the narrator throughout the film — is immediately likable. This is the kind of role he was born to play, (though he was remarkable as "Don" in Sorkin's HBO series, "The Newsroom"). In the opening scene we are dropped into this screenwriter's mind & within 5 minutes we understand not just his status in life, but easily empathize with his plight as a passive observer of a very niche in-group in modern American society: a gaggle of old women who quarrel over banal minutiae in between occasionally skimming the obituaries to see if any of their "friends" have "died yet." Our protagonist finds these people perfect subjects to study for a potential new script he needs to write, but suddenly another person starts showing up to these little neighborhood meetings held by upper class octagenarian women — a young(-ish), jovial, and profoundly inscrutable man wearing red pants. This vexes our narrator, and once he starts to call out "the kid" (as he refers to him, refusing to even give him the respect of knowing his name), every single answer the "kid" gives only raises a hundred more questions — all of which he answers without a even stopping to think about any of them or consider the weird way he's being interrogated by our narrator/protagonist. AFTER JUST 10 MINUTES INTO THE MOVIE, our passive narrator now has the following: an adversary in the form of an enigma, a possibly even better source for his new script he's writing, but also a more personal issue comes with these other parts...as he learns more and more about "the kid," he knows that the Kid is either insane or just toying with him, (making the Kid a very dangerous person who is most likely a Sociopath). The stage is now set as our narrator dives head first into figuring out whether or not The Kid is a Sociopath — and if so, what kind is he? Non-Violent? Violent? How deep does this rabbit really go? As the narrator starts to figure out who The Kid is, (and WHAT the Kid really is), he struggles to reconcile undeniable character traits that he shared with The Kid; ultimately prompting him to prove to himself that HE'S not the sociopath but that The Kid is the Sociopath... Shouldn't be too difficult, right? Well... This movie had me rolling on the ground like an idiot from laughter, my stomach aching, out of breath — that kind of laughter. The film's screenplay, (especially the dialogue), feels like a mesh of Aaron Sorkin & Charlie Kaufman — but it never comes off as just imitation or pastiche, rather it's a wholly original film that deserves your time & attention. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News Gina Gershon has a hilarious scene-stealing cameo while Sadoski and Robinson make an appealing odd couple in a chipper black comedy. Rated: 2.5/4 Feb 10, 2021 Full Review Monica Castillo RogerEbert.com The Mimic is a brief feature that feels longer, a tiring experience that isn't rewarding when the credits roll. Rated: 1/4 Feb 5, 2021 Full Review Federico Furzan Movie-Blogger.com The Mimic goes back and forth in amusing conversations between two characters with a story to tell. The approach doesn’t let them get out of an overbearing atmosphere that seems to come from a hybrid of Groucho Marx and Sigmund Freud. Rated: 2.5/5 Feb 3, 2023 Full Review Kathy Fennessy Video Librarian Magazine The cast hits their marks, and [Thomas] Mazziotti keeps predictability at bay, but it's tough to shake the feeling that it all would've worked better as a short... Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 21, 2021 Full Review Steven Warner In Review Online Smug and self-congratulatory ... For his next film, Mazziotti should try to mimic something watchable. Jun 6, 2021 Full Review Bill Arceneaux Moviegoing with Bill It's a feat inside a nesting doll of arrogance, with enough color to make it attractive. Rated: 2.5/5 Mar 25, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Based on a true story, this clever, intriguing, and hyperbolic comedy follows the main character - 'the Narrator' (Thomas Sadoski) who is befriended by his young new neighbor 'the Kid’ (Jake Robinson), after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that the Kid may be a sociopath, the Narrator goes to extreme lengths to uncover the truth about him and his wife, a woman he ultimately begins to fancy. Between long walks down the street, a twisted dinner date, and a car drive gone terribly wrong, the Narrator gets closer and closer to the truth about the Kid. But the truth, as he finds, is anything but what he expected.
      Director
      Thomas F. Mazziotti
      Executive Producer
      Stephen R Foreht, Paul Jarrett
      Screenwriter
      Thomas F. Mazziotti
      Distributor
      Gravitas Ventures
      Production Co
      Red Square Pictures
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 5, 2021, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 5, 2021
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