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The Mimic

The Mimic

Horror · Thriller · 2017

The mother of a missing child takes in a lost girl she finds in the woods, but soon begins to wonder if she is even human.

Movie details

The Mimic

“Don't follow its voice.”

2017 Horror · Thriller 1h 40m

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6.3 / 10

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The mother of a missing child takes in a lost girl she finds in the woods, but soon begins to wonder if she is even human.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Huh Jung

Written by

Huh Jung

Yum Jung-ah

Yum Jung-ah

Hee-yeon

Park Hyuk-kwon

Park Hyuk-kwon

Min-ho

Heo Jin

Heo Jin

Soon-ja

Shin Rin-a

Shin Rin-a

Girl

Lee Jun-hyeok

Lee Jun-hyeok

Middle-aged Man

Lee Ju-won

Lee Ju-won

Jung-soo

Kil Hae-yeon

Kil Hae-yeon

Female Shaman

Court is in session

Put The Mimic on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.