The Mimic

APPROPIATE

2021 / 81min.

Rating4.1

Genres

Comedy

Synopsis

Based on a true story, ‘the Narrator’ is befriended by his young new neighbor, 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. After unsettling rendezvous, the truth he finds is anything but what he expected.

Directors

Thomas F. Mazziotti

Actors

Gina Gershon

Matthew Maher

Jessica Walter

M. Emmet Walsh

Steve Routman

Austin Pendleton

Marilu Henner

Thomas Sadoski

Teddy Coluca

Didi Conn

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