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There’s Nothing Like ‘The Mimic’ in Quirky Dark Comedy
“The Mimic”
Rating: 7/10
Director and Writer: Thomas F. Mazziotti
Style: Dark Comedy
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_nwNNRlxC8
Time: 1 hour, 22 minutes
Review by Mike Szymanski
This quirky dark comedy is reminiscent of a Wes Anderson film, with all the odd-ball characters. And, it’s also like a Todd Solondz film, but without the meanness.
Anderson, of “Rushmore,” “Asteroid City” and “The Royal Tenenbaums” fame, is also known for his larger-than-life characters put into unusual circumstances.
Solondz is a dark filmmaker who did “Welcome to the Dollhouse” and “Wiener-Dog” and is known for bringing together remarkable characters and putting them in odd circumstances and then being really cruel to them (I’ll never forgive him for “Wiener-Dog”). You can see a little bit of the surprising meanness in this, but it’s not as bad as a typical shocking Solondz film.
The beginning of the movie has a guy’s St. Bernard falling through the ceiling. No, the dog isn’t…
