Cold Copy
{{Short description|2023 film by Roxine Helberg}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Cold Copy Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Roxine Helberg
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Daniel Bekerman
- Justin Lothrop
- Brent Stiefel
- Roxine Helberg
- Amanda Verhagen
}}
| writer = Roxine Helberg
| starring ={{Plainlist|
}}
| music = Tóti Guðnason
| cinematography = Matteo Cocco
| editing = Arndt-Wulf Peemöller
| studio = {{Plainlist|
- Votiv Films
- Scythia Films
- Needle's Eye Productions
- ShivHans Pictures
- 30West
- Carte Blanche
}}
| distributor = Vertical
| released = {{film date|2023|6|11|Tribeca|2024|01|26|United States}}
| runtime = 96 minutes{{Cite web|date=January 15, 2024|title=Cold Copy (15)|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/cold-copy-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde4njqz|access-date=January 16, 2024|website=BBFC|archive-date=September 12, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240912063535/https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/cold-copy-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0xmde4njqz|url-status=live}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Cold Copy is a 2023 American thriller film written and directed by Roxine Helberg and starring Bel Powley, Tracee Ellis Ross, James Tupper, Ekaterina Baker, Nesta Cooper, and Jacob Tremblay. It is Helberg's feature directorial debut.
Cold Copy was released on 26 January 2024.
Plot
An ambitious journalism student falls under the yoke of a renowned but ruthless journalist whom she strives to impress, even if it means manipulating her latest article and the very idea of truth.
Cast
- Bel Powley as Mia
- Tracee Ellis Ross as Diane
- Jacob Tremblay as Igor
- Nesta Cooper as Kim
- Ekaterina Baker as Alix
- James Tupper as Alexsy
Production
In September 2022, it was announced that filming had wrapped.{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|title=Bel Powley, Tracee Ellis Ross & Jacob Tremblay Lead Thriller Pic Cold Copy|date=September 28, 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/bel-powley-tracee-ellis-ross-jacob-tremblay-lead-thriller-pic-cold-copy-1235129757/|accessdate=December 3, 2022|archive-date=October 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011004902/https://deadline.com/2022/09/bel-powley-tracee-ellis-ross-jacob-tremblay-lead-thriller-pic-cold-copy-1235129757/|url-status=live}}
Release
Cold Copy premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 11, 2023.{{cite web|last=Frank|first=Jason P.|title=Tribeca Film Festival Is What Baking Did for Waitress|date=April 18, 2023|website=Vulture|url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/04/tribeca-film-festival-lineup-2023.html|accessdate=April 30, 2023|archive-date=June 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610143834/https://www.vulture.com/2023/04/tribeca-film-festival-lineup-2023.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Cold Copy |url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/cold-copy-2023 |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=Tribeca Film Festival |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111203610/https://tribecafilm.com/films/cold-copy-2023 |url-status=live }} In October 2023, Vertical Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film.{{cite web|title=Tribeca Thriller 'Cold Copy' Starring Tracee Ellis Ross & Bel Powley Acquired By Vertical|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=24 October 2023|access-date=24 October 2023|url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/tracee-ellis-ross-movie-cold-copy-vertical-1235580780/|archive-date=October 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024165325/https://deadline.com/2023/10/tracee-ellis-ross-movie-cold-copy-vertical-1235580780/|url-status=live}}
The film was released in select theaters and on VOD on January 26, 2024.{{Cite web |date=January 11, 2024|last=Smart|first=Jack|title=Tracee Ellis Ross and Bel Powley Play Cutthroat Journalists in Cold Copy Trailer (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/tracee-ellis-ross-and-bel-powley-in-cold-copy-trailer-exclusive-8424453 |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=People}}
Reception
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|33|5.4|18|consensus=|access-date=January 19, 2025|ref=y}}
Damon Wise of Deadline Hollywood gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Just lately, with the exception of Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler (2014), there hasn't been too much evidence of a renaissance, but Roxine Hellberg's satisfying feature debut taps back into the same dark wells of oral ambivalence corruption and power, casting the excellent Bel Powley as a journalism student who will do whatever it takes to make it in the cut-throat world of TV news broadcasting".{{cite web|last=Wise|first=Damon|title=Cold Copy Review: A Satisfying Media Noir For The Fox News Age – Tribeca Film festival|date=June 12, 2023|website=Deadline Hollywood|url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/cold-copy-review-bel-powley-leads-a-satisfying-media-noir-for-the-fox-news-age-1235414623|access-date=June 12, 2023|archive-date=June 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612162958/https://deadline.com/2023/06/cold-copy-review-bel-powley-leads-a-satisfying-media-noir-for-the-fox-news-age-1235414623/|url-status=dead}}
Christian Zilko of IndieWire graded the film a C− and wrote, "With so many new journalism stories begging to be told, there's simply no reason to retread old ones this poorly".{{cite web|last=Zilko|first=Christian|title=Cold Copy Review: Heavy-Handed Journalism Thriller Is Staler Than Print Media|date=June 11, 2023|website=IndieWire|url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/cold-copy-review-1234873648/|accessdate=June 12, 2023|archive-date=June 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611233649/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/cold-copy-review-1234873648/|url-status=live}} Lex Briscuso of TheWrap gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Cold Copy is a tense journalism drama that ultimately can't be saved by a group of strong leads who are running lengths with the material they've been given".{{cite web|last=Briscuso|first=Lex|title=Cold Copy Review: A Journalism Drama That Can't Find Its Own Story|date=June 11, 2023|website=TheWrap|url=https://www.thewrap.com/cold-copy-review-tracee-ellis-ross-bel-powley/|accessdate=June 12, 2023}}
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