Due to not being granted final cut privilege, del Toro did not approve of the film as released. In 2010, del Toro revealed that he had been working on a director's cut of "Mimic" and said: "It’s not exactly the movie I wanted to do, but it definitely healed a lot of wounds... I am happy with the cut". The director's cut runs for 112 minutes, six minutes longer than the theatrical release. It was released in 2011, initially exclusive to Blu-ray and is now available via various digital services, but has never been widely available on DVD.