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Stir of Echoes

1999

David Koepp

Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn ...

6.3

15,238

Horror. Thriller. Mystery Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) lives a quiet life with his wife, Maggie (Kathryn Erbe), and their 7-year-old son, Jake. After being hypnotized by his flaky sister-in-law at a party, Tom is left with a subconscious power - ESP. But this new found ability turns against him when he has visions and dreams of a dead girl. Bizarre things begin happening to Tom and his family. He ends up in the middle of a murder case and must try to protect his family and himself. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Kevin Bacon stars in one of his best performances (...) More sad and tragic than sensational (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There is a workmanlike carpentry in Koepp's script and direction which satisfactorily launches moments of scariness and does not allow the narrative tension to sag"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Stir of Echoes has a Sixth Sense mojo working for it (...) But compared with the thrilling teamwork of Willis and Osment, there’s no contest"	NEU
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"Koepp does a masterful job of grounding his intimations of the supernatural in a totally persuasive down-to-earth context."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"'Echoes' offers tricky fragmentation without mystery or mood; it’s a mosaic of fear that grows less and less unsettling as it comes together."	NEU
United States	Maitland McDonagh TV Guide	"'Sixth Sense' may have the boffo twist ending, but this is by far the better film on a sustained level"	POS

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