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Stir of Echoes (1999)

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 103
Fresh: 69 | Rotten: 34

Kevin Bacon's acting is so genuine that it's creepy and director David Keopp knows how to create true suspense.

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Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 25
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 7

Kevin Bacon's acting is so genuine that it's creepy and director David Keopp knows how to create true suspense.

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Movie Info

In this supernatural thriller, Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) is a fairly typical working-class guy living in Chicago with his wife Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and his son Jake (Zachary David Cope). One night at a party, Tom gets into a lively discussion with his sister-in-law, Lisa (Illeana Douglas), who believes in psychic communication and the power of hypnosis. He challenges Lisa to hypnotize him, and she plants in him a post-hypnotic suggestion to be more open-minded. But the results aren't quite what

R, 1 hr. 50 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

David Koepp

Aug 21, 2001

Artisan Entertainment

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All Critics (104) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (70) | Rotten (35) | DVD (24)

[A] serious, atmospheric, character-driven supernatural drama.

December 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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In the wake of The Sixth Sense, it's mostly the many weaknesses of Stir of Echoes that stand out while the movie's unfilled promises disappear like you-know-what.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | Comments (2)
Dallas Morning News
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Stir of Echoes is a ghost story and a pretty darn good one.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | Comment
Houston Chronicle
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Stir of Echoes gives a classic ghost story extra zip by insisting on the reality of the characters and their place.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment
Detroit News
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Bacon should be working with a more original substance, a subject that would be truly worthy of his highly original character and his responses.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | Comment
Sacramento Bee
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Stir of Echoes is studded with potent fright scenes and built on a rock-solid performance by the ever - dependable Kevin Bacon.

January 1, 2000 Comment
New York Post
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...a stylish, sporadically gripping thriller that boasts a number of undeniably tense sequences and interludes...

January 14, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
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Stir Of Echoes is a scary, intelligent ghost story and thriller.

December 10, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

The skillful shock cuts will make you jump out of your skin, but it's the digital visualisation of the ghostly Samantha which really makes the flesh crawl.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

I did receive a few chills and some kicks from it.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

It's nice to see he relied on more than heavy-handed filmmaking and a twist ending. I just hope audiences go for a supernatural thriller that's a little messier and doesn't feel the need to claw at their heart for two hours.

December 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

The cast is uniformly good, with Bacon giving the strongest performance as blue-collar Tom.

April 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | Comment
Reeling Reviews

Bacon's performance is what makes it more than just another dead-person-walking-the-earth story. Bacon is truly a man possessed.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | Comment
Film Quips Online

Ultimately, it is Bacon's blue-collar conflict that resonates.

December 2, 2002 Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | Comment
Sight and Sound

A psychological thriller about the dark side of having highly developed psychic abilities.

August 21, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

If only the movie had stuck to its ghost-story groundwork....

April 16, 2002 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Disturbing imagery, great timing, and strong acting by the leads.

February 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | Comment

A startling film that is exacting and personal and resonant.

February 21, 2002 Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | Comment
Matinee Magazine

Even if the ending seems a bit tidy, the film is still effective and nicely creepy -- definitely worth seeing.

December 10, 2001 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | Comment
Shadows on the Wall
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Audience Reviews for Stir of Echoes

I had been wanting to watch Stir of Echoes for quite some time. Reading about on horror websites and praising the film, I knew I had to check out. Unfortunately I never did, until recently. This film blends psychological horror and supernatural horror into a film that definitely chills you. The cast deliver great

October 15, 2011
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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With a promising start, the film seemed building up to something real good, only to completely fall apart in the final third.

August 3, 2011
SajinPA

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