Stir of Echoes Review |
by Greg King |
STIR OF ECHOES (M).
(Twentieth Century Fox)
Director: David Koepp
Stars: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn, Zachary
David Cope, Jenny Morrison, Liza Weil, Chalon Williams
Running time: 99 minutes.
What have we here? A cute young...more |
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by Frankie Paiva |
Bad things happen in big cities. So many films have been telling us this in the
past year, and for the Witzky family, there's no exception. While drunk at a
neighborhood party Tom Witzky (Bacon) dares his sister Lisa (Douglas) to
hypnotize him, thinking...more |
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by Shane Burridge |
In summary, this film can be outlined in a single sentence, which should be
enough to trigger the warning SPOILER AHEAD in most people's minds. I won't
divulge its premise here if you've managed to avoid it thus far, but I will
say this: for a basic...more |
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by Walter Frith |
Kevin Bacon usually does his best work as a character actor. His three best
performances are in 'Sleepers' (1996) where he played a sexually abusive and
brutally violent reform school guard. In 'Murder in the First' (1995), he
played a man driven to the...more |
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by Ross Anthony |
This film has been compared to "The Sixth Sense." While it has the
similarity of a man and boy who see a ghost, the rest is quite different. In
this case, the man (Kevin Bacon) is the boy's father and there is only one
ghost -- haunting their home. more |
Stir of Echoes Review |
by Stephen Graham Jones |
Take Chinatown as the archetypical detective movie. In it a private
investigator has to reconstruct some crime bit by bit. And the crime of
course happened before the movie started. And everyone tries to steer him
off the case. And it all gets real...more |
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by Jerry Saravia |
Kevin Bacon is another one of our most unsung actors in the movies whose talent
is often unspoken of. This man has appeared in "J.F.K," "Sleepers," "A Few Good
Men," and "Apollo 13." He has also had his footing in the sci-fi/horror genre
in films like...more |
Stir of Echoes Review |
by Akiva Gottlieb |
rated R
Artisan Entertainment
99 minutes
starring Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Ileana Douglas, Liza Weil, Kevin
Dunn, Conor O'Farrell, Jenny Morrison, Zachary David Cope
based on the novel "A Stir Of Echoes" by Richard Matheson
written and directed by...more |
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by JABII |
CAST
Kevin Bacon - Tom Witzky
Kathryn Erbe - Maggie Witzky
Illeana Douglas - Lisa
Zachary David Cope - Jake Witzky
Liza Weil - Debbie Kozac
Kevin Dunn - Frank McCarthy more |
Stir of Echoes Review |
by Mark R Leeper |
Capsule: This story is based on a lesser novel
by horror master Richard Matheson. It involves
ghosts and telepathy, is atmospheric, and told with
a great deal of tension. Unfortunately the plot...more |
Stir of Echoes Review |
by Jamey Hughton |
The release of Stir of Echoes is a stroke of good luck. Audiences have
been widely flocking to the supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense, which
is essentially a ghost story with a unique twist. Perhaps they’re in the
mood for another offering from beyond...more |
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by Michael Dequina |
"If you liked _The_Sixth_Sense_, then you'll love _Stir_of_Echoes_."
I'm actually a bit surprised that Artisan Entertainment isn't going that
cornball route with their film's publicity, for David Koepp's adaptation
of the Richard Matheson novel shares a...more |
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by Kent Johnson |
A STIR OF ECHOES
USA 1999
Directed by David Koepp
Screenplay by David Koepp from the novel by Richard Matheson
Starring Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Zachary David Cope, Kevin Dunn,
Conor O'Farrell
Reviewed by Kent Johnson more |
Stir of Echoes Review |
by Chuck Schwartz |
CrankyCritic® movie reviews: Stir of Echoes
Rated [R], 107 minutes
Starring Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn, Zachary
David Cope
Based on the novel by Richard Matheson
Written and Directed by David...more |
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by James Sanford |
Before you spend countless hours at the word processor turning
that great high-concept idea for a movie into a full-length screenplay,
realize that somewhere in Hollywood some other writer has probably had
exactly the same flash of brilliance...more |
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by Dustin Putman |
Directed by David Koepp.
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Zachary David Cope, Illeana Douglas, Jenny
Morrison, Kevin Dunn, Liza Weil.
1999 - 99 minutes
Rated R (for violence, profanity, sex, and an attempted rape).
Reviewed September 11, 1999. more |
Stir of Echoes Review |
by Joy Wyse |
It is astonishing that major motion picture studios often release movies
with similar plots within weeks of each other. Last year there was Deep
Impact and Armageddon. So, there is no question that Stir of Echoes will
be compared to the summer’s...more |
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by Scott Renshaw |
STIR OF ECHOES
(Artisan)
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Zachary David
Cope, Kevin Dunn, Jenny Morrison.
Screenplay: David Koepp, based on the novel _A Stir of Echoes_ by Richard
Matheson.
Producers: Gavin Polone and Judy...more |
Stir of Echoes Review |
by Tim Chandler |
Directed by: David Koepp
Written by: David Koepp (novel by Richard Matheson)
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Dunn,
Zachary David Cope
Produced by: Judy Hofflund, Gavin Polone more |
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by Steve Rhodes |
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then THE SIXTH SENSE,
the surprise hit of the summer, should feel honored by STIR OF ECHOES
since the stories are like fraternal twins. Both have frightening,
horror picture elements and both feature a...more |
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by Berge Garabedian |
"Does it hurt to be dead?", is one of the first questions that we hear the
little kid in this movie ask someone who is not shown to us. Hmmm...I
thought. Sounds kinda familiar. You bet it sounds familiar! The concepts
behind this film are eerily...more |
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by Susan Granger |
If you enjoyed "The Sixth Sense," you're gonna want to see
this supernatural thriller starring Kevin Bacon as a Chicago telephone
lineman who discovers horror lurking under his own roof after he's
hypnotized by his sister-in-law (Illeana Douglas)...more |
Stir of Echoes Review |
by Harvey S. Karten |
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Artisan Entertainment
Director: David Koepp
Writer: David Koepp, book by Richard Matheson
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Illeana Douglas, Mary Kay Cook, Kevin
Dunn, Kathryn Erbe, Steve Rifkin, Liza Weil, Chalon Williams more |
Stir of Echoes Review |
by Jon Popick |
The year’s second scariest film (after The Blair Witch Project) comes
from an unlikely source – writer/director David Koepp (The Trigger
Effect), who adapted the script from Richard Matheson’s book (he also
wrote the novel What Dreams May Come). Echoes...more |