However, all that changes one night at a neighbor's party after Tom's skepticism gets the better of him. With their combined salaries, they manage to stay ahead of the bill collectors, but it is a far cry from Tom's faded dreams of rock 'n roll fame and fortune. Tom (Kevin Bacon of " Wild Things") is a run-of-the-mill telephone lineman living a quiet life with his son Jake (Zachary David Cope) and expectant wife Maggie (Kathryn Erbe, seen recently on HBO's "Oz") in a Chicago working class neighborhood. And though the payoff is nowhere near as gripping as the big reveal in "The Sixth Sense", " Stir of Echoes" has a number of elements working in its favor to merit a look. Fortunately, writer/director David Koepp (" The Trigger Effect") has taken these familiar elements in a new and different direction. The ghost story basis of the film's plot, a young boy who sees 'dead people', and an atmosphere of unrelenting creepiness will certainly create a sense of cinematic déja-vu for moviegoers. On the surface, " Stir of Echoes" sounds a lot like " The Sixth Sense", the Bruce Willis supernatural thriller that has managed to stay in the number one position at the box office for the past five weeks. Stir of Echoes Movie Review Movie Review by Anthony Leong © Copyright 1999 Stir of Echoes Movie Review by Anthony Leong
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