Koepp keeps Stir of Echoes stirring for a good hour or so but is unable to sustain the mood throughout.
– Susan Wloszczyna,
USA Today,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The kind of film that may give you pause the next time you walk into a dark room by yourself.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Stir of Echoes might have worked just fine a few decades ago, but it now seems too simply schematic to spook us as much as it wants to.
– Jay Carr,
Boston Globe,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Koepp relies almost entirely on the isolated shocking images, ignoring the human element at the center in favor of digitalized special effects and rapid-fire editing.