![]() ![]() She also uses strong profanity and refers to having just smoked a joint in one scene. ILLEANA DOUGLAS plays the sister-in-law who hypnotizes Tom and unleashes his secret "all seeing" powers.KATHRYN ERBE plays his loving wife who can't figure out what's happened to her husband.As such, he behaves like a lunatic, nearly drives his wife from their home and cusses a lot. All of that changes when he suddenly experiences visions of a dead girl that soon drive him into an obsession with discovering what happened to her. KEVIN BACON plays a married blue collar linesman who's not satisfied with his life.WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R For violence, sexuality and language. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? The similarity of this film to the successful "The Sixth Sense" may interest some kids into wanting to see it. With more troubling visions and an increasing urgency to have his questions answered, Tom's obsession grows to the point where he soon endangers his personal as well as family's well-being. Of course Maggie doesn't understand this sudden change in her husband, although a chance encounter with a mysterious local cop (EDDIE BO SMITH, JR.) does give her some insight into the special powers that Tom and their son apparently possess. No longer going to work, he then spends his time on the sofa trying to see this girl again, hoping to find answers to his newfound power. After Jake informs him that he's seen the same girl, Samantha (JENNIFER MORRISON), Tom becomes obsessed with figuring out what's going on. He doesn't think much of it, but after seeing the ghost of a dead teenage girl sitting next to him on the couch as well as odd flashes of blood red light, Tom starts to worry about what he's seeing. ![]() Although she's reluctant, she does so, and when Tom finally comes out of it, he experiences some odd and disorienting sensations and visions, as well as an insatiable thirst. Attending a neighborhood party with friends such as Frank McCarthy (KEVIN DUNN), Tom challenges Maggie's sister, Lisa (ILLEANA DOUGLAS), to hypnotize him after voicing his doubts about such matters. Unbeknownst to him, all of that's about to change. Although he's got a beautiful wife, Maggie (KATHRYN ERBE), and an adorable little boy, Jake (ZACHARY DAVID COPE), Tom isn't thrilled with his life since he's never amounted to much and thinks of himself as just ordinary. PLOT: Tom Witzky (KEVIN BACON) is a phone company lineman who's moved into a recently renovated rental home not far from where he grew up in Chicago. QUICK TAKE: Horror/Suspense/Thriller: After coming out of hypnosis, a man's sudden visions of a dead teenager not only lead to thoughts that he might be going crazy, but also to an obsessive quest to solve the girl's identity and find out what may have happened to her. ![]()
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