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Rating: - "I See A Classic!...."
M. Night Shyamalan accomplished something really great with this frightening chiller. He created a scary horror film that was just that. Scary. No over the top effects, no gratuitous gore with no reason for being there, and so on. It's an old fashioned ghost story meant to give you the chills. Probably a few willies here and there too. Bruce Willis stars as child Psychologist Malcolm Crowe. He's helping a 9 year old boy named Cole Sear(brilliantly played by Haley Joel Osment)who seems to have the gift of seeing ghostly visions. Of actually seeing and hearing spirits. The case is especially significant to Dr. Crowe. A patient of his had broken into the doctor's house a few months earlier and shot him. The guy then turned the gun on himself and pulled the trigger. He definitley doesn't want another patient to turn out like that. His marriage to his wife(played by Olivia Williams), hasn't been the same since. Shyamalan knows how to set the mood. There are dark colors, ghostly effects, and just some moody looking shots. Very eerie. Shyamaln has crafted the film together so brilliantly. It's clever and imaginative. I guarantee that you will be watching the film a few more times afterwards to piece everything all together. Bruce Willis is really good. He's not just the "Die Hard" guy. He's a real actor, and a good one at that too. Then there's young Osment. He delivers a shockingly magnificent portrayal as Cole. Never have I seen such a mesmerizing performance from a young actor in all my life. He was nominated for the Oscar and he deserved it. He really could have won. Toni Collette, as his mother, was fabulous as well. Shyamalan is a creative and imaginative director/writer. He really is a talent to watch. He followed this up with the darker "Unbreakable". It wasn't as good, but very interesting nonetheless. The Sixth Sense is a classic film that will live on for ages.
Rating:  - Shocking and an absolute must-see
You've not seen The Sixth Sense?Really? What's wrong with you? This is one movie I would say is mandatory for anyone who likes having their sense of reality flipped on its head. A child psychologist, Malcolm Crowe, sensitively played by Bruce Willis, is shot by a former patient who then commits suicide. A year later, his marriage falling apart, he takes on a similar case, a young boy called Cole Sean- played by Haley Joel Osment - who seems to be disturbed and preoccupied. Crowe soon discovers that his new patient can see "dead people", ghosts who make his life hell. Slowly Cole comes to terms with his sixth sense, but this leads to a devastating revelation which no one expects. Not only is this film disturbing in concept but in execution. There is no gore to speak of, no rising skeletons and no medieval demons. Instead there is suspense you could cut with a knife and a desperately heart-rending end. In my humble opinion it's criminal Haley Joel Osment didn't receive an Oscar for his role - his acting is superb, and doesn't lapse into wide eyed trembling. Bruce Willis takes an interesting role which was difficult to act convincingly and makes it believeable, and the whole film is brought together by a faintly eerie soundtrack which sums up the whole atmosphere. Now go and see it!
Rating: - One of the decade's best!
Sight, smell, taste, touch, sound, and seeing dead people. In the '90s we've been constantly bored with horror movies: the Scream trilogy, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and so on and so on. Finally a horror film that gives depth to it's characters! This is just a great old-fashioned ghost story. What better place to set a ghost story than in Philadelphia? Every building has a history behind it (including young Cole's school). Any film that drops clues (the color red) and demands repeated viewings is worth buying. Haley Joel Osment (Cole), who may have the most lines in the movie, truley gives the year's best supporting performance (sorry Michael Caine). The movie grabs you immediately in the first five minutes and gives one of the best endings in recent memory. This is the role Bruce Willis will be best remembered. Also impressive is Toni Collete as Lynn Sear, the mother of Cole who feels so hopeless in helping her obviously torchured son. She makes triangle pancakes for him, takes him for a joy ride in a supermarket parking lot, and arranges get-togethers with the other kids, but she can't help him. Only Malcom Crowe can (Willis). But maybe Cole can also help Malcom. Only American Beauty was better in '99. Buy the DVD. Extra footage is very engrossing.
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