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Summary: I thought I was the only one
Review: SPOILER (sort of) AHEAD. I was so glad to see that I wasn't the only one who figured this movie out from the beginning. It was driving me crazy that this kid was on a bus by himself and then wandering around a stranger's home during a funeral and no one said anything. The DVD has the director talking about all the little clues you weren't supposed to notice. Unfortunately, I felt they were all obvious. I gave it 2 stars since the look of the film is good and the relationship between the kid and Bruce Willis is charming. The most disappointing thing about this movie is that it could not stand up to repeated viewings. Great movies provide new things every time you watch them; like great books that you discover more with each reading. Too bad.
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Summary: WOW! This movie is totally Amazing!
Review: I don't normally like movies with really creepy plots and I expected to not like this but I gave it a try and watched it and though it had some creepy moments I really liked it and I'm glad I put my reservations aside and watched it though I thought it was just plain gross when the ghost of the little girl vomited. If you like movies with creepy plots than I deinitely recommend The Sixth Sense! Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment are fantastic and so was Toni Collette.
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Summary: Not all together.
Review: The movie is intense and freaky but predictable; worse, it's plot and sub plot are not woven together at all. In fact, they only really connect at one point in the movie. Adding boring to its list of adjectives.
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Summary: The best thriller ever
Review: This movie is great. It is really, really creepy, so even if you see it a bunch of times (like I have), you still react to it the same way as if you have seen it for the first time. This movie has an excellent cast. Bruce Willis tends to be under-emotional in movies, but in this one he is magnificent. This isn't your average thriller. It doesn't have a million scary things happening at once, so the suspense is almost unbearable in some parts. That's what makes a good scary movie. If you want something that scares your socks off and is truly fascinating, buy this!!! You won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: A DVD to wear thin...
Review: You will have to watch this more than once so be sure to have two copys because the first copy with be watched so much it will wear thin! :) I love movies that lead you in one direct then do a complete 180 at the end. I wouldnt really call this a spooky movie although there were parts that were kind of freaky. Bruce Willis was great in this! Cole, Haley J. Osment, was great playing the role of the young kid with the talent to see "dead people". He provides the viewer a window into his life of terror and confusion that will make anyones heart bleed with compassion.All the main characters make this movie worth seeing. The ending will make you stop and think about what just happened and why. It was great! :)
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Summary: A good movie w/ a great surprise
Review: This movie had an excellent plot and good shocking surprise. There were also clues to reveal that ending. The color red was shown almost at every scene of the movie. When the ghosts got angry, it got cold.
However, the movie could have had more ghosts. There weren't many ghosts shown in the movie. This isn't one of those scary movies like Exorcist or Nighmare on Elm Street. It scares the viewers by surprises of the ghost and the frightening music.
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Summary: One creepy and suspenseful thriller
Review: The Sixth Sense is not my favorite ghost story on film, but it ranks third behind Roman Polanski's 1968 masterpiece, Rosemary's Baby, and a 1980 Canadian treat with George C. Scott called The Changeling. Did it deserve to get six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture? Heaven knows! I have recently begun an in-depth study of the Academy Awards, and my initial conclusion is that what wins and what's nominated is based primarily on the voters' collective mood in any given year. Especially their collective political mood. This translates to what we thought all along. The five nominees in a category are not necessarily the best in their field that year. So you must decide for yourself. Take the best acting categories. Toni Colette and Haley Joel Osment were among the nominees in the supporting category. Bruce Willis was, as always, omitted. Maybe Willis is unpopular among his peers. I'm sure he used to be. He was nominated for an Emmy for Moonlighting three years in a row, and won once. He certainly is one of the public's favorites. The Blockbuster Entertainment Awards manumitted him in 1998, 1999 and 2000. He won in 1999. He also took home the prize at the 2000 People's Choice Award. This ranks him above even Tom Hanks in the opinion of the people who pay to see movies. I am writing this because I think he is the most underrated actor of our times. He is understated and has a dignity that is rare. Without him, The Sixth Sense, Pulp Fiction, Twelve Monkeys, Die Hard, The Verdict and a dozen other movies would not have been the same. Willis is Malcolm Crowe in The Sixth Sense. He's a respected child psychologist. In a confrontation with a former patient, Crowe is shot. He realizes that he utterly failed this man. A few months later, he meets a young boy with problems very similar to the ex-patient. The boy is Cole Sear [Haley Joel Osment]. He is withdrawn, quiet, and scared of his own shadow. His Mother, Lynn [Toni Colette] helps him in the only way she knows how - with love. As Crowe gets to know Cole, he increasingly feels he can't help him, but something urges him not to give up. At the same time, Crowe fears that his spending so much time with his new patient is a main reason his once loving wife has grown distant. He suspects her of having an affair. The only other thing about the plot I'll tell you is that what makes Cole so fearful is that he thinks he sees dead people. If you don't know the story by now, you'll ruin much of the fun and suspense if you ask others to tell you more. You've been warned! Toni Colette gives her best performance since Muriel's Wedding, a nifty Australian comedy that I highly recommend. Still, it is eleven-year old Osment who is so amazing. There have been many great child actors, but if there has been one better than this kid, I can't think who it might be. He's so good, he's a bit spooky himself. I've seen a dozen interviews with him, and in every one, it's like watching and listening to a miniature thirty-year old. If there are others in his generation similar to him, then we are in for a movie renaissance in ten years or so. And Willis? This supposedly conceited star aids and abets Osment's performance. The usual route when dealing with a precocious child actor is to be condescending. At no time does Willis do this. He is, as always, dignified, and as a result of the way he interprets Malcolm Crowe, he gives us his finest performance to date. There is something quite telling about the public's reaction to The Sixth Sense. There could have been lavish special effects here, but director M. Night Shyamalan chose to avoid all but the simplest of them. Instead, he concentrates on the story. He lets his actors act. He assumes the audience is, on the whole, intelligent. That audience made it one of the highest grossing movies of all time.
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Summary: Good movie, but has some plot holes
Review: So, without being a spoiler, let me just say that this movie has some serious plot holes -- ones big enough to drive a truck through. Its big gimmic -- the plot twist at the end -- doesn't work out as well as the director would have us believe (review his comments on the DVD). Without giving anything away, let me phrase it like this: many of the scenes involving Bruce Willis cut directly to his already having entered the room in which the seen takes place. If the plot twist is to be believed, Willis either magically appeared in these places and didn't realize that he hadn't arrived by normal means, or there's something really wrong with the plot. IOW, not only is the audience unaware of his situation, neither is he himself, which makes no sense given the mechanics of getting a person into and out of a room. I don't want to spoil it, so I won't get any more specific. Watch the DVD and see if you don't agree. You may have to watch it twice to see what I mean. The most glaring problems are when Willis is sitting in the living room with the boy's mother, when he joins his wife for dinner, and when he attends the funernal and the play near the end of the movie.
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Summary: Outstanding Horror-Drama
Review: This creepy little horror movie is actually a good deal better than the genre suggests. Next to all those vacuous teen horror films it is a real gem. The story follows child psychologist Willis as he tries to unearth the traumas of a small boy called Cole (Osmont) who claims to see dead people whilst he himself has troubles at home with wife Olivia Williams. What's crucial is that Shyamalan hasn't just created a horror shocker but has intensely studied human loss. Indeed, it is this rather than the ghosts themselves that is the real horror. Plus, it's a rare horror movie that doesn't only scare its audience but also move them, both of which 'The Sixth Sense' manages to do. The scares are also a lot more to do with tricky camerawork that will make you jump out of your seat than gut-wrenching horror. This is itself makes it rise above all the other soulless movies that preceded it. Much has been made of Osmont's performance as the haunted child Cole. Basically, all of the hype is correct, he perfectly judges the character and his performance is of the kind that etches itself on its audience's psyche. Yet this certainly doesn't mean that the other talent on show here should go unnoticed. Willis turns in his best ever performance in an understated, quietly touching role and Toni Collette makes you forget all about her brassy role in 'Muriel's Wedding'. Perhaps what makes the movie so good though is the fact that it is a distinctly adult horror that genuinely frightens and moves its audience.
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Summary: Watch out for the color Red!
Review: The sixth sense had clues that would trigger you to know what was happening and one of them was the color red, this is for those of you who haven't seen the talk after the movie with M. Night. Whenever any strong emotion was about to occur there would always the color red somewhere in the scene, the doorknob, the balloon, the wife's sweater, etc. Just a bit of trivia to know before you watch the movie. If you have not heard of the ending to this movie, be prepared for a surprise! This movie twists back and forth, making pretty good sense along the way. The only thing I didn't much care for, is how they made Osmet's character into the popular kid at the end and the popular kid the dork, it just seemed to cliched and not realistic. I don't understand how a kid who was in a commercial and was ego-ridden, not Osmet's character but the popular kid character could act so awful in the school play at the end. This did not seem feasible and did not match the tone of the rest of the movie which was intelligent and fit together quite nicely. Maybe Night had an experience with this and wrote from that place when he wrote the play scene near the end of the movie. The acting is really good, especially Toni Collete. I could watch her again and again, she is a great actress. She plays alot of quirky offbeat roles, I've seen her in a few that are not available or if so, not easy to find, one is Boys and the other was Hotel ??? Forgot the name, saw it at a film fest and really liked it, very bizzare. The movie is a must see! As M. Night said it was a cultural phenomenan, it affected alot of people, just that alone may prompt you to see it. The scary parts aren't that bad, the suspense can be difficult, but it is nothing like the Exorcist has a good theme tied in with the side most people would assume to be dark, watch it and see! Lisa Nary
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