The Sixth Sense

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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: This movie is the most outstanding movie I have seen in a long time! Exceptionally written. These characters are deeply disturbed and haunted not just by ghosts. If you are looking for a scary horror story, this is not it. This is a psychologically stunning look at a frightened little boy and a therapist determined to help due to his troubled past. This story is not laden with special effects. Just simply told in a way to draw you in and keep your attention till the last minute. I can't say enough about this movie. You have to see it for yourself.

The extras are great! I enjoyed all of it, especially the "clues" part. This DVD was well put together and very enjoyable.

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Summary: SUPERB!
Review: You won't find many negative reviews of this exceptionly brilliant film. This is the first movie of a DVD that I've seen and the picture quality was excellent. 'The Sixth Sense' contains creepy moments, sad moments along with it's clever, original story. The twist at the end of the film is heart warming and the acting (partically of the boy, Cole) was brilliant. I cannot recommend this film enough and you don't have to be a horror fan to like this film.

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Summary: VERY overated !
Review: That's all this movie is. It could possibly be that I hate this movie because someone ruined the supposedly "surprise" ending. I watched it in theatres and I hated it, and then I rented it again when it came out on DVD just to make sure I really hated it, and I did. EXCEPT for the car scene at the end, THAT scene made me cry, and was the saddest scene in the movie and I love it for that. But otherwise very overated.

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Summary: Well I never....
Review: I consider myself to be an *ace* plot detector. I pride myself on picking up on the clues and never being blind-sided by the usually hokey Hollywood plot twists. I even knew there *was* a twist in this movie and I still never saw it coming.

Wow. Even without the ending this is still an absorbing movie. Willis gives a superb and selfless performance - as does everyone in the movie.

Glad I bought it.

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Summary: Excellent movie -- unsure about the DVD
Review: I can't say anything about this movie other than good things. Things that have already been said before. Incredible cast and script and a beautiful movie. My problem, though, is with the DVD. There's 7 minutes of ads for other movies and there doesn't seem to be a way to skip them. EVERY time you put the DVD in, they automatically start. "Stop" and "menu" don't seem to have an effect. Maybe it's just my copy. Maybe it's just my player. In any case, it's bad business.

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Summary: Bruce's Best
Review: The only reason to perhaps even buy a DVD player now is to see this thrilling drama staring Bruce Willis. Yes, it does seem unlikely that Bruce Willis would be in this heart warming yet eerie feature whose true brilliance is the story telling and acting. Bruce along with his movie wife Olivia Williams (who shines better in "Rushmnore") give great performances but it is little Haley Joel Osmet that steals the show as the boy with a gift for seeing things others don't. He is picked on at school and even is adoring mother (played by Australian Toni Collette) is even scared of the dead people her boys sees. The only one that goes along with his stories is Bruce, who plays Dr. Crowe. Together they unravel the secrets and even become friends.

I don't want to give anything away in case you haven't seen it. I'll just say that the story and the acting will shock you in its high quality. This is an excellent picture. As I said walking out of the theater, "I will never rag on Bruce Willis again!" Of course, I didn't see his latest movie, so that helps. Enjoy "The Sixth Sense".

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Summary: You know that feeling you get on the back of your neck?
Review: It must be difficult to cast films where the central character is a young child, particularly when the role is so emotionally demanding. In the case of The Sixth Sense, Avy Kaufman either got very lucky or made an inspired choice by casting Haley Joel Osment. He plays Cole Sear and owns the screen for the large majority of the show.

Cole is tormented but it isn't until about half way through the film that we find out it is because he can see the dead. And to an eight-year-old, being visited by disturbed, maimed and angry spirits is horrifying. It's made all the worse because he has no one he can turn to for support. He is the only one who can see ghosts and his behavior has made him a freak in the eyes of his classmates and teacher.

The film starts with a frightening glimpse of what Cole may become. Renowned child psychologist Dr Malcolm Crowe has a grim reunion with a former patient. An unstable child of yesteryear, Vincent Gray, has grown into a fractured and psychotic adult who wants nothing more than to remind Malcolm of his failure, before killing himself. The reminder takes the form of a bullet in his doctor's stomach.

We catch up with the good doctor, played superbly by Bruce Willis, about a year later. (This role is not unlike that Willis had in The Color of Night, although in this case his character is a gentler soul.) Malcolm is reviewing his case notes on young Cole, prior to their introduction. We learn that Cole's profile is identical to Vincent's, Malcolm's patient from years earlier. The big clue for the audience is that Vincent and Cole both have a small spot of blond hair within their otherwise dark locks.

The film builds slowly, which is not to imply that it is dull. In fact a better description would be "mesmerizing". We are forced to care for young Cole as a clearer picture is painted of his day to day existence. No night is safe for him, no place is free of fear and no one understands his torment. In a desperate bid for sanctuary he turns to the church and the questionable protection of religious symbols, which he shamelessly steals, building a chapel in his bedroom.

His local church is where Cole and Malcolm first meet, after a strange solo dash down the street. And so begins the careful building of a relationship, a friendship, and eventually a salvation for both of them. For Cole is not the only one with problems. Dr Crowe is also a changed man. The dramatic shooting and suicide of his patient has shaken Malcolm's faith. He is no longer a satisfied purveyor of mental balms but a frightened, uncertain victim. His wife Anna, seems unable or unwilling to deal with the situation; and what had been a close and loving relationship is now teetering on the brink of collapse.

It is not long before we realize that Malcolm is Cole's only hope for sanity and conversely, Cole may be Malcolm's last chance for redemption. With a foundation like that, I was looking forward to the meat of the story. Cole does eventually come to trust in Malcolm but we already know that trust is not a cure in itself. Vincent was a potent lesson of this. So when Cole reveals his secret, it is simply a gauntlet thrown down to Malcolm. Cole claims to be able to see the dead. A classic case of schizophrenic delusions but unusual in one so young.

Up to this point in the film we have seen nothing of a supernatural nature, only the sad effects that Cole exhibits. And so Malcolm's diagnosis is understandable. Once the secret is out however, our viewpoint is released and we are able to see as Cole does. His world is populated by terrifying beings that seem ignorant of their own maimed appearance and, in Cole's words, only see what they choose to see and have no understanding of their own death. His midnight callers create some of the scariest cinema I've seen in years. Not because of cutting edge special effects but because we share Cole's helplessness in the face of his "gift". Even his homemade church offers no protection and he is driven past despair.

I can't go any further into the story without running the risk of spoiling the final plot twist. Instead, I will simply beg you to see this gripping, intelligent and deeply emotional movie. Let's put some more money in the pockets of director M. Night Shyamalan in the hopes that he will continue to make movies of this caliber.

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Summary: Outstanding Film
Review: I'm not a big fan of horror, so I managed to avoid the "Sixth Sense" during it's theatrical run. I was going to avoid it entirely, but friends persuaded me to give it a try, and I'm glad they did.

This is a terrific picture that kept me thinking about it for days after I saw it. The film stars an under-rated Bruce Willis as a psychiatrist who works with traumatized young children. After having a traumatizing episode himself, Willis attempts to right his own life by helping an unreachable young boy named Cole, who is played by Oscar nominee Haley Joel Osment. However, Cole is not your average troubled child. Cole, we quickly find out, sees and talks to dead people. Fortunately, Willis is not your average psychiatrist, either.

There is a lot I would like to say about this movie, but little more I can mention without spoiling it. I can tell you this film is not particularly graphic or bloody, and my violence-averse wife enjoyed the film. But it can be fairly frightening, especially for younger viewers. The movie is more than your average thriller, and will keep you guessing.

The DVD has several great features on it, including scenes that were cut from the film, and an interview with the director explaining some of the key moments. That alone makes the DVD worthwhile.

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Summary: THE SIXTH SENSE: The Best Thriller / Horror of 1999
Review: Without the fine performances rendered by the spooky kid Haley Joel Osment, the witty screenplay with a smart twist ending, the film' s overall dark ambience portrayed by Fujimoto Taku's sublime cinematography and, we have to admit, especially for the first week of its big screen release in US, Bruce Willis' s viewer-pulling magnetic power, this nearly US $ 03 centimillion blockbuster wouldn' t have come this far.

The Sixth Sense is the incredible film that properly portrayed the overlapped realms of LIFE and DEATH through the eyes of a sorrowful, depressed child Cole Sear and his therapy session under care by an award-winning child psychologist Malcolm Crowe who was once shot by his FAILED case. The film also cleverly includes the sub-plots of ethical issues as well as poignant, misting-up scenes like the car accident-related scenes where Cole reveals his mother' s childhood secrets to her.

Where death drives the plot, love somehow finds a way for apart lovers as well as bridges life and death to discover hidden truth-in-itself, and the world beyond our clear scientific explanation exists, The Sixth Sense is certainly the BEST THRILLER / HORROR of 1999.

Have a nice day. - SP

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Summary: reminiscent of the old classics I enjoy so much
Review: A great movie Hitchcock would have enjoyed. A must see for any movie, thriller, suspense lover. I'm dissapointed in myself for NOT guessing the ending (rarely happens with legitimate clues).