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Summary: Brilliance.
Review: Newcomer Haley Joel Osment plays Cole Sear, a 9 year-old kid who has a deep, dark secret. He can see dead people. Cole keeps this fact very secretive and well-hidden, but when Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) comes along, Cole believes that he can help him. Can Crowe help him? Or is Cole stuck with this horrible trauma?The Sixth Sense is a pure, fresh breath of air for horror movies. It is directed and written brilliantly by M. Night Shamalyn. Bruce Willis plays the main character, Dr. Malcolm Crowe, and his performance was rudely underrated. But, it is Haley Joel Osment and Toni Collette who manage to shine the most. Osment is brilliant as the confused kiddo Cole, he deserved an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Toni Collette shone like a superstar, her performance as the terrified mother was a very effective turn for her career. Go and see this now. Don't wait one more goddamned minute.
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Summary: One of the most frightening- and heartbreaking -movies made.
Review: This movie definitely surpassed my expectations. Granted, my expectations weren't too high- I saw a matinee, just wanted it to be mildly entertaining. I had seen BWP a few weeks before at the time and had friends who said they almost cried BWP scared them so bad. Well, there's one of many moments in this (there's so many that just made every hair on my body stand on end, my skin crawl, and made me actually gasp- and I can say that I can probably only name 10 or scary movies that have 1 or 2 moments like that). I won't give the end of it away, but the moment that starts out with the kid appearing to Cole and whispering excitedly, "Come on, I'll show you where my Dad keeps his gun"- that one moment, to me, was 10 times scarier than all of the Blair Witch Project put together. There were many times where I jumped, and it wasn't just a "fake" jump, it was something clever that I genuinely didn't see coming. This was one of the scariest movies I've ever seen, and I've seen thousands. It would definitely go on my top 5 scariest list, along with Carrie and The Exorcist. As far as the notorious plot twist, first of all, I've decided when it's hyped that a movie HAS a twist ending, that's a drag right there, because you-well, I do anyway--spend at least half the time trying to guess the twist. Having seen a hell of a lot of movies, and a hell of a lot of twists, I usually get it 9 times out of 10.) I'm pretty much the spoiler queen, it's like a drug or something, maybe 1% of the time I can resist reading them, I don't know what it is. Unfortunately, I read a review that gave it away without warning- it named a couple of movies (I won't name them, because it could give away the ending if you saw them) and said if you guessed the ending to those, you'll guess the ending to this. If I had to pick any movie where I could go back and not know the spoiler ahead of time, this would be it. My husband didn't see it coming, and he's pretty clever about guessing them too. Something else I did not see coming was how emotional this movie made me. Years ago I had a friend die on me without getting to say goodbye but I was over my grieving at the time I saw this...or so I thought. My reaction makes me think I wasn't 100% over it. If you've seen the movie, you'll know why that hits you hard. If you've recently experienced the death of someone close to you (especially if you are not finished grieving) then in all seriousness, please think twice before you watch this movie. At the very least, see it with someone supportive who you are not afraid to get emotional in front of. During the second to last scene in the car, I surprised myself by starting to cry- not just getting choked up but actually crying to the point where I needed Kleenex-, and I didn't stop until the credits were part way over (and Bruce Willis is not one of my favorite actors). MAN that scene in the car got to me. Re-reading the screenplay, I realized even more how great it was, and how heartbreaking. There are so many elements that just make your heart wrench. I read the last scenes of the screenplay at home, alone, and had a really good cry, which hasn't happened since I read the screenplay to The Green Mile. Aside from that, again, this movie scared the you-know-what out of me. The premise is very scary but many filmmakers could have handled it in a way that bungled it up. In this movie, the filmmakers did it just right. Even if you *really* don't like Bruce Willis' acting, and were turned off by the trailer, give it a chance. But don't be surprised if you need to sleep with the light on.
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Summary: VERY GOOD
Review: This movie is a great suspense movie that has a total shocker for the ending! One of the best thriller movies I have seen in a long time!
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Summary: Dead Man Walking
Review: This movie proves what everybody already knows - that Bruce Willis is dead as an actor. Renowned for his lack of thespian range, he always ends up playing the same guy in every movie. Seen in this light, casting Bruce as a walking corpse could be seen as an inspired decision. He's not likely to ruin the part by acting well. Thank you Bruce for being Bruce. We love you just the way you are, and at the end we're not too sad when we learn that you've been dead all along, because, like, we knew it, man.
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Summary: Worth taking a look at.
Review: The Sixth Sense takes us into the world of the supernatural.Bruce Willis plays a child psychologist who helps a troubled young child who lives in a world of fear because he sees dead people.That young child is played by actor Haley Joel Osment.The movie offers plenty of twists in the movie that offered me the chance to keep guessing and guessing.Toni Collette plays the kid's mother who delivers in my opinion a great performance. Bruce Willis'performance is very sentimental and he is worth taking the time to watch.I think he is that good.The Sixth Sense delivers all the goods.
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Summary: Did you see Danny Wahlberg?
Review: I was surprised and amazed at the performance of Danny Wahlberg. He did an outstanding job. I did not recognize him at all as "Vincent." I'm sure you won't either. Bruce Willis and Haley did a wonderful job as well, but so did they all. The wife, the mother, all the characters, everyone. I am just simply blown away that Danny Wahlberg has done what Keenue Reeves and Leonardo DeCapero and others have not, and that is disappear into a character. So much so that it is not until one reads the credits that one knows it was he. Very few can do this. Very few. I congratulate you sir on a memorable performance.
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Summary: Mediocre Fare With Truck-Sized Plot Holes
Review: WARNING: SPOILERS!!!! I must admit that there are some very positive things that can be said about the Sixth Sense. I think it sets a sombre tone throughout the picture, it's evenly paced, and Haley Osment is a very convincing child actor. Now that that's out of the way... I am really not too surprised that the general public embraced the movie (8.5 out of 10 on the Internet Movie Database). I believe that the reason for this fanatical, mindless devotion is that the general public has been starved for intelligent movies for decades. Sixth Sense masquerades as an intelligent movie and, if you don't think about it while rewinding the tape, you might be fooled into thinking that it really is one. I laughed myself to tears watching the 'making of' footage and the 'Rules and Clues' at the end of the tape. Folks from the movie that were interviewed in these segments are absolutely beaming with pride at how clever they think they are. They seem to think that they have concocted these brilliant and elaborate rules and clues throughout the movie which are there to be detected by the really clever viewer. Their eyes are lit up and they are almost giddy as they describe the so-called clues -- rooms turning cold when ghosts are angry, single place settings at a dinner table, the color red appearing during 'emotionally charged scenes' (Huh?!). Meanwhile, there are movie plot holes the size of a house every 10 minutes or so (more on that later). I have been a fan of Bruce Willis's action movies since the Die Hard days and think that he is one of the originators of the big Hollywood Summer Action Flick but since when does his whispering his way through an entire movie constitute great acting? I think he did a passable job but talk of an Oscar. Settle down, people. Now for the plot holes: 1. Wouldn't you think that a guy who is dead for a year would notice that the only person talking to him is a seemingly deranged kid? I would think he would be much more concerned about his sanity (or his breath) than helping a little boy when we rejoin him the following Fall. We see Dr. Crowe several times in the film seated with an adult (in the living room with the mother, in the ER) without a puzzled look on his face? Wouldn't you think he would be wondering why everyone is ignoring him? And I don't think that this blanket statement "They see what they want to see" covers this. 2. Why would he tell the boy that he 'barely' speaks to his wife? That, to me, indicates SOME sort of two-way conversation. Maybe he was just making conversation with the kid trying to get him to open up? 3. Why does the room get cold when Dr. Crowe learns the obvious truth of his demise? I can see him being shocked but mad? Also, he sure seems to get over that shock in a hurry, doesn't he? I clocked it at a minute. 4. Aren't the ghosts supposed to be asking for help for something? What is the point of the hanging people in the school? Not much that can be done to help them at that point, I would guess (not to mention, they don't hang people unhooded at the top of a flight of stairs INSIDE a courthouse). If there is some unfinished business that these ghosts are to conclude, why keep them on this plane in a nutty state? The woman with the slit wrists was not only confused about where she lived but she also seemed to think that, while living, she was married to a wife-beating 10-year old with watery eyes. 5. As far as his clothes being restricted to ones that he had interacted with the day of his death (Brainless Rule 2) -- what was magical about a calendar day? Why not the week? Did this same garment rule allow for him to only interact with objects that he had used that day, too such as the tape player, etc.? I suppose I might be nitpicking here but I thought that was encouraged with this movie. Beyond the nitpicking I am extremely irritated when movies explain things to the audience as if they are toddlers. For example: 1. The recital of the plaque in the beginning of the movie had me clenching the armrests (remember the maddening line "...present this award to Dr. Malcolm Crowe -- that's you.."?). Ok, we get it -- that's Malcolm Crowe, a successful married child psychologist who spends a lot of time at work. What a quick setup! 2. Dr. Crowe reciting an obvious diagnosis of the boy into his dictating machine after a meeting followed by him snapping the device off and muttering, "I can't help him" to himself. Did these filmmakers ever hear of SUBTLE?!? Besides, did he really think those deep thoughts were going to be lost overnight? 3. The explanation that Dr. Crowe is helping the boy in the hopes of clearing his conscience about letting 'New Kid on the Block', Donnie Walberg, down. Again, SUBTLE. Trust us, we can figure this stuff out. We kind of enjoy if, actually. That kind of spoon-fed dialogue is up there with "2010: The Odyssey Continues". All in all, it pays to see the movie to poke holes in the "clever" filmmakers' errors, blunders, and oversights than to pick up on their simplistic clues. But only because they asked for it...
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Summary: Excellent Movie with a Brilliant Screenplay!
Review: The Sixth Sense is one of the best films of the decade! Of course, this would not have been true if it were not for the excellent performance put on by Haley Joal Osmond. Haley deserved Best Supporting Actor over all the others there! Also, the screenplay was brilliant! Next to The Usual Suspects, it had the best ending of any movie I've seen!
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Summary: The most imaginative movie I've seen in years
Review: What at first glance appears to be a fairly typical horror movie becomes, in the hands of master writer/director M. Night Shyamalan, a veritable roller coaster of suspense. Nothing is as it seems, and for once an ending literally comes out of nowhere, but when taken in the context of the film is totally understandable. Bruce Willis is superb (I think it was the little smirk that can't totally be erased that may have cost him a well-deserved Oscar nomination), Toni Collette is, as usual, great. But it's Haley Joel Osment who will astonish you. He may have only been ten years old when this was shot, but this kid is a brilliant actor. He makes you feel his character's terror without screeching or wailing like his peers tend to do. I am one of the many who believe he was robbed of an Oscar this year--his performance is nothing short of phenomenal. This is filmmaking of the highest caliber, and deserves to ascend to the pantheon of classics. A truly great movie!
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Summary: Now I know what everyone's been talking about
Review: I just saw this tape yesterday.It was fantastic.Everyone in the movie is amazing,but just wait untill you see Donnie Wahlberg,from the 80's boy group,New Kids on the Block.Donnie lost 48 pounds for his part,and what a performance.I didn't even know it was him untill after the movie was over with and the Director and Producer talked about the making of the film,and the secrets we might have missed.I don't want to give away the plot,but you have to pay attention from the very begining while watching this movie.
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