Rating: Summary: Have to watch it twice. Review: This movie is one of the most intriguing I've ever had the pleasure to watch. The first time you watch this movie you'll be drawn into the characters; especially the young boy as he tries to come to grips with the special gift that he has.Bruce Willis puts on one of his best performances to date as a child psychologist having sever marital problems in the midst of trying to help the distraught child. The Sixth Sense is going to take you on a roller coaster. One moment you'll feel love, despair, shock, happiness and then fear as the plot offers more twists and turns that a labyrinth. You'll be shocked at the ending of this one as it comes from out of left field... or does it? Watch the movie again for a second time and you'll pick up on things that should have given the ending away, but were so subtle that they didn't. I enjoyed this movie a lot more the second time I watched it. Suggested for mature youngsters and all adults. Limited violence (very brief in the beginning) in this one as we focus more on the characters than the realm of the dead.
Rating: Summary: THE BEST SUSPENSE/THRILLER TO DATE Review: I didn't move or even blink during my first viewing of this movie; it is completely engulfing. Haley Joel Osment (Cole) is either the most gifted child actor today or he has been working on the script since birth! He is a completely polished actor; he has all the appropriate facial expressions, tones of voice and pauses. He is truly a one-in-a-million find. Bruce Willis plays a dedicated child psychologist (Doctor Malcolm Crowe) who not only works great with Osment but also does an excellent job balancing helping Cole, who "doesn't want to be scared anymore," with getting his marriage back together. This is very challenging because they hardly speak anymore. (The fact of him always coming home late doesn't help matters.) Toni Collette who plays Cole's Mother couldn't have been better if she had practiced her lines for 5 years! She shows so much love and support for Cole; she is an ideal role model for all parents. One of the last scenes of the movie with Cole and her in the car is some of the best acting I've EVER seen. The acting, script, direction, music, sound effects and cinematography work together in complete harmony to make this movie EXTRAORDINARY. This is the first movie I've watched that was so unpredictable that as soon as it was over I immediately rewinded it to watch it again! THE SIXTH SENSE IS IN MY OPINION THE ALL-TIME BEST THRILLER EVER MADE. GO BUY IT!
Rating: Summary: Excellent Movie! Review: This is one of those movie that I will want to watch over and over again. I can't say much about it as I dont want to spoil if for those that havent seen it. What I can say is that you get an incredible performance from Haley Joel Osment (I see dead people) and a very convincing performance from Bruce Willis as well. Definately buy this one, its a great movie. The DVD is the only way to go on this film! It will blow you away!
Rating: Summary: Shocking and an absolute must-see Review: 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: Summary: A Creepy But Exhilerating Ride! Review: At first, before I saw this movie, I didn't know if it would really be worth seeing. There have been many "ghost" movies out, but few of them have really been worth seeing. This movie, however, is great in every aspect! The plot is excellent, and full of twists you'll never see coming. The acting is simply incredible- Haley Joel Osment is incredible in his portayal of a small boy named Cole Sear who is haunted by spirits of the dead. Bruce Willis is really believable in his part portraying a child psychologist with serious problems of his own. The cinematography and excellent plot come together to create an eerie, ghastly experience- without very much blood or gore. Now- for some about the story. I don't want to give away too much, because most of the enjoyment from the movie comes from the plot. Basically, Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist with a life in turmoil, becomes determined to help a small boy who says he "Sees dead people." Haunting memories from the past drive Malcolm's ambition, making him all the more set in his cause. Little Cole Sear, the disturbed child, is very strange and mysterious- he seems just a little too knowledgeable for his age. Malcolm thinks that he understand's Cole's problem, but perhaps, in the end, it is Cole who has something to teach Malcolm...
Rating: Summary: Truly a Classic Review: Oh, come on, fellow customers. You who claim you had it figured out, did you really? And even if you did, wasn't it fun getting to the end anyway? This is one heck of a movie. It has a wonderfully realized plot, believable characters who act like they really care about each other. There's little to fault with this movie. Bruce Willis again is under-appreciated. He got lost in all the hoopla over Haley Joel Osment. But Bruce turns in a very multi-layered and controlled performance. Haley is just out of this world great! Never have I seen a child actor who has performed to this level. Not once did I think Haley was acting. He definitely should have won the Oscar for supporting actor. At his age, what an accomplishment---to carry so much of this complex, involving film. Those little shoulders did a fantastic job. I'm looking forward to seeing him in "Pay Forward" with Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt. He's an actor to reckon with! Also, Toni Colette as Cole's mother is fabulous. One of the few screen mothers who really seemed to be a mother. Her performance is "the heart" of the movie. Watching her go through her many layers of love, guilt, fear, and frustration, and yet maintain that love for her troubled son is worth the price of the video! Olivia Williams as Willis' wife is also extremely effective in a smaller but significant role. Even after the movie ends, you want more. And the "Rules and Clues" tagged on the VHS edition help explain the director's ways he made sure everything fit properly. It begs for a second viewing, so let me get off now and pop it in the VCR again. It's a great movie! That's the truth!
Rating: Summary: Interesting, if not wholly reasonable Review: I'm giving this film three stars because it held my interest from start to finish and because the ending had a very good twist. Like The Usual Suspects (which is a five star movie, as good as the classics, in line for best of its genre of all time), we get a wonderful twist at the end which completely changes the entire movie's meaning, back to the beginning. But this one isn't as compelling and doesn't stand up to intelligent analysis. Let's say you are a ghost, okay? Let's say you don't know it. Do you think maybe, just maybe, you would notice that nobody else sees you? There are ghosts in this movie, and at least one of them doesn't realize that people don't even see him or her. Hello? I have to hand it to Bruce Willis - he picks good scripts. It's not that he seems like the greatest actor of all time, but when you hear that he is in a movie, you know that it will be a movie with some quality.
Rating: Summary: Umm .. Did I Miss Something? Review: I simply don't understand why everyone thinks this movie is so amazing. Going in, everyone knows the little kid sees dead people, that line was hyped so much before the movie. Hmmm ... hmm.... I wonder what might have happened to Mr. Willis' character. Needless to say, the ending becomes rather disheartening when you can figure it out at the very latest halfway through. Maybe if there was something extra or amazingly special in the ending the movie would become worth something. The acting and music and such is extremley well done, but the obvious plot doesn't leave many good memories to be had by me about this movie.
Rating: Summary: Very Avergae Review: Aside from the Boy there's nothing original at all about this film.while I Have dug Bruce Willis's Work from the past this is not one of his Best.I Have seen this kind of film so many times already.if you combined elements of this Film&The Matrix then you would have had a Classic.only Haley Joel Osment saved this Film.but his Performance was Great more than i can say about the film.
Rating: Summary: Try the "Sense" more than once Review: The first time that I saw "The Sixth Sense", I saw it at a movie theater in October, with a friend of mine. I wasn't too crazy about the movie -- I thought it was slow, had dull characters, and felt unfinished. I read the screenplay and, after enjoying it, made it a point to see the film again. And I'm glad I did; this is a film that should be seen more than once. I don't think you can appreciate it, unless you understand that the movie's slow pace is intentional, and that everything in the story happens for a reason and builds to something. This story, about a terrified young boy who sees ghosts, and gets help from a child psychologist, works very well. It moves slowly, but that just happens to bring you into the story. As melodramatic as it sounds, this movie makes you appreciate things in your life that you would normally take for granted: a good family, love, peace, and simple communication. And that's all that the movie really comes down to. And it does an amazingly heartfelt job of emphasizing on these things, and how important they are to us. This is an excellent movie and a very unique one, at that. If you appreciate good storytelling, with morals that are not preachy or patronizing, then this is one film that you really must own.
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