Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Starring Olivia Williams, Haley
Joel Osment, Donnie Wahlberg.
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"I see dead people," whispers little Cole Sear (Haley Joel
Osment), ed to affirm what is to him now a daily occurrence.
This peaked nine-year old, already hypersensitive to begin with,
is now being haunted by seemingly malevolent spirits. Child
psychologist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is trying to find out
what's triggering Cole's visions but what appears to be a
psychological manifestation turns out to be frighteningly real.
It might be enough to e off a lesser man, but for Malcolm
it's personal--several months before, he was accosted and by
an unhinged patient, who then turned the on himself. Since
then, Malcolm has been in turmoil--he and his wife (Olivia
Williams) are barely speaking, and his life has taken an less
turn. Having failed his loved ones and himself, he's not about to
give up on Cole.
The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan's third feature, sets itself
up as a thriller, poised on the brink of delivering monstrous
es, but gradually evolves into more of a psychological drama
with supernatural undertones. Many critics faulted the film for
being mawkish and "New Age-y", but no matter how you slice it,
this is one mightily effective piece of filmmaking. The bare
s of the story are basic enough, but the moody atmosphere
created by Shyamalan and cinematographer Tak Fujimoto made this
one of the creepiest pictures of 1999, forsaking excessive gore
for a sinisterly simple feeling of chilly otherworldliness.
Willis is in his strong, silent type mode here, and gives the
film wholly over to Osment, whose crumpled face and big eyes
convey a child too wise for his years; his scenes with his mother
(Toni Collette) are small, heartbreaking marvels. And even if you
figure out the film's surprise ending, it packs an amazingly
emotional wallop when it comes, and will have you racing to watch
the movie again with a new perspective. You may be able to shake
off the sentimentality of The Sixth Sense but its craftsmanship
and atmosphere will stay with you for days. --Mark Englehart
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Synopsis
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Bruce Willis (Armageddon, 12 Monkeys) brings a powerful presence
to this edge-of-your-seat supernatural thriller. Dr. Malcolm
Crowe (Willis) is a distinguished child psychologist haunted by
the painful memory of a disturbed young patient he was unable to
help. So when he meets Cole Sear (O nominee Haley Joel
Osment, Forrest Gump), a frightened, confused eight-year-old with
a similar condition, Dr. Crowe seeks to redeem himself by doing
everything he can. Nonetheless, Malcolm is unprepared to learn
the truth of what haunts Cole: terrifying, unwanted visits from
the restless inhabitants of the spirit world. With a riveting
intensity you'll find thoroughly chilling and utterly
unforgettable, the discovery of Cole's incredible "sixth sense"
has mysterious and unforeseeable consequences for both of them.
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