The Sixth Sense

I haven't been so captivated, chilled and surprised by a movie in years. more

The 11-year-old Osment evokes the boy's terror and awful predicament so memorably, you'll never forget him. more

Perhaps the most startling part is the realization that, in the turn-off-your-brain season of summer, you've just experienced an uncommonly serious-minded movie that's brave enough to engage our deepest emotions on issues of death, madness, illusion and forgiveness. That's the biggest thrill of them all. more

(Osment) delivers what may be the greatest performance ever by a child actor. more

An unnerving and astonishing thriller. more

The filmmaker keeps upping the ante with surprises until the plot-twist beaut that concludes the picture - a shocker that, upon reflection, is probably the one ending that wouldn't have fallen a little flat. more

Willis puts his action-hero stereotype on the back burner to deliver one of his most intriguing roles since "12 Monkeys."

It's a psychological thriller that actually thrills. more

Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan lets the tension rise slowly, leads you everywhere you don't expect, doesn't rip you off and totally freaks you out -- all without stale effects or gore. more

Teeters on the brink of New Age ludicrousness, but it never goes over: Like Kieslowski and others, Shyamalan knows that what makes for lousy metaphysics can make for powerful metaphor, and in the end he creates a deeply, surprisingly affecting film out of a little bit of smoke and brimstone. more

The misconception about this is that it's a horror movie, when it really isn't. It's just a really unique drama with ghosts in it. The objective of the movie is not to scare, but to emotionally captivate you. The mourning aspect still works and this can live on as opposed to just being about a surprise twist. M. Night Shyamalan's vision is amazing and there is such a grand scale feel to the movie that might not have been there with another person behind the camera. more

Cole Sear: You know the accident up there? Lynn Sear: Yeah. Cole Sear: Someone got hurt. Lynn Sear: They did? Cole Sear: A lady. She died. Lynn Sear: Oh my god. What, you can see her? Cole Sear: Yes. Lynn Sear: Where is she? Cole Sear: Standing next to my window. Lynn Sear: Cole, you're scaring me. Cole Sear: They scare me too sometimes. Lynn Sear: They? Cole Sear: Ghosts. The first big hit film from director M. Night Shyamalan. Manages to hold together well, even after knowing where the film is headed, which I credit to Shyamalan's skills as a director. As a writer, he may have hit some... more

"I see dead people" Scared the living hell out of me. Haley Joel Osment was perfect in his role, as was Bruce Willis. The twist at the end was the most surprising twist I could imagine. I also liked this film because of it's philosphical connotations with regards to life after death, etc... Winner of my Top Supernatural Films. more

So...the perfect twist? well probably yes, everyone will have commented the same and yes it is a brilliantly genius twist and surprise which you really dont see coming unless you are a clever boy/girl haha With one of the strangest names in Hollywood M. Night Shyamalan springs forth with a huge blockbuster from nowhere and blows away all competition at the time with this very straight laced, actionless slow burning paranormal ghosty tale that both creeps you out and keeps you glued to the screen throughout. Good performances from all and some neat moments without the use of special... more

I feel cheated. The Sixth Sense would probably have been one of my favorite movies ever, if I had only seen it back in 1999. But unfortunately I haven't seen it until now, when its plot has become a well known part of pop culture and twist endings have been done to death. Ugh. Oh well. Anyway, it's clear that Shyamalan's mojo was really working during the making of The Sixth Sense. There's a subdued sense of dread threaded throughout the film that is the hallmark of a Shyamalan movie. Well, a GOOD Shyamalan movie. The pacing is perfect, the acting is beautifully done (except at the very... more

"I see dead people..." "The Sixth Sense" is a very sad film. The story unravels slowly but in a very fascinating and exciting way. The film will keep you nailed to your seat and the twists and turns in the end just complete Shyamalan's greatest effort thus far. Haley Joel Osment's performance is one of the best seen on the big screen, by a child actor. Bruce Willis, usually seen in action movies, does one of his best performances of his career as the child psychiatrist. Shyamalans script is very imaginative and he succeeds on keeping the tension on a very high level. In my opinion, this... more