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The Sixth Sense | Year: 1999 Classification: Horror Directed: - M.Night Syamalan Actors/Actresses: - Toni Collette - Bruce Willis - Haley Joel Osment Creepy flick, GREAT DVD! Director M. Night Shyamalan's breakthrough film is one of my all-time favorite creepfests. Haley Joel Osment ("A.I.") plays a boy with the power to see ghosts -- and he sees them everywhere. Bruce Willis ("Armageddon") is the psychiatrist who at first tries to help the boy with what he thinks are delusions, but soon grows to believe in. Shyamalan's "Signs" is another great scary flick, and for a simple reason: Shyamalan knows the secret to horror. It's all about the quick, fleeting glances of the darkness. It's all about building up the proper, terrified state of mind. I've never considered slasher flicks like "Halloween" or the endless "Friday the 13th" sequels to be even remotely scary. Shyamalan knows that what you imagine is scarier than what he can show you, and he uses it. "The Sixth Sense" pulls you in and makes you feel for these characters before the resolution, followed by what has become one of the most famous twists in recent cinema history. This Vista Series DVD is a great presentation, as well. Special features include a featurette about religion and the afterlife in movies and a cool look at Shyamalan's storyboarding process... but why still no commentary? C'mon, Night, tell us what was going through your head while you were making these flicks! Eh. A decent effort that falls short. I can understand why this semi-intriguing but ultimately disappointing little flick caused so much hype. In comparison to the standard gore-filled, brain-dead fare such as the Scream trilogy and other stinkers(oops, I mean "thrillers") the Hollywood machine has crammed down poor moviegoers' throats in the past decade, no wonder some of us seem to think this is a cinematic tour de force. I really did want this movie to live up to the hype but sadly, I was sorely disappointed. Admittedly my standards are high, having been raised on such classics as "Psycho" and "Rear Window". Hitchcock did it better, he knew how to shock and scare and just plain thrill the audience. The "surprise" ending of "The Sixth Sense" was evident after the first 15 minutes whereas, good old Hitch could leave the audience hanging until the very end. Haley Joel Osment was cute in a Mikey-from the "Life" cereal commercial-sort of way but the rest of the movie fell flat.I left the movie feeling deflated and wishing I had spent my money on a rental of a Hitchcock classic rather than sitting there watching an unsuspenseful and pretty predictable offering from a genre which went downhill after Hitchcock's death. Another visit to the Bates Motel would have been more creepy than a little boy with puppy dog eyes that "sees dead people". The Return of Good Horror Films "I see dead people". If you've been hiding under a rock for the last few years you missed this fantastic horror film. The return of good horror films after a long long dry spell of Scream, Friday the 13th and all the other stupid horror films. This is a fantastic smart horror film. A must own. Best Film of 1999 Of all the films I've seen this year (and as a film student, I saw a lot), this was the only one that employed solid script-writing throughout. There's so much more to The Sixth Sense than just the surprise ending - not that it wasn't effective - including the excellent characterizations and clever subplots. I was drawn into the story and forgot all about my own suspicians going into the film until the very end. Haley isn't just good for a kid; he demonstrated an ease with acting that some adults have yet to master. However, Toni Collette's performance was especially admirable and I wish her role received more attention - it's refreshing to see a more realistic and flattering representation of the mother figure (much unlike that in some of the year's more overrated fluff disguised as intelligent, adult fair). I'd love to see her up for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars. I also feel sorry for those who expected a conventional horror film and were disappointed to see an indepth psychological drama instead. This movie may not be for everyone, but to me, it was modern filmmaking at its best and most effective. Buy The Sixth Sense at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on The Sixth Sense Search with the Priority Search Engine on The Sixth Sense This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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