So you thought "The Sixth Sense" was good! This movie will put you in a coma!

Rating: 10/10 (12 August 2001)

"The Others" is an extraordinary psychological thriller, full of suspense, frightening scenes and surprises that are guaranteed to blow your mind. Honestly, I never thought that they could make a better ghost movie than the "The Sixth Sense". I was thinking, "why bother making another ghost movie while there isn't much left you could possibly add? It has been done already!" I couldn't possibly be more wrong. It begins like an ordinary ghost movie but it develops into something purely unimaginable to the point of making "The Sixth Sense" look like "Sound Of Music"! I assure you that "The others" will become a classic in a short time and be a HUGE SUCCESS. This is an extraordinary movie, a magnificent cinematic achievement. Its suspense excels any other movie I have seen (except maybe "Alien" and "Silence Of The Lambs"). This movie is EVEN better than "Jacob's Ladder" and "The Sixth Sense"
Why is it better than "The Sixth Sense"? 1) It has a better plot that keeps you at the edge of your seat -at times while it doesn't make you jump out of it. 2) There are more suspenseful scenes and they are MUCH scarier than the ones in "The Sixth Sense". In fact, the scenes are so scary that they make audience LITERALLY jump out of their seats! 3) It also has more surprises (In "The Sixth Sense", there was only one big surprise at the end). 4) It also has more characters that make the plot more sophisticated whereas "The Sixth Sense" had only two main characters (or maybe three, including the mother). 5) It keeps you guessing right to the end and the pay off is quite magnificent. 6) The camera and sound effects are used in much superior and advanced ways. The scenes are shot from a perfect angle in such a masterful way; they actually add more tension to the already suspenseful situation. You could almost hear the whispers of ghosts as if they were whispering in your ear. Even when those ghostly sounds overlap with the sounds made by the characters in the movie, there is a sensible distinction that creeps you out. 7) The location of the story is also much more perfect for such a story than in "The Sixth Sense". The whole house itself, its interior designs, and its massiveness gives you the creeps.
What I didn't like about the movie: You may find some inconsistencies if you think how the elements of the material world can share the same platform with the otherworldly, but there is no infallible way to overcome this in a ghost theme anyway. I loved the movie in its entirety. The Best Scene Of The Movie: The scene where Nicole Kidman faces The Others at the end of the movie. Line of the movie: "Sometimes the world of the dead gets mixed up with the world of the living." spoken by the nanny, Mrs Mills. Possible Academy Awards Nominations: 1) Best Screenplay, 2) Best Sound, 3) Best Sound Effects, 4) Best Performance by a leading Actress (Nicole Kidman) and in my opinion, 5) The Best Picture. You will like this movie if you like: The Sixth Sense, Jacob's Ladder, and other movies with ghost theme.

My Vote: 10