Good movie, but a few flaws...

Rating: 6/10 (11 August 2000)

I believe that this film is very good, but not good enough to be spot #23 on the IMDB top 250 list. First of all, the movie is a little bit overrated. (which is understandable because no other decent movies were out at the time except for Phantom Menace)
Second of all, great movies get better each time you watch them. With each viewing, Sixth Sense gets less and less exciting and turns almost to the point of boring. The characters and their problems are not interesting enough to watch again and again. By the third time you've seen it, the movie becomes mediocre, knowing the ending does not make this movie good. (However, it is fun to point out things you didn't notice before about...well, *you know* (I don't wish to have a spoiler in comment)) Anyway, the problems with the characters is that they are too much the same. They're not melodramatic, but both Willis and (I forget his name) "the quiet kid" say all their lines in the same kind of serious, low-toned voice. There is feeling behind the lines, but not enough variety of feeling.
Finally, there are a few plot holes, but I don't wish to discuss them because previous commenters already have. Cole "the quiet kid" did a fine acting job (compared to all the other kid actors out there, he looks like Orson Welles) it wasn't incredibly entertaining to watch his acting skills, but they were good. I hope the poor kid isn't scarred for life by the tone of the movie, and I hope he doesn't become type-casted and turn into another MacCullay Culkin.
Anyway, a good suspenful movie (not really scary) and I would strongly recommend watching the movie once, but not twice, and definately not six times.