A whip-smart thriller that delivers

Rating: 9/10 (8 August 2002)

After hearing the hype of this film for so long before it released, I was happy to say I was satisfied with the outcome of this film. While the obvious attempts at trying to cause reactions were a little silly, the true terror was achieved in watching the reactions of the main characters. Wonderfully paced and conceived, I had not seen this kind of secrecy over the ending of a film since The Crying Game (which was equally frightening). Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment proved to be excellent together on the screen, making their budding friendship seem real and believable. While I felt this wasn't the best film from 1999, it proved to be one of the better films to come out in years.