Haley Joel Osment Should be an Oscar Nominee!

Rating: Null/10 (20 December 1999)

I can remember sitting at the movies this past summer awaiting to see Spike Lee's forgettable " Summer of Sam", my wife and I saw the trailer for " The Sixth Sense", I can remember turning to my wife and commenting on what a piece of garbage this looked like. I recently saw the film and I'm proud to say that I was wrong, I'm glad I saw " The Sixth Sense", if for any other reason than i witnessed one of the best performances of the year by young Haley Joel Osment( you might remember him as Forrest Junior in the end of Forrest Gump). He just received a well deserved Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor and hopefully in February he will receive his first Oscar nomination, this kid was that great! " Sixth Sense" suprised me like another film from a few years back "Primal Fear", a Richard Gere star vehicle which I refused to see for that reason,not realizing that a young up and comer named Edward Norton would make one of the great debut performances in screen history with his Oscar nominated turn in that film. Like "Primal Fear", " The Sixth Sense" features credible performances by two Hollywood icons whose work at times have made me want to vomit, but these films were dominated not by their star leading men but by their relatively unknown co -stars. Congratulations Haley on your Golden Globe nom., good luck in the 99 Oscar race!