Mystery and horror for the mind

Rating: 10/10 (8 August 1999)

This movie is probably the best non-action summer movie this year. Featuring a very subdued Bruce Willis as a child psychologist who finds himself in the worst situation possible, a vengeful patient who returns.

On the night he is honored for his skills, one of his patients comes visiting, asking why he did not help him. Donnie Wahlberg does masterful work, portraying a tortured soul. As instantly as he arrives, he exacts his revenge and ends his torture with a gun.
We forward to fall, when Willis is helping a small child adapt to a single parent home and very peculiar behavior.
This movie is a combination of Heaven Can Wait, Ghost, Beetlegeuse, and Jacob's Ladder.
The difference is that The Sixth Sense is directed, edited, and acted much better. It has some scenes that are downright chilling and and ending that you never see coming. Unless you see it again and look for clues, you never see it coming. There is one scene that I actually found downright stunning. Most of that is due to Haley Joel Osment, who plays the young boy who should wake up when the nominations for the Oscars are announced.

This movie is a must-see. Forget about other "horror" movies out this season. The Sixth Sense should be your first choice.