The Buzz Flick of 1999

Rating: 10/10 (9 September 1999)

Every year there's a movie that comes out of nowhere and wows the film community (in 1998 it was "There's Something About Mary"). The refreshing thing about this year's sleeper smash "The Sixth Sense" is that all the
praise is for THE STORY. This more than anything proves that an intelligent, thought-provoking screenplay can pack 'em in just as well as car crashes, spaceships and semen jokes. I haven't been this blindsided by a plot twist since "The Crying Game." A second viewing creates an almost entirely different film. Superb!