Surprisingly moving, offbeat drama of therapist and child

Rating: 9/10 (12 August 1999)

The trailer hadn't prepared me for a film as thoughtful, big-hearted, and, well, spiritual as THE SIXTH SENSE turned out to be. Bruce Willis as the therapist, Toni Collette as the mother, Haley Joel Osment as the kid and an unrecognizable Donnie Wahlberg as another key patient all give credible performances, and in the case of Osment, a heartbreaking portrait of a child encased in his all-too-real fears. Has a Bruce Willis movie EVER moved me to tears? Well, this one did.