A wonderful movie, even without the shocker ending.

Rating: 9/10 (6 August 1999)

I went to see this movie because I like 'scary movies' and this one looked halfway intellectually stimulating. It was that and more. This film will make you feel every emotion- happiness, sadness, shock, fear, pity, anger, fear, shock, joy, fear, shock...did I mention fear and shock?
I would recommend this to anyone who likes to be scared, not by gore and special effects, but by psychological twists and turns. Oh, and for all you gore fans, there are a few scenes with blood. ;)
Even without the last 15 minutes, this film would have been worth my ticket price. But the last 15 minutes had my jaw on the floor in awe and shock-one of the few times a film has done this for me. Go see it.
Bruce Willis gives a haunting performance as a tortured child psychologist trying to make up for a past failure, all the while losing the most important thing to him, his wife. The boy who plays Cole, the child who can see dead people, (I just looked his name up but it escapes me right now) is wonderful. This is one of the few child actors I don't want to smack around 5 minutes into the film. The woman playing his mother also gives a very convincing performance of a woman who desperately loves her son and feels helpless in how to help him.
My recommendation: Go see it!