Only the Best Film of the Summer!

Rating: Null/10 (15 September 1999)

"The Sixth Sense" is about a troubled youngster who communicates with the dead and the relationship he develops with his psychiatrist. Haley Joel Osment gives an unforgettable performance as the haunted child. Bruce Willis plays the sympathetic psychiatrist who tries to help the boy deal with his "gift". The mood of the film is set from the opening scene in which we see a red light bulb turned on and a woman enter a cold wine cellar. The nuanced scenes that follow lead to an unforgettable ending that requires a second viewing of the film. The writing is suspenseful and tight. True, it does start off a bit slow, but upon my second viewing, I realized this is part of the film's mood. "The Sixth Sense" is probably one of the best psychological thrillers that I've seen in a long time and brings to mind one of my favorite (and I think one of the best)psychological thrillers of the '70's - "Audrey Rose". (Although that film deals with reincarnation, I think the mood is somewhat similar.)