Excellent Ghost Thriller

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 1999)

THE SIXTH SENSE. M. Night Shaymalan's "The Sixth Sense" is an enjoyable ghost thriller, sometimes funny, sometimes creepy, and surprisingly rewarding. Bruce Willis is excellent as a child psychologist named Malcom Crowe whose latest patient is a nine-year-old kid named Cole (played stupendously Haley Joel Osment) who claims that he can see dead people. What follows is an intriguing and effective chiller that relies much more on characters than special effects. Rated PG-13. ***1/2 out of ****