Osment Sees Bruce People.

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 2015)

The Sixth Sense (1999): Dir: M. Night Shyamalan / Cast: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Donnie Wahlberg: Thrilling shocker about the inner talent of a boy who claims to see things that others cannot. Bruce Willis stars as a doctor who is shot by a patient in the film's opening. Haley Joel Osment plays a kid driven to paranoia with visions of dead people. His widowed mother is concerned and protective. Osment believes that Willis can help him but Willis lost faith after he lost communication with his wife. All of this weaves together into a shocking conclusion of truth and discovery. Directed by M. Night Shyamlan who details the plot with surprising developments while hinting the obvious. Great performance by Willis as a man trying to piece together both his home and professional life. Osment is brilliant with a power he cannot comprehend. Toni Collette plays his frustrated mother who struggles to understand her son's trauma while being made to face her own. Olivia Williams plays Willis's depressed wife who ceases to function or embrace reality. Donnie Wahlberg has a brief but pivotal role as a disturbed patient of Willis's. Great suspense shocker full of spine tingling visuals and a narrative full of ideas. It raises questions about unresolved circumstances that numb our understanding and all our senses. Score: 10 / 10