Cole is having visions and Dr. Crowe is to help him, but realizes these visions may be real and there may be benefits to such a special gift

Rating: 8/10 (22 December 2013)

In The Sixth Sense, Dr. Malcolm Crowe played by Bruce Willis is sought out by Cole Sears' mother. Cole is played by Haley Joel Osmont and is experiencing visions that are worrying his mother Lynn Sear played by Toni Collette. Cole's visions are those of the dead who do not realize they are actually dead. There is ongoing conflict between if Cole is actually having these visions and if he is what is causing them. With Dr. Crowes passion for work, he and Cole develop a relationship. Crowe at first finds it hard to believe the problems that are affecting Cole, but then realizes there may be similarities between Cole and a former patient of Dr. Crowe's. As Cole opens up to Dr. Crowe and his mother about his visions they slowly start to realize that what he is seeing may be real. Cole has to convince his mother by questioning her about a dance recital she felt her mom did not attend and ultimately provides the answer of her question she would ask while alone at her mother's gravesite. Cole's gift was something that was to help those understand the reasoning of some deaths and to help the restless souls find peace and to give comfort to their loved ones that had unanswered questions. In the birthday party scene, Cole wanders upstairs after seeing a red ballon drift to the ceiling. Cole starts to hear the voices coming from behind the closet door and is stuck in shock. Two children then decide to play a trick on Cole and place him in the closet. Cole is then attacked by the dead character that was stating he "did not steal the master's horse. In the scene the relevance of color used and camera angles contributed to the significance of the scene. At the point Cole's mother had taken extreme cautiousness in her son's claims of seeing and hearing things. The sound effects used to depict the undead before Cole's entrance into the closet, and the sounds used while in the closet made the scene that much more dramatic. The pain was so horrifying that the screams could be heard over the loud music of the party and attracted not only Cole's mother, but other party goers. The slow motion at the end of the scene where Ms. Sears is pulling Cole out of the closet gives the dramatic effect needed to show the seriousness of the scene and that Cole may actually be telling the truth.