Excellent film to add to any ghost lover's collection.

Rating: 9/10 (5 May 2006)

Shyamalan has done it again! This is top notch entertainment. For lovers of the scary and supernatural, this fits the bill. The plot builds nicely from the moment strange things start happening in Lynn Sear's kitchen to the final moment when Cole convinces his mother that he really does see ghosts. This film is destined to be a classic.
Young Osment does a top notch job as Cole Sear the boy who sees dead people everywhere. He is at once frightened and confused, but bravely tries to keep his mother from knowing his real problem.
In a standout performance, Willis has broken away from his portrayals of tough guys and baddies. Here he gives a sensitive, compassionate performance as the acclaimed child psychiatrist, confused by his wife's chilly behavior and the baffling case of the troubled Cole Sear whom he is treating. When he sees his wife in an apparently compromising situation he takes his anger out by destroying the shop window.
Yet he genuinely loves his wife and is nearly distraught by her behavior both by her apparent lack of interest in him and her actions (locking the basement door, pulling the check away just as he reaches for it).
Even Angelica Tom, who plays Kyra's disturbed and dangerous mother does a good job in her short time on the screen.
Having filmed what is probably one of the greatest ghost stories ever written, Director Shyamalan appears briefly (as the doctor who treats Cole), as he does in all his films, as a tribute to his idol the late Alfred J. Hitchcock. If you are a fan of ghost movies, this is one you should not miss.
I also recommend you see ALL of M. Night Shyamalan's other films. They are: Signs, Unbreakable, The Village, and Wide Awake (which is by the way a comedy, not at all like his other films and is ideal for the whole family). This effort is certainly in the same class as THE OTHERS directed by Alejandro Amenabar.