Sharp, Haunting Thriller

Rating: 9/10 (21 September 1999)

"The Sixth Sense" was a sharp, haunting thriller that was almost painful to watch. The main thing that distracted me from this movie was a constant feeling of pity for the main character in the story, a little boy. Not only was the kid living in constant terror, but nobody believed him, and it looked like he would be locked up in a mental ward. Focusing on the constant pain the boy was in was to me a major distraction, causing me to lose track of a lot of subtle details I otherwise would have noticed. I didn't find the movie terribly entertaining. However, like most others, I was *COMPLETELY* blindsided by the surprise ending - I didn't see it coming at all, and when it comes it's a real shock. The audience in the theater I saw the movie in let out a loud, collective gasp of exhaustion and fascination when the end credits started to roll, as if they had been holding their breath for two hours. This is a movie I would like to see again, now that I know how it ends. 9/10.