what's all the brouhaha?

Rating: 5/10 (22 February 2000)

that's right why???? what is so good about this film? I can't figure it out for the life of me. Well I can. The ending is. and the little hints pointing to it during the film. And Haley Joel Osmont, he's good. But the oscar nods (apart from HJO) simply go against all belief. Best film??????? please. Best script. How obvious. people see the ending and the hints (the script was probably written with the ending in mind, so the hints are easy to place) But what they fail to see is that apart from those the script is decidedly average at best, with forced or sometimes outright bad dialogue, and hardly any excitement at all. And then there's directing. This gets a directing nod???? this kitschy oh I dunno. It just makes me mad that this average and kitschy directing gets nominated when Paul Thomas Anderson does not. And finally Toni Colette. She annoyed me the whole film. Every scene with her was like the ultimate proof of what I said before. (though that might have been her dialogues as well, butr even then, just look at Angela Bassett in Strange Days to see just how overblown and absurd dialogue can still be made great - Can you imagine 'I see the earth opening up and swallowing us all' sound believable? It did there, Toni Colette doesn't even come close)
But now don't get me wrong, I don't think the sixth sense is a bad film. It's just ... average on all accounts. and if you already know how it's going to end, well it's not even worth a rental anymore :(