Lovely film but weak plot

Rating: 4/10 (24 June 2006)

Beautiful acting, lovely atmosphere but the kind of "then I woke up" storyline written by an 11 year old. After being shot we are re-introduced to Bruce Willis's character "in the fall"..right. And it's not until the end of the film - after all the discussions with the boy - that he realises his wife isn't speaking to him. Mmm. Bit like the 'here it comes' ending to the Village. There's no major benefit building a whole film round the last five minutes and when the audience is lied to then it's even more unforgivable. Very few films build a case for spending 2 hours setting up the punchline - Usual Suspects springs to mind - but Sixth Sense isn't one of them. A cheap trick in a pretty dress.