Truly a wonderful, wonderful film

Rating: 10/10 (26 April 2000)

I first sent in my IMDB comments on The Sixth Sense right after I saw it in September. We got the DVD version two weeks ago and have watched it twice again. For me, this movie gets better each time I see it.
The first time I didn't know what to expect and was truly surprised and stunned. The second time, knowing what was going to happen, I was able to see it from a different perspective.
After the second viewing we watched the DVD extras, including an interview with M. Night Shyamalan that addressed many questions that I've seen raised here in the IMDB comments, such as why it gets very cold in some scenes and not in others, the pointed use of the color red in certain scenes, etc. That allowed me to look at the movie a third time with yet another perspective.
I was able to appreciate the performances of the actors even more the second and third time around. Haley Joel Osment and Bruce Willis were nothing short of brilliant in conveying exactly what they needed to convey. Toni Colette was marvelous (the scene in the car gets me misty-eyed every time). But Olivia Williams, as Willis' wife, had one of the toughest roles, which I didn't appreciate until I saw the movie for the second time.
When I read the User Comments from people who didn't like the movie, I wonder if they could possibly have seen the same movie I saw! I would highly recommmend watching the DVD version to see Shyamalan's comments, several excellent deleted scenes and lots of other goodies.