So Close to Being a Great Movie.

Rating: Null/10 (10 August 1999)

All my friends lambaste for this heresy, but I wish the Sixth Sense was a better movie. Without dropping hints, I'll just say that that last part does blow me away, just like everyone else. But I think that most people are blinded to the fact that the rest of the movie, while necessary, just isn't that good.
For myself, I was bored for the first third of it. Somehow, the movie just didn't maintain an air of tension for me that I think it needed to. And I blame that, to a degree, on the way it was marketed. I found myself waiting for the ghosts to show up, instead of getting into the tension of a troubled young boy trying to work through his problems with this doctor.
The actors are great. This is one of the most believable performances I've seen from Bruce Willis in a long time and Haley Joel Osment is a stunningly good child actor. I am still trying to convince a friend of mine that Toni Collette (playing the child's mother) was Muriel in Muriel's Wedding; her range is impressive.
Overall, a good film. But I feel that, with some slight work, it could have been a great film.