"I see dead people ..."

Rating: 10/10 (1 September 1999)

I must have seen every thriller ever made and none have left me so affected. I could easily say that I do not get scared at movies ... until now!

Sixth Sense follows a child psychologist on a journey into the mind of a little boy who is labeled with paranoid schitzophrenic. Bruce Willis plays Malcolm Crow, a doctor who was recently awarded a citation for his work. It is after a frightening encounter with a patient from his past that Crow meets Cole, a paranoid little boy in desperate need of a chewable prozac. M Night Shyamalan directs this brilliant film, slowly unraveling a secret that this boy is too frightened to face, and too unwilling to confess. We soon learn that this child can see ghosts, and Malcolm Crow might be the only person that can help him through his frightening ordeal.

Haley Joel Osment, who plays the role of Cole, is so brilliant that I predict he will be nominated (and perhaps should win) an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Toni Collette (Muriel's Wedding) does an admirable job playing the mother who can't understand what is happening to her son.

Yes, this film has a shocking ending (brilliant, in fact) and don't dare let anyone ruin it for you. Go see this once to be scared, and again to let it sink in.