The Biggest Cheat in Movie History

Rating: 1/10 (4 April 2006)

I cannot believe the acclaim this movie has gotten, nor that so many people were surprised by its ending. Wow, Bruce Willis was dead the whole time, who would have thunk it.
Shyamanalangianamam locked himself in a corner with the plot. Here he had a dead guy walking around who could only be seen by one little boy, but it had to look like he was talking with other people. So, we get Willis being ignored by his wife at a restaurant. Any other husband would have started to get suspicious when his wife also didn't acknowledge his existence when he got home that night or woke up the next morning...
Then there's the scene where it appears that Willis was talking with the kid's mom. Only he can't...because he's dead.
Every scene in this movie in which Willis appears to be interacting with another human is a cheat. I mean, come on, how stupid do you have to be to realize that the only person who acknowledges your existence is a kid who sees dead people!! It's bad enough that we're supposed to be shocked by the realization that Willis has been dead this whole time. But it's simply ludicrous for Willis himself to be shocked. Although, I do believe that Bruce Willis could be shocked in real life. After all, he's far too stupid and narcissistic to admit that any reality other than his own--Bush is a better President than Clinton, the Iraq war is going well, etc,--actually exists.
If you think this movie is deserving of being listed as one of the 250 best movies of all time, do yourself a favor and take another look. Only this time pay attention to how the director cheats his audience.