It's really two movies

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 2000)

The Sixth Sense is really two movies - one that works and one that simply doesn't.
The part of The Sixth Sense that does work is the just about everything NOT directly related to the surprise twist at the end - the little boy's seeing the ghosts, the problems it causes in his life, his relationship with his mother and the psychologist, and the psychologist's guilt over a similar patient from his past. It is all beautifully acted and shot, and a refreshing change from the excessive gore, profanity, nudity and sex we are so often subjected to in the movies. It wasn't exactly the scariest movie I have ever seen, but some of the scenes were quite chilling - such as the one where the little boy sees the female ghost in the kitchen and for a split second he (and the viewer) believes it to be his mother.
SPOILER ALERT!!!!
I knew going in that there was going to be a twist ending having to do with someone being dead and not knowing it, although I wasn't sure which character. It became pretty clear as the film went on that it HAD to be Bruce Willis' character, but then again it simply didn't track logically. How on earth could someone be dead and not know it? Or at least not be able to figure out that something strange was going on (for example, why he couldn't communicate with anyone but the kid). Since it was completely unbelievable, the ending left me feeling flat, which is too bad because almost everything else about the movie was classy and well-done.