Masterful Shyamalan

Rating: 8/10 (3 May 2010)

You'll love it or you'll hate it. You'll think it cheap or brilliant. Either way, I guess you'll see it to find out what all the fuss is about.
Haley Joel Osment is fantastic as the little boy whose sixth sense haunts him and singles him out as a freak. Willis, in his best role since "Pulp Ficton", is ideal as the troubled psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe, who tries to help young Cole and exorcise his own demons at the same time. In support is Olivia Williams, strong as Crowe's distant wife, and the amazingly talented Toni Collette; who does a marvellous job as Cole's distraught mom - even her subtle accent is precise.
Much more could be added; suffice to say all credit to Mr. Shyamalan's finely tuned screenplay and his astute direction. If he had've been out on either, he may have made a meal of this.
Sunday, October 31, 1999 - Hoyts Forest Hill Chase