Outstanding script and acting

Rating: 9/10 (14 August 1999)

My god! I have never seen a child actor carry a movie the way Haley Joel Osment does with The Sixth Sense. I seriously think he deserves an Academy Award nomination for this performance. I suppose that would make him the youngest person ever nominated for a best acting Oscar, but he really deserves it. Bruce Willis also does an excellent job, and the resulting chemistry between the two actors is fantastic.
M. Night Shyamalan's screenplay also deserves an Oscar nomination, and will probably get it. After reading rave reviews of this script on Comng Attractions over a year ago, I can say now that those kudos were well earned. I am also glad to see this movie doing such good business. Movies this good always deserve success, but don't always get it.