Consistent, chilling, touching

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 1999)

The best compliment I believe I can pay to a paranormal or sci-fi themed film is that it sets up parameters and then remains consistent with them. This film fulfills this mission beautifully. Once the convention is established, everything fits in with it. It's the kind of film I immediately want to see again to explore just how the characters and scenes wove together because I was so caught up in the flow as it unfolded before me.
I am not a Bruce Willis fan, but he was fine. Haley Joel Osmond was stunning. Such a touching and real performance! And the relationship established between the boy and his mother, played with equal honesty by Toni Collette, is a privilege to witness.
Go see it!