Great movie

Rating: 9/10 (24 July 2012)

After a student film and a made for TV film, M. Night Shymalan made his first blockbuster, the Sixth Sense. It is often regarded as one of the greatest thrillers of all time, mostly for it's creepy atmosphere, dark story, and twist ending. While I would consider this to be Shymalan second best film, it doesn't quite match Signs for me personally.
It can be a bit slow at parts, almost pretentious at times. Also, I wish the film had had a bit more comic relief, I know it's a dark story, but it's so depressing that I almost hate watching it at times. Not as bad as Unbreakable but a little bit more comic relief could have helped.
Yes, the twist ending is great, now the twist was actually spoiled for me before I saw the film, but what's great about this movie is that you can go back and watch it and look for clues to find out the twist ending. It's downright scary at times. The acting is fantastic, Haley Joel Osment giving one of the best young child performances in the history of film. And the direction is fantastic. The use of the color red to show when a ghost is near, the great framing of shots, everything is great. And it doesn't explain everything for you, letting you figure out some stuff for yourself.
The Sixth Sense is a great movie, and easily one of Shymalan's best, it doesn't rank quite as good as Signs, but it's a damn creepy film with great direction and acting.