Enjoyable but lots of loose ends

Rating: Null/10 (6 September 1999)

Haley Joel Osment may not be a household name yet, but he will certainly be in demand after this performance. For such a young actor to sustain believability without resorting to histrionics is an enviable feat. Bruce Willis does some fine work as the psychiatrist who must try to help this boy beleaguered by ghosts. I wonder, however, about some scenes that must have ended up on the cutting room floor. We never get any explanation about the ghosts in Cole's own home. Their unsettling appearances are never explained. And I am sorry, but I did foresee the ending. All in all, a good thriller, though, and worth the price of admission.