A psychological horror movie that resonates in the soul after the experience is over.

Rating: 10/10 (17 November 1999)

It's been a long time since Hollywood made a horror movie that relied more on acting and characters than special effects and shameless gore. Luckily for us, M. Night Shyamalan is as much a fan of Henry James as Stephen King, and his movie, The Sixth Sense, is a masterpiece of psychological horror that would make the writer of 'Turn of the Screw' proud. Shyamalan successfully resists the temptation to throw in cheap thrills, and instead focuses on the characters, how they react to their situation, and how they are changed by it. The audience quickly sympathizes with the young boy who can see dead people, and the broken man who feels driven to help him.
Young Haley Joel Osment gives a performance that is more textured than any since Anna Paquin in the Piano, and Bruce Willis' familiar taciturn demeanour works well for him. Certainly one of the best movies of the year.