Ron Edwards: The Sixth Sense

Rating: 8/10 (23 April 2012)

This movie is about a Dr. Malcolm who is a very successful child psychologist who fails to help one child, an that one child drives Dr.Malcolm to help another child who is like the one he failed to help. Cole, the young child Dr.Malcolm is now set on helping has the same conditions as the child he previously could not help. Dr.Malcolm faces what seems to be a struggling relationship wit his wife due to his obsession of helping Cole. Cole is also facing a similar battle, not being able to communicate with his mother Lynn, who is very concerned for her son.
Courage, fear, and the strength to over come seems to be the main themes during this movie. Granted "The Sixth Sense" does a great job of covering not just one, but a variety of major themes during the movie. Such themes can be viewed just about the whole movie as Cole faces his own fears, Lynn also overcomes her fears for her son. Similar to the "The Haunting" (1963) this movie deal with the dead and the unknown, and the characters have to adapt in order to overcome their fear in order to be free.
The lighting through out this movie really sets the mood for the scene itself and what potentially could happen. The angles that the director chooses to shoot during this movie really adds to the drama through the film. The different angles that are shot add suspense to certain scenes and in some cases fear is intended for the viewers. Overall "The Sixth Sense" is good drama that really get your emotions going and makes you wonder about your own courage, fears, and what you would do to overcome them.