Shyamalan as set the bar for his future films very high!

Rating: 10/10 (23 July 2004)

M Night Shyamalan's rise to prominence came after this superb chiller. The plot is very good and the movie is masterfully directed. For a young up and comer, M Night showed a remarkably sure hand and create tension. This film is masterfully shot. Waht makes this film however is the superb cast, Bruce Willis is good, as is Toni Collette as the mother of troubled young boy Cole, who sees dead people. Haley Joel Osment as Cole is a revelation and gives one of the greatest child performances ever, he should have got an Oscar for this for sure, his performance is truly awe inspiring it leaves the audience amazed at how this kid can engross you, the way he is immersed into his role is a way in which only Hollywoods elite like De Niro and Pacino etc can do and at only 11 years of age when filming this it is amazing. He will develop to be one of Hollywoods best on the evidence of this. *****