Oh. My. Goodness.

Rating: 10/10 (7 August 1999)

As the president of a ghost research team, I'm always looking for "good" ghost movies. And I rarely find them. (The last "good" one I saw was "Poltergeist." How sad is that?) I took in this movie and "The Blair Witch Project" back-to-back, with "The Sixth Sense" as a matinee, and "TBWP" as an evening movie. I wish I had seen "TSS" second. I was less than impressed by "TBWP"--and completely blown away by "TSS." Not only was the story good, the directing good, the acting top-notch (though the editing could use some work)--but it was VERY well researched. It's hard to find a ghost movie that has any bearing on what those of us in the ghost researching field believe to be true of ghost phenomena ("Poltergeist" is actually a good example of not-so-hot research). Whoever wrote this did their homework--I saw each piece of evidence before it was explained, because of my background. And the ending...I'm the sort of person who needs to know the ending ahead of time. I didn't in this instance, and for once I'm GLAD I didn't.
Incredible. Don't let your fear/hatred/disgust of Bruce Willis keep you away. He's quite good, and Haley is absolutely wonderful. SEE THIS MOVIE!