"I see dead people, and some of them don't know they're dead!"

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2002)

"The Sixth Sense", released in 1999, and starring Bruce Willis, gives a new version of the age old mystery regarding life after death. Does the dead person immediately leave this world, or is there a time when the spirit has a chance to stay around awhile? This film will cause the viewer to ponder that mystery while watching the cast wrestle with that concern, and watching dead people appear, then leave the screen.
Bruce Willis plays a child psychologist that takes on a case that involves a child, Haley Joel Osmond, who has a problem relating to peers and his single parent. Willis has recently been involved in a situation that left him wounded, and this is one of his first cases since a shooting that occurred at his home. Willis is able to establish a working child-doctor relationship with Cole, the Osmond character, but at the same time finds his own relationship with his wife chilling, even to the point of not existing. During the film, there are several scenes that involve Dr. Crowe, (Willis) with his wife, and she totally ignores him, as if he weren't even there.
The film does hold the viewing public in a suspense-filled grip, with the ending being somewhat expected, but nevertheless, causing the watcher to want to see the film again to see what they missed. A good film to have on VHS or DVD, as there are some excellent commentaries on both formats in regards to the clues that were given during the film. This film was nominated for several academy awards, and while not an oscar winner,it was very much on the minds of the movie public during the end of the 20th century. A good, intense mystery.