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Wow!! What an absolutely outstanding film The Sixth Sense really is. It is a very dark, tense and psychological but not scary masterpiece that blew me away more second time round than first time. I saw this film for the first time in January 2008 and I hadn't seen it since then. It is a film that I am really fond of because it is one of those films that don?t try too hard to be a scary film that people would freak out by and also it didn't try too hard to impress the suspense of the film. It was a very suspensful film anyway because of the very depressing, psychological plot. The Sixth Sense is a film that can sort of play with your mind because it shows how a person can start to lose their mind especially when it is almost impossible to get out of. This film has one of the most powerful endings as well as one of the best twists in cinema history. The twist in this film is the whole film's best quality. It is a haunting film but it isn't a horror film. It's like The Silence Of The Lambs: a psychological thriller rather than a horror.
Bruce Willis' performance as Dr. Malcolm Crowe was a fantastic one. He sort of surprised me in a way because Bruce stars in action/crime films but he was actually fantastic in this film. Malcolm Crowe is a prominent child psychologist but when he returns home one night with his wife and is shot by an former patient of his who broke into the house. It suddenly changes to Crowe becoming close to Cole but all doesn't go to plan and all isn't as it seems. Haley Joel Osment delivers the single most amazing child performance of all time. Most child performances are fantastic but nothing like Osment as Cole Sear. Cole is a 9-year-old young boy who has a lot of deep psychological problems. Osment was the perfect choice because he is a scary lad when he goes a bit mad but he is awesome at playing that innocent young lad like they're possessing over him. Haley cried a lot in this film but even in moments of the film especially the famous "I see dead people" scene when tears weren't coming down his eyes but could see the tears in them. I could see the fright in his eyes which is why Osment's performance is one of the best acting roles of all time. Toni Collette's performance as Lynn Sear was amazing too but doesn't beat Bruce or Haley in this masterpiece. Lynn is worried for her son because of his amazingly bizarre behaviour with those around him and towards her too.
M. Night Shyamalan has created a masterpiece of thrillers. This was one of his very early films in his career and it is his breakthrough film and his most famous film and probably his best ever too because of what I've heard about the others he has done are said to be really crap. M. Night Shyamalan probably didn't expect the critical reaction that the film got including six Oscar nominations: Best Picture 1999, Best Supporting Actor (Haley Joel Osment), Best Supporting Actress (Toni Collette), Best Director, Best Editing and Best Original Screenplay. The script was almost perfect because it was mixed with horror and with tension but it's a funny feeling because I didn't find this film scary. As I said, it's more of a psychological thriller.
The Sixth Sense, Scream and The Silence Of The Lambs are the best thrillers of the 90s and that is a fact. The Sixth Sense is a haunting thriller that I absolutely loved from start to finish and was blown away by it by more viewings of the film. The Sixth Sense is another reason why 1999 is my favourite year in film. I now have seven 5-star 1999 films. Haley Joel Osment's performance is the best child performance of all time and it totally deserves to be. The Sixth Sense is a very disturbing psychological thriller that is an absolute masterpiece and is one of its kind and can hardly be compared to anything else. January
9/10
