The amazing six sense
The 1999 movie, The Sixth Sense, both written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, with its amazing final twist, is one of the best thrillers ever made. Bruce Willis and 10-year-old Haley Joel Osment make an incredible connection that is rarely seen in other movies. It is to Willis’ credit to allow the little boy to shine in virtually every scene. Bruce Willis plays Dr. Malcolm Crowe, a well-known child psychologist who is living a happy life with his understanding wife (Ollivia Williams). One night a man breaks into their house and claims to be a former patient of Malcolm’s. He reminds Malcolm that he was always scared and Malcolm failed to help him. He fires a gun at Dr. Crowe and then shoots himself in the head. A few months pass, and Malcolm recovers. But he is not the same person that he used to be. His career is turning into a failure and his marriage seems to be falling apart. Meanwhile, he takes an interest in the case of Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), an 8-year-old boy whose case is a lot like the former patient who shot him. Cole suffers from a mood disorder and spends a lot of his time alone at church. He is called “a freak” by his classmates at school. Cole asks Dr. Crowe to help him not to . . .
The best scenes of the movie are the parts with Osment and Willis together. Foreshadows and clues play an important role in this movie. Both Osment and Collete give an astounding performance throughout the movie, particularly in the final scene. At school his classmates call him “a freak” and he confronts ghosts everyday. Malcolm spends a lot of his time with Cole and tries very hard to help him. Cole’s divorced mom is frustrated and yet desperate to help her child. She has also noticed supernatural things about Cole. Every scene that was questionable the first time will make perfect sense if the movie is viewed for a second time. The Sixth Sense is an intelligent thriller that might have you doubting it at the halfway point; however, all but the most cynical will have their doubts blown away by the remarkable turns of events in its second half. Its surprising ending reminds us that things are not always the way they appear to be and our understanding could be wrong. They often come to him and sometimes physically hurt him. He chooses to stay at church to calm himself.
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