Review of The Sixth Sense (1999) by Pauloreviews — 21 Mar 2019

Holy sh*t. This movie is really good. I still haven't seen other M. Night Shyamalan movies besides a film he wrote called "Stuart Little", but oh boy, does he have a great sense of direction in this film. And although I really like the directing and tone of the movie, I got to say the best thing about "Sixth Sense" is the child actor's performance, Haley Joel Osment. He was great in "Artificial Intelligence", but here he delivers one of the creepiest performances I've ever seen. This is partly because the timing of his lines' delivery is impeccable. Usually in movies, kids would rush delivering their lines, but Osment is not one of them. Not only does he have excellent timing, he also expertly conveys the character's emotions in a way that feels genuine and believable. Bruce Willis is almost overshadowed by him, but that's not to say that the former is bad. Bruce Willis is pretty great in this movie, demonstrating charisma and making his character more sympathetic.

Unfortunately, I couldn't fully experience this movie, as someone spoiled the twist ending for me, but the final scene still was very resonant and dare I say, a tear-jerker.

Overall, the movie was not perfect. There were some scenes that dragged on for too long and there are some inconsistencies with the ghosts mystery. However, it's still a film that I and many others enjoyed.

8/10.