The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense 1999

• Director: M. Night Shyamalan
• Also seen by this director: The Happening, The Village
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osmet, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Bruce Willis – Looper, Moonrise Kingdom, Friends, The Siege, Armageddon, The Fifth Element, The Twelve Monkeys, Pulp Fiction, Billy Bathgate, In Country, Die Hard
• Haley Joel Osmet – Pay It Forward
• Toni Collette – Unlocked, Hereditary, Imperium, A Long Way Down, Mental, Fright Night, The Dead Girl, Night Listener, Little Miss Sunshine, In Her Shoes, The Hours, About a Boy, Hotel Splendide, Velvet Goldmine
• Olivia Williams – Victoria & Abdul, The Ghost Writer, An Education, X-Men etc, Tara Road, To Kill a King, Born Romantic, Rushmore, The Postman
• Why? Collette.
• Seen: Sort of seen while visiting a cousin years ago. Now: 18 July 2020      

       Malcolm (Willis) is a renowned child psychologist. After recovering from an attack by a former patient, he takes on nine-year-old Cole (Osmet). He gets very involved in the lives of this troubled boy and his mother (Collette) to the detriment of his relationship with his wife (Williams).

       Cole confesses to Malcolm that he sees dead people. Malcolm diagnoses this as hallucinations. At first.

       It’s not often that a scary film is also a tear-jerker. This one is both. Willis is very good in this non-tough guy role, Collette always delivers and then some and young Osmet is phenomenal.

4 ½ * of 5