The Sixth Sense

[poliphilo]

Watching The Sixth Sense the second time round, the puzzle element slips into irrelevance. It becomes a movie about people and relationships. A little simplistic and sentimental. We are put on this earth to help one another. 

It rides on three remarkable performances. Haley Joel Osment is extraordinary. Toni Colette is wonderfully natural and affecting.  And Bruce Willis is a revelation; who'd have guessed he was capable of this degree of subtlety?

It belongs in a tradition of stories about guardian angels and spirit guides- reaching back through It's A Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol to folk tales like Cinderella.

Comments

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

I figured out the "surprise" too early--in the church scene. It's an insteresting plot, and the acting's amazing.

Night Shamilan hasn't been able to beat this movie. His later efforts show much strain.

His last two featured Director Ron Howard's daughter. I wonder if Howard is helping Shamilan finance his films? Because they are increasingly duds, imho...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched any of his other films. I read the reviews and that was enough.

I hope he gets it together again. Maybe he needs to try something in another genre.