Review of The Sixth Sense

Review of The Sixth Sense

The sixth sense tell the story of a troubled young boy named Cole Sear

(Haley Joel Osment) and child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce

Willis), and their own personal struggles in life. Malcolm is a deeply

respected child psychologist, who once had a patient appearing to have

many of the same mental struggles as Cole. Malcolm failed to help his

last patient and therefore is deeply committed to helping Cole.

At first the film starts out as a classic film of the horror genre,

with the victim being attacked by violent, unseen ghosts, providing

many "hide behind the sofa" moments! As the film progresses the

audience is treated to images of the ghosts that torment Cole, and

many of the images are particularly gruesome as many of the ghosts

that seek Cole's help have died in violent attacks or accidents,

making these the "peering through your fingers" scenes. However when

the film has its chance to turn into a fantastic feast of gory looking

ghosts it changes tact and becomes a story of one boy's battle to come

to terms with his unusual and extraordinary gift. As Cole realises he

has to be willing to open his heart to those that seek his help, he

fights to overcome his fear and aid the troubled spirits to achieve

justice.

When watching the extra's on the DVD it explains that there is always

a link between scenes of high emotion in the form of something red,

for example the red balloon at the beginning or the red tent further

through the film. This also gives...

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both lose their appeal slightly once they have been viewed, as once it

has been revealed it just turns into a "but we all know he's dead" or

"we know what happens anyway" type of film.

First time around both of these films have the audience on the edge of

their sits, The Sixth Sense, with its typical horror scenes of evil

ghosts and sprits, and The Life of David Gale, with its race against

time at the end. Both films are touching on sensitive issues and both

have a strong impact on emotions. Both of these films have power to

reduce an audience to tears, showing the depth and impact of each

individual film. I wouldn't be able to choose between them, as both

are highly effective and I can not single out either as being better

than the other, both achieve originality and are they are equally

unpredictable.