The Sixth Sense (DVD)

The story Having just celebrated receiving an award recognising his achievements practising in child psychology - for all the children he has helped or 'saved' - Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is ready to settle down for another night with his wife (sorry, this is not meant to be some sort of hint). However, their evening is disturbed when a past patient appears. enraged & still in a desperate state, feeling he was abandoned by the doctor when he needed help. Malcolm remembers him with some guilt, but still has no idea what to do. Unfortunately it is too late for that patient, now a grown man in a dreadful state, & he pulls out a gun, fires on shot ...  Read the complete review

What’s it about? -------------------- A child psychologist, haunted by his failure to help a child, encounters another boy with similar problems. He tries to redeem himself by helping him. The Cast ------------ The surprise package is Bruce Willis as Dr Malcolm Crowe. For a man best known for running around causing chaos in a grubby white vest, he turns in a superbly nuanced performance. Full of genuine emotion, he eschews his normal facial ticks and mannerisms in favour of some real acting. His determination to help the young boy is touching, as is his own grief as his own home life seemingly falls apart. In acting terms, this is ...  Read the complete review

The sixth sense came out in 1999, when I was just 10 yeats old so never thought about watching it althought I do remember all the hype about it when it came out, 10 years later and I have just watched it for the first time, I obviously knew the main tag line but never the story or twist at the end, unfortunatly I wasn't too shocked by the twist (although I was told i'd never have guessed it), perhaps after already seeing a very similar ending in another film (Won't say which as it will give this ending away) I kinda guessed half way through this film how it would end (also certain scenes make it fairly obvious once you've guessed). Anyway, the film is a ...  Read the complete review

I still remember the first time I saw the "Sixth Sense", in a packed cinema, on a row of seats with all of my friends. In a rare moment of clarity, I figured out the plot, within the first twenty minutes of the film. I didn't keep it to myself though. When inspiration hit, I actually yelled at the top of my voice, ruining the twist not only for my friends, but for the entire (very disgruntled) audience. Regardless of my moment of genius, "The Sixth Sense" is a very gripping, very intelligent, and very surprising film. A film that you perhaps don't want ruined by a mouthy bottle blonde, yelling in the front row of a quiet cinema. ...  Read the complete review

This is a well-constructed and evocative supernatural experience, with its effective and much-celebrated twist. It manages to sustain the mood and tension it sets for itself throughout until tenuous moments towards the end. The film is not spoiled by a knowledge of this twist, which does basically stand up to scrutiny, despite one's attempts to undermine it. The sixth sense in question is the ability to see dead people caught in a distressing or lost limbo after death. The real centre is actually about reaching out to people and genuinely helping people ('frightened and alone') when one has the opportunity. This is a task Dr. Malcome Crowe - Bruce Willis as a ...  Read the complete review