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No Nonsense
Feb 13, 2001 05:41 PM 3095 Views

This is the story of a very sad and a deeply disturbed little boy Cole Sears (Haley Joel Osment). His parents are divorced. He misses his father very much. He wears his glasses, with no lenses, to feel his nearness. He asks ''did you ever feel the prickly things on the back of your neck?''. He says ''that's them''. Cole is referring to the ghosts, which he can actually see. He doesn't want to see them, but can't get away from them. He sees the restless phantasms of dead people wandering around. No one understands what he has to say about all these. None realizes what he endures everyday. His classmates in school treat him as a freak. He gets some solace only when he goes to the church where he plays with his toy soldiers.


Written and directed by M Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense is an example of excellent filmmaking. It is not a ghost or horror movie, because it allows a human warmth to pervade the drama, without sacrificing the potential for horror. It has, in fact, many chilling and frightening situations, yet, Shyamalan prefers to describe the agony, fears and the helplessness of a little boy, in his own innovative style. The movie attaches the visions of the boy very effectively to our fears after our death. It suggests that the dead are all around us all the time, believe it or not.


Dr Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis), a psychiatrist comes forward to help Cole. The doctor, not devoid of his own troubles, shows his dedicated effort to help the boy in distress. He describes what Cole is experiencing as visual hallucinations, hysteria and schizophrenia. But he wonders later that Cole's visions might be more than symptoms of a medical condition.


While telling the story of Cole and Crowe, Shyamalan does not induce horror with violins and percussion. He uses music very aptly. He does not venture to use sound or camera to hype the drama, but instead, unravels the story through its characters.


Osment presents a very memorable performance and shows the confusion and pain of Cole with an exceptional body language. He steals our hearts with his endearing, intelligent and sympathetic portrayal. At this tender age, he has acted like a seasoned pro. Bruce Willis proves that he is very perceptive and restrained, and with the usual confidence, he unveils his talents to act under a different situation. The compassion in his eyes meets the flickering fear of the boy's gaze. Bruce Willis has excelled in this mournful magic.


Shyamalan explains how to cope with horrible mental pain and how to learn to deal with it. He has infused deep pathos, driving everyone to the verge of tears, in engraving the feelings of a boy in untold pain. He switches from a scary and frightening situation to a poignant one within seconds, a very rare combination. He beautifully builds up an unsettling atmosphere with plenty of symbolism and mysticism. He has made it into a thriller gripping and intriguing, with a solid emotional core.


The film ends up with an unexpected hackle-raising twist, which will make the audience to reevaluate everything that has preceded, in an entirely different perspective. M Night Shyamalan, a major new talent, has a bright future ahead. Let us wish, more such masterpieces will be churned out of his craftsmanship and artistic merit.


Peaceful viewing!!!


REALLY NOT EVERY GIFT IS A BLESSING !!!!!
Jan 31, 2001 06:23 PM 3273 Views

Imagine at an early age, you see things moving around the house and some scary face like Exorcists tremulates(Trembles) you with those scary noise. Thats the experience which most kids face when they see a scary movie.


Now what is Sixth Sense all about.. '' Remember your Mom Saying..Drink the milk or Ghost will come''


Sixth Sense is definitely not that infact its much more than the childs fear. We human beings have always been running behind things of life like love, money, sex, life, but now humans want to see and feel death and also want to run behind it.


One thinks for sure: to watch this movie is to watch three rising stars who are bound to shine in the movie business for some time to come—and all three were recognized with Oscar nominations for their work. Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan is a brilliant young artist, whose meticulous attention to detail and careful control over his vision can be admired upon the first viewing, but not fully appreciated until later ones.


The best I ever saw
Dec 28, 2000 11:54 AM 2766 Views

It's a story about a kid and who can see dead people walking around like ordinary people a psychaterist (well played by Willis) who wants to change the feelings of the kid.


Willis has his other personal problems in his house, like not talking to his wife and all that. Both, the kid and Willis share their problems and try to improve each other. Willis doesn't believe the kid untill he comes to know that he himself was killed long time ago.


The story is indeed good, but it is more cleverly handled and directed by Manoj. I am waiting for his next movie the Unbreakable again starring Bruce Willis. It's is a must watch movie.


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Are we really alone ?!
Dec 04, 2000 02:45 PM 2004 Views

Wonder how we overlooked certain scenes like the chilling shooting right at the start, the fumbling for the keys everytime he entered his house, trying to turn the doorknob of the bedroom,(remember the confusion on the face?) and ofcoarse, the wife paying the dinner bill and walking away...A very clever narration and unfolding of events...Night Shyamalan is a Genius of a film maker...Award winning film and Award winning performance by the little boy Toni Collette....a pity the awards did'nt come.


Now, everytime I suddenly notice a thing which I had been looking for some time, I wonder if I am really alone !!!


One word. Awesome
Dec 03, 2000 04:14 PM 2081 Views

Now this is a truely imaginitive movie. enough ghost stories where ghost comes. ghosts haunt. ghosts kill. child posessed (Though The Exorsist is a great flic!! )


This one is very unpredictable.. and extremely cleverly disguised ... You dont know what hit you till youre left in awe.


Then comes the tumbling flashbakcs (inyour own head) and you say ''Damn! how did I miss that!''


This is one movie I would truely whole heartedly recommend to EVERYONE to go see!! Bruce Willis is just great! No more die Hard hero. and Shyam has really broken through with this flic!!!


The only question is... when you feel chilly... is it them?


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