With M. Night Shyamalan's After Earth currently in the multiplex, I felt it would be appropriate to review some of Shyamalan's other films. So let's start where his luck streak started!
The Sixth Sense is about a young boy played by Haley Joel Osment, who can see people that don't know he's dead. In order to deal with this, he gets help from a child psychologist played by Bruce Willis.
This review is going to be spoiler free because let's face it: EVERYONE KNOWS THE PLOT TWIST. But on the slightest off-chance that someone reading this review hasn't seen this movie or had the twist spoiled for them, I will not be the guy that spoiled it for you. So you're welcome America.
The two leads were fantastic. Haley Joel Osment gave a star-making performance before he fell off the face of the earth (or at least Hollywood). Bruce Willis also proved to us that he can do more than a bunch of generic shoot-em up films.
The story and script is also interesting. Even if you already know what the plot twist is, you're still captivated and anxious to see what's going to happen next. The film is slow, but that's Shyamalan's film-making style. His films are slow, fascinating and have a trademark plot-twist.
Final Report: The Sixth Sense is a slow movie, but it's well acted, well made and is written in a way that intrigues you and leaves you wondering until the very end. This is also a classic film of the 1990's.
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