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The Sixth Sense

1999

M. Night Shyamalan

Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams ...

7.6

163,749

Horror. Mystery. Drama Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Willis) is a successful child psychologist in Philadelphia. The night before he is to receive an award for his medical achievements, a former patient breaks into his house and kills himself. Drenched in guilt, the doctor comes to the aid of a tormented lad (Osment) who can see ghosts. While making his analysis of the troubled boy, he discovers something that is not only fascinating, but could also be very dangerous.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'The Sixth Sense' has a kind of calm, sneaky self-confidence that allows it to take us down a strange path (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"For Mr. Shyamalan, 'The Sixth Sense' is a slight improvement over last year's 'Wide Awake.' But that isn't saying much."	NEU
United States	David Denby The New Yorker	"A delicate, emotionally attentive, but very scary ghost story."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Borderline dull to sit through, 'The Sixth Sense' is actually rather interesting to think about afterward because of the revelation of its ending."	NEU
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"[Shyamalan's] direction is superb, and the writing wonderfully mystical. And just when you're feeling spooked, there's always a little room for passing humor."	POS
United States	Paul Clinton CNN	"For the most part, 'The Sixth Sense' is crafted fairly well in terms of mood and production design. But ultimately it's a slow-moving story about the paranormal. It's also a lot less scary than it could be."	NEU
United States	Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer	"An unnerving and astonishing thriller."	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"[Shyamalan] builds and sustains an eerie mood made up of equal parts tension and despair. Unlike 90 percent of films, 'The Sixth Sense' gets better as it goes along"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There is a strange tinge of schmaltz which begins to ooze out like ectoplasm towards the end (...) [That] stops it from being the classic chiller it could have been."	NEU
United States	Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader	"Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan neutralizes Willis's star presence with impressive plotting that's a fine excuse for the powerful atmosphere."	POS
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"There is an unnerving but emotionally satisfying maturity to 'The Sixth Sense' that makes it so much more than a beautifully worked parlour trick. It's a ghost story about being human (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"Willis has rarely been better, and both Olivia Williams [and Toni Collette] (...) turn in convincing performances (...) A deeply, surprisingly affecting film"	POS
United Kingdom	Andrew Collins Radio Times	"A modern classic (...) A chilly, intelligent, emotional ghost story (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"It is not well written, well acted, or well directed (...) This movie plods along, daring viewers to remain awake (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG

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