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A
boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child
psychologist.
Director: M. Night
Shyamalan
Writer: M. Night
Shyamalan
Stars: Bruce
Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Summaries
A
boy who communicates with spirits seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist.
—Mystic80
Malcom
Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a child psychologist who receives an award on the same
night that he is visited by a very unhappy ex-patient. After this encounter,
Crowe takes on the task of curing a young boy with the same ills as the
ex-patient (Donnie Wahlberg) . This boy "sees dead people". Crowe
spends a lot of time with the boy much to the dismay of his wife (Olivia
Williams). Cole's mom (Toni Collette) is at her wit's end with what to do about
her son's increasing problems. Crowe is the boy's only hope.
—Jeff
Mellinger jmell@uclink4.berkeley.edu
To
wipe the slate clean and get a chance to redeem himself after that
soul-scarring incident one year ago, the Philadelphia child psychologist, Dr
Malcolm Crowe, decides to take on his first new case--the profoundly troubled
eight-year-old boy, Cole Sear. Exhibiting the same symptoms like one of his
former patients, Cole goes one step further by solemnly claiming he has the
gift, or curse, of a rare and unwelcome sixth sense; the mysterious ability to
see the dreadful and unquiet spectres of the deceased who linger in this earth.
However, can a slowly-recovering sceptic believe, let alone, heal, a desperate
soul crying for help? And, what if Cole's disturbingly recurring apparitions
are not figments of an injured fantasy, but an irrefutable reality?
—Nick
Riganas
Child
psychologist Malcom Crowe (Bruce Willis)is one night visited by an ex-patient
named Vincent Grey (Donnie Wahlberg) who is not just angry, but enraged. He
wounds Crowe, then kills himself. A few months later Crowe is visited by a
9-year old boy named Cole (Haley Joel Osment). He sees dead people who do not
know they are dead. Because of this, he is called a freak in school. Crowe, at
first thinks he is seeing things, but after spending a lot of time with Cole
(much to his wife's (Olivia Williams) dismay), he discovers Cole may be seeing
dead people after all.
—neo101
Child
psychiatrist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is confronted one night by his former
patient Vincent Gray (Donnie Wahlberg) who he failed to help. After Vincent
shoots Crowe in the stomach and kills himself, Crowe can't stop thinking about
it. A few months later he is hired to help a troubled boy named Cole Sear
(Haley Joel Osment), who has many of the same problems Vincent had. Crowe sees
a chance to redeem himself, but doubts his ability to reach the boy,
particularly when Cole claims to see ghosts who don't know they're dead.
—rmlohner
Synopsis
Dr.
Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis), a prominent child psychologist, returns home one
night with his wife, Anna Crowe (Olivia Williams), from an event in which he
was honored for his work. His wife tells him that everything in the world is
second to his job including her. The two discover they are not alone; a young
man (Donnie Wahlberg) appears brandishing a gun. He says that he doesn't want to
be afraid anymore and accuses Crowe of failing him. Crowe recognizes him as
Vincent Grey, a former patient whom he treated as a child for hallucinations.
Grey shoots Crowe in the lower abdomen, and seconds later turns the gun on
himself.
The
next fall, Crowe begins working with another boy, nine year-old Cole Sear
(Haley Joel Osment), who has a condition similar to Vincent's. Crowe becomes
dedicated to this patient, though he is haunted by doubts over his ability to
help him after his failure with Vincent. Meanwhile, his relationship with his
wife begins to fall apart due to his focus on work.
Once
Crowe earns his trust, Cole eventually confides in him that he "sees dead
people that walk around like regular people." Though Crowe at first thinks
Cole is delusional, he eventually comes to believe that Cole is telling the
truth and that Vincent may have had the same ability. He suggests to Cole that
he try to find a purpose for his gift by communicating with the ghosts, perhaps
to aid them in their unfinished business on Earth. Cole at first does not want
to, because the ghosts terrify him, but he soon decides to try it. One is an
overworked wife abused by her husband who slit her wrists; another that tries
to hurt Cole is only heard as a voice who starts calmly pleading to Cole to let
him out of the dark cupboard because he's suffocating, then yells at Cole that
he didn't steal "the Master's horse" and threatens to attack Cole if
he doesn't obey. The third ghost appears very briefly; a boy a bit older than Cole
asks him to come into the room, to find the boy's father's gun. The boy turns
around to show that he has a large gunshot exit wound on the back of his head.
Cole
finally talks to one of the ghosts, a very sick girl who appears in his
bedroom. He finds out where the girl, Kyra Collins (Mischa Barton), lived and
goes to her house during her funeral reception. Kyra died after a prolonged
illness and funeral guests note that Kyra's younger sister is starting to get
sick, too. Kyra's ghost appears and gives Cole a box, which is opened to reveal
a videotape. When Cole gives it to Kyra's father, the videotape shows Kyra's
mother putting floor cleaner fluid in Kyra's food while she cared for Kyra
during her illness. The continual illness may point to a slow poisoning in a
case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.[2]
Cole
confesses his secret to his mother, Lynn (Toni Collette). Although his mother
at first does not believe him, Cole soon tells Lynn that her own mother once
went to see her perform in a dance recital one night when she was a child, and
that Lynn was not aware of this because her mother stayed in the back of the
audience where she could not be seen. He also tells her the answer to a
question she asked when alone at her mother's grave. Lynn tearfully accepts
this as the truth. Cole also counsels Crowe on his marriage, suggesting he try
talking to his wife while she is asleep.
Crowe
returns to his home, where he finds his wife asleep on the couch with the
couple's wedding video on in the background, not for the first time. As she
sleeps, Anna's hand releases Malcolm's wedding ring (which he suddenly
discovers he has not been wearing), revealing the twist ending of the film:
Crowe himself was actually killed by Vincent and was unknowingly dead the
entire time he was working with Cole. Due to Cole's efforts, Crowe's unfinished
business rectifying his failure to understand Vincent is finally complete.
Recalling Cole's advice, Crowe speaks to his sleeping wife and fulfills the
second reason he returned, saying she was "never second," and that he
loves her. Releasing her to move on with her own life, he is free to leave
behind the world of the living.
Taglines: Discover
the secret of 'The Sixth Sense'!
Genres: Drama |
Mystery | Thriller
Motion
Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated
PG-13 for intense thematic material and violent images
User
Reviews
Review:
The Sixth Sense, Director: M. Night Shyamalam
As
a film which has undoubtedly caught the eye of the film going world, it was
difficult to avoid the surrounding hype and publicity. Luckily most of the
people I had spoken to who had seen the film did not spoil the 'twist' at the
end, which, although is rather a laboured point by now in reviews, certainly
adds to the "Oh, I see now" factor.
The
story revolves around a child psychologist played characteristically by Bruce
Willis. I say characteristically, because although his portrayal is quite real,
and at times touching, there always seems to be an unnerving 'Die Hard'-ness to
his speech, lending the dialogue some comical qualities. Having said that, his
overall attempts at revealing the vulnerable and disturbed psyche of his
character achieve good results. As the psychologist, he is plagued by a
particular event in his professional life which he perceives as his personal
failure, and sets out to redeem himself by righting the wrong and wiping his
failure from his conscience. This opportunity presents itself to him in the
form of Cole Sear, played devastatingly well by Hayley Joel Osment. Cole has a
problem, he sees dead people. To the outside world he is seen as a loner, a
problem child, and has become increasingly isolated. Hence the need for a child
psychologist. Once we have been introduced to these two central players, we are
taken on a journey of discovery, as both of these characters in the space of
the film will learn a great deal about each other, themselves and human nature.
It
is this particular point which the film attempts to address so strongly - human
communication. That when this breaks down, an inevitable cycle of interpersonal
destruction takes course, sometimes irreversible. This is framed within the
context of a superbly told ghost story. The sheer truthfulness and honesty with
which the concept of fear is expressed by all the characters, is breathtaking.
Cole's' experience of the walking dead, appearing out of nowhere, Malcolm's
fear of a deteriorating marriage, and Cole's' mother's fear relating to her own
existential angst. All of these are played against the backdrop of the often
difficult but finally warm relationship between Cole and Malcolm. Eventually,
and against the odds, each character displays courage and bravery as they face
up to their existential and supernatural fears.
There
are one or two niggling problems plot wise, but in a film where the overall
atmosphere created is one which encompasses death, fear, and finally hope, it
is impossible not to overlook incongruencies. Superb direction, acting and
ambience lead me to think that M. Night Shyamalan has really succeeded in
telling a chillingly touching story about the triumph of the human spirit.
Details
Country: USA
Language: English |
Latin | Spanish
Release
Date:
6 August 1999 (USA)
Also
Known As: The Sixth Sense
Filming
Locations: Pennsylvania, USA
Box
Office
Budget: $40,000,000
(estimated)
Opening
Weekend USA: $26,681,262, 8 August 1999
Gross USA:
$293,506,292
Cumulative
Worldwide Gross: $672,806,292
Company
Credits
Production
Co: Hollywood Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Technical
Specs
Runtime: 107 min
Sound Mix: DTS | Dolby
Digital | SDDS
Color: Color
Aspect
Ratio:
1.85 : 1
