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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 1623
Released: March 28, 2000 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Hollywood superstar Bruce Willis (ARMAGEDDON, THE SIEGE) brings a powerful presence to an edge-of-your-seat thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (Oscar(R)-nominee for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director) that critics are calling one of the greatest ghost stories ever filmed. When Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Willis), a distinguished child psychologist, meets Cole Sear (Oscar(R)-nominee Haley Joel Osment, Best Supporting Actor), a frightened, confused, eight-year-old, Dr. Crowe is completely unprepared to face the truth of what haunts Cole. With a riveting intensity you'll find thoroughly chilling, the discovery of Cole's incredible sixth sense leads them to mysterious places with unforgettable consequences!
Description of The Sixth Sense (Collector's Edition Series):
"I see dead people," whispers little Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), scared to affirm what is to him now a daily occurrence. This peaked 9-year old, already hypersensitive to begin with, is now being haunted by seemingly malevolent spirits. Child psychologist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is trying to find out what's triggering Cole's visions, but what appears to be a psychological manifestation turns out to be frighteningly real. It might be enough to scare off a lesser man, but for Malcolm it's personal--several months before, he was accosted and shot by an unhinged patient, who then turned the gun on himself. Since then, Malcolm has been in turmoil--he and his wife (Olivia Williams) are barely speaking, and his life has taken an aimless turn. Having failed his loved ones and himself, he's not about to give up on Cole.
This third feature by M. Night Shyamalan sets itself up as a thriller, poised on the brink of delivering monstrous scares, but gradually evolves into more of a psychological drama with supernatural undertones. Many critics faulted the film for being mawkish and New Age-y, but no matter how you slice it, this is one mightily effective piece of filmmaking. The bare bones of the story are basic enough, but the moody atmosphere created by Shyamalan and cinematographer Tak Fujimoto made this one of the creepiest pictures of 1999, forsaking excessive gore for a sinisterly simple feeling of chilly otherworldliness. Willis is in his strong, silent type mode here, and gives the film wholly over to Osment, whose crumpled face and big eyes convey a child too wise for his years; his scenes with his mother (Toni Collette) are small, heartbreaking marvels. And even if you figure out the film's surprise ending, it packs an amazingly emotional wallop when it comes, and will have you racing to watch the movie again with a new perspective. You may be able to shake off the sentimentality of The Sixth Sense, but its craftsmanship and atmosphere will stay with you for days. --Mark Englehart
The Sixth Sense (Collector's Edition Series) Reviews:
Excellent film! 
2009-09-28 - I have loved this film from the day I first saw it in the theatres some 10 years ago! Altho' I always know the outcome, the excellent acting of (then) young Haley Joel Osment, and the palpable chemistry between him & both his mother (played by Toni Collette) and his therapist (played by Bruce Willis) make this movie a viewing pleasure time and again. My favorite scene is at the end of the movie when he & his mother are in the car, and he's "ready to talk about his secrets." I would highly recommend seeing this film, as there is a little bit of something for everyone - humor, suspense, drama, lost love, and reconciliation.
Ten Years After and Still A Great Movie!
2009-08-23 - This is one of my all-time favourite movies for a number of reasons and it's nice to see that even after a decade, this film ages so well and is still fun to watch. I watched "Silence of the Lambs" again recently and it hasn't aged as well for me. "The Sixth Sense" is more than just a scary movie as it has themes of redemption in trying to make things right, the difficulty of single parenthood and the tremendous impact it has on the innocent child's life both then and in the future and of course the obvious life after death/spirit world issues. The unexpected twist is a key reason for what makes this film work so well and yet unlike "Silence ..." even when you know the ending, the excellent treatment of the various other themes mentioned earlier makes it still watchable. With "Silence ..." I get the feeling I already know the final score of the basketball game and so a massive amount of future enjoyment value is lost with repeated viewings. Each time I watch "The Sixth Sense" though, I still find myself rediscovering elements that I'd somehow missed earlier. This film like a true classic rewards repeated viewings very well.
This Collector's Edition dvd is also a treat as it comes in very good Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound quality and the picture quality is for the most part very good. The Special Features includes very good making-of documentary, deleted scenes and interviews with the cast and especially with the director/screenwriter himself. As far as standard format discs go this is very good and it only makes me wonder how much better the Blu-ray version can possibly be. Just like the child character in the film, the inability of adults to take the insights of children seriously enough is the only way I can explain why Haley Joel Osment didn't get the best actor Oscar for his performance here. I guess he's just too young for the academy to take him seriously? Bruce Willis has done some of his best work on this film too. Classic films like this are a one off and it's unlikely M. Night will reach the same heights of quality as he does here again although he does come close with "Unbreakable."
This is an excellent film that ages well and should be in every film-buff's library.
Highly recommended!
If you liked the movie it is a MUST for your collection
2009-07-08 - This movie is fantastic. It is a psychological thriller that keeps you in suspense until the end and then leaves you shocked. Multiple viewings help you discover all of the intricacies of the film. The active was superb. This is a classic that everone should own if they like the movie. This movie will be as good 10 years down the road.
SIXTH SENSE DVD
2009-05-31 - Is a great product. was a gift for a friend. I haven't asked her yet if she watched it. She is interested in paranormal phenomena and has the same sixth sense although she is only 16. Haven't heard anything bad but I will ask her about the quality. I also plan on ordering some books through you guys.
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Outstanding Mystery-Horror-Drama Hybrid With Tremendous Performances; Moving And Scary
2009-05-15 - Among the best ghost stories ever told, The Sixth Sense succeeds mightily as a horror movie, a relationship drama, and a spiritual thriller. In arguably his best role, Bruce Willis plays Dr. Malcolm Crowe, a dedicated psychologist still haunted by his inability to help a disturbed patient who later took his own life. Years later, he's in for the challenge of his career when he meets a deeply frightened and disturbed little boy named Cole (Haley Joel Osment, in an award-worthy vituoso performance) who seems at first to be plagued by the same kind of mental problems that hounded Crowe's former (later suicidal) patient. Part of his determination to help Cole is to try and redeem himself for what he perceives as his failure in the other case, but most of it is that he just puts his all into it for every case, and Willis is great at projecting the compassion and fear he feels for his new young patient who continues to spiral deeper, while Osment is just magnificent as a lovable little child who's scared out of his wits by forces beyond his understanding, and not knowing who to trust, or who's ever going to believe him. Both actors elicit tremendous empathy for their characters, and the supporting cast shines pretty brightly too.
The doctor bit by bit learns more about the nature of the boy's delusions, carefully prying little hints and pieces of information out of his scared charge without forcing it and driving him deeper into his shell. But Dr. Crowe may be in for far more than he ever bargained for, as he begins - almost against his will - to have to consider the fact that Cole's fears may not be delusions at all. The scene in which Cole finally confides the truth of what he 'sees' with his special sense to the doctor is an absolute classic. As Crowe tries to help him - and tries to figure out exactly where he stands on what he's beginning to suspect (which is everything his training has told him not to put stock into), Cole begins to sense a purpose behind his experiences and begins trying to understand what's behind the whole phenomenon, and what his 'role' in it is.
Excellent from start to finish, and if you're one of the few people on the planet not to already know the genuinely shocking twist ending, that's all the more reason to get it and see it as soon as possible. A+
