The Sixth Sense [Blu-ray]

The Sixth Sense [Blu-ray]
by M. Night Shyamalan

The Sixth Sense [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Bruce Norris, Bruce Willis, Glenn Fitzgerald, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Cinematographer: Tak Fujimoto
Composer: James Newton Howard
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Color
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-09-30
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
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Blu-ray? Hi-Def and enhanced audio bring new chilling suspense to acclaimed filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan's THE SIXTH SENSE, one of the greatest psychological thrillers of all time!* When Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Hollywood superstar Bruce Willis), a distinguished child psychologist, meets Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), a frightened and confused eight-year-old, Dr. Crow is completely unprepared t

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Movie Review: blindsided...
Summary: 5 Stars

For those who haven't seen this film, don't worry. This review has no plot spoilers.

There's an old saw that everyone has one big novel or story in them. Unfortunately for M Night Shyamalan, "The Sixth Sense" was it. Its tremendous success encouraged him to make similar films, which have been increasingly dumb and dumber. "The Last Airbender" is about to be released, and unless it's an unusually good film, it will be renamed with the obvious vulgarity and quickly go to video.

But "The Sixth Sense" is a classic. Bruce Willis is a child psychologist trying to help Haley Joel Osment, a disturbed pre-teen who "sees dead people". Willis thinks Osment might be schizophrenic, and is about to give up the case, when he discovers that the child /might/ be telling the truth, and finds a way to help the boy come to grips with the situation, regardless of whether he's sane or psychotic. In a following scene between Osment and his mother (Toni Collette), we learn whether he really does "see dead people". And then comes The Big Reveal... *

Forget that "The Sixth Sense" is a psychological thriller. It's worth seeing for Shyamalan's subtle direction and Willis's and Osment's beautiful performances. The latter is one of the great child performances in movie history.

I am bothered by a recent reviewer who says that he didn't find this film "entertaining". It appears we have reached a point anyone born after "Star Wars" cannot appreciate dramas. That's pathetic and disturbing. If nothing else, "The Sixth Sense" is entertaining in the literal meaning of the word -- it holds our attention from start to finish.

The transfer is typical Disney -- richly colored, with extreme detail and sharpness. It's close to demo quality.

* Despite Syamalan's claim that he doesn't "cheat", there's at least one poorly structured (and retroactively implausible) scene that keeps the audience from seeing what's actually going on.

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Summary of The Sixth Sense [Blu-ray]

SIXTH SENSE - Blu-Ray Movie

"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

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