The Sixth Sense Essay

The Sixth Sense was directed and written by M. Night Shayamalan. The film was part of Spyglass Entertainment and Hollywood Pictures. The two main characters were Malcolm Crowe, played by Bruce Willis, and Cole Sear, played by Haley Joel Osment. The genre of the film is in the horror. The movie was about a boy who communicates with spirits that don’t think they’re dead and seeks the help of a child psychologist. The …

…son -- is stellar in his role. Although he over-enunciates to an extreme, he’s an excellent actor, and I hope that will carry over to his adult roles later in life. THE SIXTH SENSE is still a horror/thriller at its heart, so don’t expect it to win any great flood of awards. But it’s a solid film and the work of a meticulous writer, which is a rare pleasure these days.”