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movie review - The Sixth Sense

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

This is a very good film, and yes, it starts Bruce Willis. It's a story about a young boy who can see and interact with the spirits of the dead, and the psychologist that takes on his case once strange cuts and bruises start appearing all over his body. When it develops that his scars and bumps are coming from his attempts at warding off the ghosts, Willis' tight-lipped doctor begins a stranger program of treating the boy than any of them bargain for.

Brilliantly (yet unassumingly) shot, and slickly paced with a genuinely original plot and neat, clean dialogue and setting, this is a really entertaining film. There is one tiny issue with the twist that the author insisted on, and that it was evident in the trailer. But I digress.

Recommended.