A couple named Anna and Malcom Crowe live together in Philadelphia. They spend some quality time together… until a former patient of Malcom’s breaks into their house and takes off his clothes. His name is Vincent and he accuses Malcom of failing him. He shoots Malcom, who luckily survives. Then he kills himself.

Months have passed. Malcom is now working with a 9-year-old boy named Cole Sear. He spots him sitting on a bench and follows him into a church. Then he apologizes for missing his meeting with him. He considers it necessary to help him after what happened with Vincent. Not only that, Anna has distanced herself from him since he hasn’t been spending much time with her.

The scene switches to Cole’s point of view. He is having breakfast with his mom, who seems all right. Then he rushes out the door to go to school.

While in class, Cole’s teacher talks about the history of Philadelphia. Cole assumes that people were hanged there. But the teacher says that’s wrong.

Everyone continues to look at Cole, which stresses him out. He then shouts, “Stuttering Stanley” several times until the teacher gets mad.

During recess, Cole meets with Malcom. They discuss what happened in class.

Later, Cole attends a birthday party for his classmate. While there, he hears something from upstairs. And he is afraid to go inside that room.

Unfortunately, two boys force him into that area. He screams and freaks out since there is a ghost (which only he can see) attacking him. When his mother comes, she finds him unconscious and takes him to the hospital.

Malcom visits Cole, who asks him to tell him a story. Malcom shares a tale about his personal life. Cole then reveals that he can see ghosts. But he asks Malcom not to tell anyone else.

Malcom assumes that Cole is schizophrenic. He plays a tape with a recording of a session with Vincent. There is also a recording of a man speaking Spanish. His sentence translates to, “I don’t want to die.”

Meanwhile, Anna is dating another man. And Malcom finds out. He is not happy.

At some point, Malcom also reunites with Cole. After a little time, he finally believes him. However, he suggests listening to what the ghosts want instead of avoiding them.

What will happen next?

This movie was actually quite good for a psychological thriller. The tension levels were just right.

In some of the others I’ve seen, the characters were too quiet. But not this one.

The characters were also well-developed. I admired how Malcom tried to help Cole.

One little flaw, however, was when Cole’s teacher called him a freak when getting angry at him. That is not only unprofessional, but also unnatural. He would have left that word out and likely told Cole to go to the principal’s office.

On the bright side, the teacher’s lecture was interesting. I learned that Philadelphia was once the capital of the United States.

This film had more lighthearted moments than I thought. That actually made it better.

The scenes switched quickly a lot, as well. But the pacing was sometimes a bit too slow.

Another flaw was how the last several minutes lagged. I’m not saying how the movie ends. But I felt that it could have been shorter. I would even check how much time remained later in the film.

There were twists and turns, though, which is a plus. However, some parts were also confusing.

Overall, The Sixth Sense turned out to be decent. I’d say that this film might be worth watching due to the high number of strengths mentioned.

But, sadly, the weaknesses were almost as strong.

I give this movie 3.5 out of 5 stars.