Conquered my childhood fears with this one. And I actually finished the movie. If you don't know what I'm talking about, that means you didn't even watch the first 3 minutes of the movie, and shame on you!!! Lol. Just kidding. I still love you. Just a little less now.
alex you need to watch stirl of echoes. to me...its alot better and more rewatchability. came out same year and it got over shadowed by this movie. its very under rated
I started out thinking, “Does he know?” And VERY QUICKLY was like, “Oh… oh, no, he does not know. He truly only remembered one thing about this movie. Oh, this is gonna be good.”
For some reason, I always check the comments before I watch a review for movies like this because if they do figure it out, it just doesn't make for a fun video imo 🤷♂️
Everyone in this movie did a PHENOMENAL job but no one talks about the actor who played the dead girl's father. He was on screen for like 2 minutes and he DELIVERED.
He played a VERY similar bit part in Signs, as a newscaster brought to tears by the alien invasion's imminence. Yes, he did a fantastic job. In both movies.
People love this movie for the twist, which is amazing, but I what remember the most is the conversation between Cole and his mom in the car. It doesn't matter how many times I watch it, still makes me cry.
Me too. When he says, "Grandma says hi." - I get goosebumps. When he shotly after says, "She wanted me to tell you she saw you dance." - My eyes tear up immediately. Colette's and Osment's acting is incredible.
One detail I noticed was when Cole asked Malcolm why he was sad he wasn’t asking as a patient but as a kid who knew Malcolm was a ghost. Jump to the last meeting they had together and that conversation takes a whole new meaning cuz Cole knew Malcolm accomplished the thing that was keeping him here, he redeemed himself and realized that would be the last time they would see each other.
That would make no sense. If Cole already knew that he had to help Malcolm then why would he have to go through a learning curve to not be afraid of ghosts and learn to help them? You people come up with the stupidest theories ever
@@nb2685 He knew he was a ghost but didnt know he was supposed to help them. If you remember he ran away scared from Malcom into a church in the first scene they met. It was only his smiling face and him trying to win him over at his home with those questions, which made Cole trust him and talk to him. At this point he was still afraid of other ghosts. Also the last meeting he is talking about is AFTER Cole learned to help Ghosts. Come on dude, pay attention to what is being said before judging
@@harish123azyes exactly when you watch the first scene Cole appears in when he's running and goes into the church and hides and he's obviously very frightened it's because this man who is a ghost is following him an approaching him. In fact my favorite line is when Cole says I'm going to see you again aren't I?
Something else that you touched upon, Alex -- you said that Malcolm's behavior was what was driving his wife into depression and needing Zoloft. You were right, but it was because he was *haunting* her. He wasn't able to move on because of his "unfinished business" (i.e. his failure with Vincent and his subsequent need to help Cole). But because he was haunting his home and his wife, she sensed his presence (even if only subcosciously), and so wasn't able to heal from her loss and move on with *her* life. When Malcolm told her at the end, while she was asleep, that she was never second in his life, and that he loved her (and all the other things he said), it helped her over the tipping point into "able to start healing now." Remember, Cole was the one, at the end, who told him how to truly communicate with his wife. Cole knew that Malcolm still had that one unresolved issue left, so that *he* could finally move on.
11-year-old Haley Joel Osment was nominated for an Academy Award for this movie, but he did win several awards for his role. He was only 5 years old when he played Forrest Gump, Jr. in Forrest Gump. He was one of the most talented child actors of the 90s. He is still acting today at 36, but his parents made sure he had a normal childhood, attending public school, participating in sports, going to the prom, attending college.... his family put his childhood ahead of his movie career. Good for them!
You just saw THE surprise ending classic. Alex at the beginning of the movie, "Pay more attention to your wife and forget about your job!". Half hour later, "You can't leave the kid high and dry! You have to help him!!!!". XD
@@Atlessa This movie and his next (Unbreakable), his 3rd and 4th movies as a director, are the only two of his movies I like. I might add, both of them are top notch.
"His acting is actually super on-point.” That’s New Kids On The Block's, Donnie Wahlberg. He fully committed to this role. He starved himself to the point of losing 43 lbs, slept on park benches, skipped showering. He really made himself suffer to get into the method acting he felt was necessary to give a convincing performance. The result is legendary, and we will never forget it
I loved this movie when it came out, and never having been a fan of "New Kids" (too old, I guess) I never knew who Donnie Wahlberg was, until he starred in Blue Bloods where I loved how he played his character Danny. I then found out that he is indeed Mark Wahlberg's brother, and THEN I found out he was one of the New Kids... THEN, when I found out that THAT was him in THIS movie, I nerded out so bad, it was nasty! It wasn't pretty!😍🤩
@@DeenaSuzanne😆 and then I watched one of the New Kids' music videos, and sure enough, there was Donnie, with a MOUNTAIN of hair on his head! I couldn't believe it.
Lots of people miss what I think is one of the most intricate details of the movie. In the opening scene, Anna tells Malcolm the plaque represents that he put everything second, even her, to his work. The last thing he says he to her at the end is, “I needed to tell you something. You were never second. Ever. I love you.” Such a subtle way to establish his unfinished business, and an emotionally impactful way to resolve it. Such a beautiful film.
I... don't see how that follows. He DID put her second, and the film was about him helping the kid. She was barely ever onscreen, and not with him. This wasn't a film where he spent the movie trying to "prove" his love for her, he spent the movie helping the kid. And oh yeah, "you were never second". She was not his unfinished business.
@@Aeroldoth3 it’s about her perception of their marriage. She communicated to him right before his death that she felt he had placed her second. It doesn’t matter what the reality of their marriage was, which is why we don’t see any of it; we t only matters how she felt. Which is why he moves on once he clears that up for her, it was his unfinished business. Now, you can argue the movie could have resolved that better; feelings of neglect going back presumably years are rarely resolved with just one sentence. But I think it’s undeniable what Shyamalan was going for.
Yes and kudos to people in general for STILL keeping a lid on it. Not important in the grand scheme, but a surprising kindness that occasionally reminds me people aren't completely terrible lol
And I was always self-impressed/ boasting that "I" didn't see it until a YEAR LATER with my friends (on DVD) and successfully avoid having the ending revealed! (All I KNEW, was there WAS a "twist ending", not WHAT it was.) But 25 years?!? I bow to the NEW "king"! lol
When he read the script, he thought the character should be gaunt and haunted. He asked Knight if he could lose some weight for the part, and he agreed. Little did he know that Donnie would go home and drop 43 pounds in a matter of weeks. The director didn't see him until the shoot day and when Donnie walked in at 130lbs (59kg) - down from 173lbs (78kg) - everyone was shocked. That said, I think he created an incredibly effective and memorable part, and it's really cool to see his dedication despite his limited minutes on screen.
I saw where Mark Wahlberg said he hadn't seen Donnie in a while due to schedules. He said he was shocked when he saw the movie. He didn't even recognize his brother. Donnie doesn't get enough credit for his acting abilities imo.
Munchausen by proxy. When a caretaker makes/keeps another ill, thriving on the attention they get for being a saint and caring for the sick person. Mom killed her kid. Yeah, this should be rated R.
People often miss that in Cole's advice to Malcom at the end, Cole is fully aware that he is helping a ghost talk to his wife, even if Malcom is not aware of it yet. And the game about pretending to see each other tomorrow takes on new meaning when we realize Cole was talking about "tomorrow". Such beautiful writing. But another huge thing happens in the hospital. Before this, Cole and Malcom have had some banter back and forth and Cole knows Malcom doesn't want to hurt him. So now, they can have this relaxed moment where Malcom tries to tell Cole a lame bedtime story and Cole gives him advice on how to make it better. Malcom seems open to the advice, and when he seems like he is about to continue, Cole gets the idea that he might be able to have an effect on ghosts. He has a hopeful look in his eyes as he interrupts Malcom to change the story to "why you're sad". Malcom tries to deflect and say they're "not supposed to talk about stuff like that", and Cole turns back away from him with a defeated expression. But after a moment, Malcom listens to Cole's advice, and Cole turns back to look at him with a hopeful expression again. Not only is it the things Malcom says to Cole about "helping this new boy", but the fact that Cole was able to have an effect on a ghost that normally only sees what it wants to see. There is a really long moment as Cole processes this and then decides to take a chance and tell his secret for the first time. This moment, where he feels he can have some kind of effect on ghosts, is the first breakthrough for Cole. It allows Cole to be more direct and forceful with a ghost (Malcom) in their next meetings ("Please make them leave." and "Don't fail me!"). When Malcom has his own breakthrough after hearing the voice on tape, he returns to Cole in the church. But Cole is already way ahead of him, as shown by being up in the higher balcony and speaking to him as if they were equals. This is why, when Malcom talks about what the ghosts want, Cole doesn't need to process and immediately understands. Cole diverts the conversation to the angry ones who just want to hurt somebody, which is the most serious problem at the moment. Malcom's advice then gives Cole the tools he needs to face his next ghost - Kyra. I'm not saying Malcom's isn't helping things as a psychologist, but Cole is figuring things out for himself as well. Cole is a good kid with a lot of empathy and compassion. I'm sure he would have already thought of helping some of the ghosts in some way before this, but the real problem was not believing he even had a chance at affecting ghosts. He seemed to fear the angry ones and simply tolerate the harmless ones. Malcom's real help was to build trust and make Cole feel like he had a real chance at having control over his problems. Interesting how that is what therapy and psychology is all about.
Wow! Thank you for such a powerful comment. I never thought about how Cole could have already been learning it was possible to steer the ghosts in another direction.
One of the many memes from this movie is they one that has Bruce Willing character and reads "When you are sad, just remember that he died and kept going to work every day".
1 of my favourite details in this film is that there is something red in every scene with a ghost, which foreshadows the big reveal because all the main scenes with Bruce Willis has something red in. The young boy in this is one of the best actors I've ever seen! Whether he was meant to be terrified, happy, sad etc, it always looked so genuine!
The red detail took me a couple watches to catch, but this movie was still probably Shyamalan's best twist. That's why the kid, Haley Joel Osment, was THE child star of the '90s. Pay it Forward, A.I., Secondhand Lions...
This movie came out before social media and was one of the few times that humanity as whole banded together to not spoil others while it was in theaters. I vividly remember some of my friends' parents telling other adults how great it was and how they needed to see it and then, SOMEHOW, managed to also be in the vicinity when they all reunited to talk about it after they went to watch it. This movie was a cultural shift in media.
I was eleven when my parents and I saw it in the theater - everybody just sat there in stunned, awed silence when it ended. It's still one of my favorite movie-going experiences to date.
You know there have been movies for over 100 years now, and you think no one kept secrets until then? Come to think of it there have been plays and books for many centuries. All I'm saying is you sound like history began when you were born.
Well not everybody. I knew a guy who after watching the movie in the theaters he went by the line where people were waiting for the next screening and while pretending to speak on his phone with some friend of his, he loudly gave up the twist with people in the line wondering speechless! The guy was known to be a real jackass.
In France a movie critics began her article with something in the line of "Bruce Willis plays a murdered psy who tries to help a kid that can see ghosts"... Her and some others led to the NDAs that are so common in the industry nowadays.
I got so excited every time Alex said something that made it clear he had no idea where this was going. The tension of hoping he doesn't figure it out and the excitement every time his theory was further away. Great react.
I absolutely LOVE that, 25 years later, a new generation is finding this movie and approaching it completely blind. It never fails to make me smile seeing that moment of realization on Reacters faces when they realize the big twist at the end. This movie is a gem. And I hope it continues to surprise people.
A small detail that hints at the twist ending is that Malcolm always wears the same clothes. He's never wearing anything different because thats what he died in.
Not only that but the wife really didn't talk to him or interact with him was another major clue to me. But what I couldn't understand is why everybody else in the movie was able to see him I know the kid. But the kids mom the doctors and all the other people could see him.
That's one of the cleverest things about M. Night's direction here. You assume people are seeing Malcolm because the scenes are set up to make it look that way... but they actually aren't. It's all inference.@@drknralh8624
That movie made a lot of money in cinemas because of the plot twist. People went back for a rewatch because they thought he must've talked with other characters or wanted to look for hidden clues. It is SOOOOO well written I love it ❤
@@drknralh8624 he isn't interacting with them, he just seems to be and your brain fills in the rest. Even the 1st time I watched the movie I thought it was weird how the mom just sat there and didn't introduce him to the kid or even brought up asking a psychologist's help.
@@drknralh8624 I mean, he tried talking to them, but no one ACTUALLY interacts with him. Not his wife, not the mom, not even the doctor (who is played by M Night Shyamalan), he only talks to the mom.
@@drknralh8624 As people have said, your brain is assuming they were talking, but watch again, for instance with his mom on the couch, he's just sitting staring at her, so you think they were in a lull of the conversation when Cole walks in ... now imagine a minute before that, he was just looking at her while she's alone in her thoughts. His wife is just talking out loud/to herself in other moments, her only 'interactions' is always feeling cold when he's around. Did anyone talk to him at the wake? No, but your mind just sorta assumes at some point he did (and also, who just lets rando dude walk around the house?)
@@button9 They'd simply assume Malcolm was a parent or uncle or family friend escorting one of Kyra's friends. If they only saw him by himself it might look suspicious, but even if they had seen him, he'd have been with Cole.
I don't think he made a conscious decision to help Malcolm, he was wary at first but decided to talk to him Malcolm was the only ghost who presented himself as helpful and not scary... Malcolm's purpose was to help, he wasn't angry or vengeful, he always wore a coat so you couldn't see the wound and blood on his back plus he met Cole at church, his safe place
There is a deleted scene where Cole interacts with an elderly neighbour who's wife died. And there is his grandmother. I think it shows his willingness to interact with nice ghosts....like Malcolm.
Think how much trust Cole had in Malcolm. After being put in the hospital because of an attack by a ghost, he asks another to stay with him til he fell asleep.
I'm glad you haven't been spoiled all this time before watching this movie. It got spoiled by my workmate accidentally as I was entering the break room. "He was dead all this time" is what I heard as soon as I walked in. My only consolation is watching people find out for the first time.
My absolute favorite thing about this film is the general reluctance from people to spoil it. It's beautiful. My best friend only just saw it, he's 30, and he still went into it completely blind. Also side note, I spent my entire childhood fearing this film and coining it as a horror. It wasn't until I watched it again in my 20's that my perspective shifted entirely.
Funny just this past Monday my dentist and her assistant were talking about scary movies and she brought up this movie and the assistant had never seen it and my dentist was like "oh, I'll say no more but it's fantastic" I also saw this movie not as young as Alex, but too young and the part with little Mischa Barton vomiting in his room freaked me out for a loooong time.
I'd still classify this as horror. That's a broad genre, not just slasher films. This, like Silence of the Lambs, is a psychological horror and back in the days of Blockbuster - that's the section it was in.
At 5 years old you remembered it as wrinkly hands, when it was actually slit wrists. That's your mind protecting itself. Talk about child psychology. 🎥 💓 🍿
@@notaduck--73it’s to help cope with trauma. There are recorded cases of the brain changing key details to memories to help shield you from trauma and even sometimes erases that experience. Idk why the brain does it specifically, but if you held onto every traumatic experience you’d never want to do anything.
Maybe… or maybe he just misunderstood the visuals. He was 5. He might have never seen slit wrists or know the significance behind it. But he has seen wrinkles. So instead of seeing dark grooves and thinking cuts, he saw deep grooves and thought wrinkles. ….or maybe he saw the cuts but didn’t have anything to compare it to. His 5 year old brain labeled it a type of scary wrinkle, and 2-3 decades later, thats how Alex remembers the scene. And… Just like how your mind will protect itself, it will equally terrorize itself to protect itself. The lady was “old”, scary and the tension was up. Anything with that kind of vibe could be made terrifying for a 5 year old. Even a “scary wrinkle” lol So whether he saw something horrifying and changed it to protect himself, or misinterpreted the visuals but still ended up scaring himself, the end result is the same. Brains are weird 😊
It's because when you're 5 you wouldn't understand the significance or purpose of what slitting wrists means. Probably he had never even heard of such a thing. He saw what he saw, but in a child's mind, it couldn't have been wounds because to them that wouldn't make any sense. So he perceived it as wrinkles, probably.
So incredibly rare to see someone experience this movie with no spoilers! It was so fun to watch you watching it without any clue about the twist at the end. Really refreshing.
A sign that ghosts are close (including Malcolm) is the showing of the color red. The wife wearing the dress at the anniversary dinner, or draped in a red scarf on the couch, the door handle to the basement, the balloon at the birthday party, the blanket in Cole's room... Not something I noticed the first time I watched the film (I was too busy freaking out), but something I became aware of many years later. This movie is a classic, and for good reason. Your reaction really brought back memories of how I first reacted when I saw it the first time!
The second time the wife shows up in a scene, that time she was sleeping with paper tissues in her hands, showing she fell asleep after crying and Malcolm approaches her and instantaneously she gets cold and her breath shows. One of the signs Cole says that happens when a ghost is near 😐 (sorry if something is writted badly, im Spanic 😅)
20:07 Dude... In cinema, the ENTIRE THEATRE it seemed, all screamed - and then immediately we all started laughing at each other As far as watching horror movies with a crowd of people, this one was a unique experience 😅😂💙 "it's okay, it was just a bathrobe" lol
When I was six years old, my mom and dad took me to see "Freddy vs. Jason". They were open with me watching horror movies so young; the only issue they had was with nudity - blood and gore didn't bother me, so it didn't bother them. I even asked my dad - before he got too sick and passed away last year - if he felt ashamed taking a six-year-old to see one of the biggest slasher movies ever made. He told me he didn't give a crap what other people thought. I loved my dad ❤
"They were open with me watching horror movies so young; the only issue they had was with nudity". - this is very American and shows their relation to violence. I find it strange to be honest. Why are so many Americans OK to see people being gruesomely slaughtered, but natural (unharmed!) naked bodies are a problem?
@@cjlowder7089 But especially when you are a child, that doesn't make a difference. I mean, even adults get scared by movies even though they can clearly distinct between pretend and reality. Furthermore, even you can't fake nudity, what is wrong with nudity in the first place? Why are Us-Americans so "afraid" of something so natural? I mean, war are talking about nudity, not pornography. Is it an artifact from the puritanic beginnings of the USA and that the US is still very religious in general?
@@solokom I'm American and I hate it. I detest blood/gore/violence and have no issue with nudity, so that fact nudity will get blocked or simply not run in ads, but violence is fair game is really f^ckin' annoying. I'd be okay with my kid seeing boobs, and a butt WAY more than them seeing someone beheaded, shot, or burned alive.
The FORESHADOWING in this movie is absolutely amazing! Seeing it a second time, all the hints to the twist are very obvious. This twist is one of the biggest and most iconic plot bombs of all time, it's right up there with the Vader reveal.
I'm not kidding you, anytime I'm having a bad day, I can come watch one of Alex's reaction videos and temporarily it brightens up my mood cuz he's so funny and his excitement is contagious
I've been trying so hard not to awaken my husband. However, everytime Alex quickly checked to make sure that there wasn't anything behind him, the whole bed shook as I tried desperately to suppress my laughter!!!😂😂😂
The original Broadway cast of the musical, no. Later casts, eh… Community theater productions, generally yes. But also yes, the movie really, really sucked.
At the time this movie came out, the phrase, "I liked it... better than Cats," was already an old-hat saying, originating (I think) in the '70s, when Cats was a Broadway hit and others paled in comparison. So popular, it was a verbal meme of the time to compare things to it as a joke. Malcolm says it like a funny line, then realizes the kid's not gonna get it.
The musical is an acquired taste. I happen to like it because it was the first show I ever saw on Broadway. I was probably 5 or 6. But I get why some people don't like it. It's also a show that is very easy to do badly. The show has very little plot. It's a dance heavy show, but because the Wintergarden theater was so small, they had to get very creative with choreography (and make that box step work baby) which makes it all difficult to reproduce. The movie... and I say this about very few creative endeavors... it sucked. It just sucked. Really bad.
Hey Alex… I just wanted to say your videos have been helping me a lot, recently my good friend passed away in a motorcycle accident. Your videos have put a smile on my face and has put me in a better mood, thank you.
As a child, I lived in a haunted house. It was haunted by an old man who might have been my grandfather. I didn't want to hang out upstairs after that angry ghost stood in the doorway and stopped me from leaving. I have never been so terrified. The house was located at the junction of two rivers and next to it was a hill, which the locals called Bone Hill. An unknown man's skull had been found there and it was rumored that the skull belonged to the man my grandfather killed decades ago. I didn't believe the rumor. Grandpa was a tough man, but not a murderer. But human remains were still found there and there was something evil in that forest and river. I remember one beautiful summer day I was swinging near the forest and suddenly I felt that someone was watching me. Usually the birds chirp on such a day, but not that time. Suddenly everything was completely silent and I saw a large dark figure in the forest. I felt it was full of anger and it was watching me. Today I think it might have been a bear and I just imagined its anger, but I remember the horror so clearly that even now, at 47 years old, it scares me to even write about it. I just wanted to share this because The Sixth Sense reminds me of my own experiences. I love the content you create. Greetings from Finland
When I was a college student, my then 13-year-old sister expressed a desire to see the movie SCARFACE (1983), which was rated "R." She was quite sophisticated for her age, so I was not afraid that it would be too disturbing for her, and so, being a good brother, I took her to see it. I was completely traumatized by the extreme violence and nihilism of this film myself, however, and even moreso by the fact that at the showing we attended, many parents had brought their toddler children along. Years later, my sister admitted that she, too, had been horrified.
Oscar Nominations: Toni Collette (mom), Best Supporting Actress, Haley Joel Osment (Cole) Best Supporting Actor, M. Night Shaymalan Best Director. Also nominated for Best Picture, Film Editing, and Screenplay.
Haley Jole Osmand deserved an Oscar for his performance he was amazing. Every scene he is in brings me to tears especially that ending with him and his mom in the car. Toni Collette was brilliant but he stole that scene from her hands down
Haley was nominated for an Oscar for this performance and the Patient in the bathroom in the beginning, is none other than Donnie Wahlberg the actor and member of the 80’s boy band, “New Kids On The Block”.
Hey alex, if you liked the kid's acting, i would totally recommend you to watch "A.I." and "Pay it foward". Honestly, this kid rocked the acting in those 3 films (This one and the 2 I've recommended) Hope you have an amazing weekend! Slap on the gooch
Alex , I have to say; thank you - that was the most entertaining therapy session I’ve ever witnessed. You face what traumatized you & came out better for it . Kudos! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
M. Night was the doctor. He always puts himself in the film. Also he is very big on colors, so the doorknob to the basement was red, and the bedspread tent was red, it signifies death. You should check out “The Village”. It’s another great one from M. Night that will keep you guessing till the end!
When the twist hits you and you realize Malcolm never spoke with anyone but Cole... All the scenes with his wife or him sitting across Cole's mom were just our brains filling in what we thought it should be.
Shyamalan has some good flicks: Signs, Unbreakable (watch this one next!), Split, the Visit. I'm also one of those weird ones that likes The Village and the Lady in the Water, but you can't really go into the later two just looking for a twist. Sometimes he just makes movies with nice stories.
@leafiiloran glad to hear! Methinks a lot of folks went into it only looking for a twist instead of just enjoying the drama, characters, atmosphere, and soundtrack.
The Village was frustrating. Most of the jump scares were spoiled in the trailer. I had figured out a portion of it before the reveal. I saw it again years later and it was much better on rewatch. I like Lady In The Water, too. That doesn't get very much attention.
I actually really respect your ability to introspect about your trauma Alex. That’s a skill not many people possess…. I have a crude sense of humor that often leans on sex /violence and it took me awhile to realize the connection to my childhood trauma of being exposed too early to graphic violence and sexual content.
@@TheOtterBear61yeah, straight Munchausen is where they make themselves sick for attention/sympathy(often they grew up with a friend or sibling with health issues and envied the attention and/or affection they received because of it).
It's also possible she didn't have Factitious Disorder (formerly Munchausen's) and just didn't want to be a mother anymore. Could have been for insurance even. The fact that she looked around guiltily when the father confronts her lends to something other than FD because a person with FD would ordinarily double down defending themselves and saying it isn't true.
@@heftyelfI agree. There is no evidence in the film the woman had MBP/FD - she could literally just have decided to kill her child for many reasons - as you say money, but also depression or psychotic thoughts etc.
Just wanted to say I just discovered your channel this week but it has really uplifted me through a hard time. Thanks for sharing your experiences! You definitely have a new fan!
My favourite aspect of this whole movie, and the twist in this movie, was how it illuminated for me the way that my mind had been projecting what wasn't there, almost the entire time (and by extension the ability the mind has to project an entire reality even over long periods of time, and relate to that projection quite naturally as if it is 'over there') - I absolutely love it, it's so illuminating. In other words when I realised that the movie I had been watching and responding to with various feelings - was an illusion. And it wasn't until the end that I realised that the movie that I thought I had been seeing, and watching, didn't exist. - love it!! -
I used to always cry during happy scenes, until I realized that the reason for it is I'm not allowing myself to be genuinely happy for the characters. Ever since I made the decision to let my happiness flow through me, I have never cried at the happy scene again, I just have the biggest smile on my face.
@peezieforestem5078 that scene could be a happy one for the viewer but it represents healing for the 2 characters, and healing, while positive and necessary is often painful. They are tapping into profound and intense emotions like grief and guilt. I don't know about you but those feelings resonate with me and that's what might move someone to cry. I can't see how that's unhealthy.
@@burtman. I don't think healing is painful whatsoever. Think about it. Why would it be painful? I think what's happening is that when people are overwhelmed with negative emotions, they do not allow themselves to feel those emotions fully, to protect themselves. Instead, they delay these emotions until some later time when they can feel safer. When they finally have something positive to counter-balance the negativity, they allow themselves to feel whatever they have locked away for a really long time, and that's why they cry. They do it because they know they can handle it now.
@peezieforestem5078 you have to feel to heal. Think about it this way. What is the body's biological response to dirt, open wounds or bacteria? It sends white blood cells to heal right? But that normally involves swelling, soreness etc.(ie some pain). Our emotions are tied into our physiology so I'm comfortable identifying a correlation. More simply healing represents change and change is always uncomfortable. The process can be unfamiliar and unpredictable. Growth requires us to stretch ourselves. The pain need not be unbearable but it does need understanding, patience and self-care.
Movies used to have credits at the start of the film. (02:12) It was a union thing. Some films and directors still do it. It was Star Wars that really changed everything. George Lucas really fought to have the Long time ago, and the STAR WARS logo as the first thing you see and no credits until the end. He left the DGA because of the fight.
Toni Collette was also in Knives Out! Also fun fact that I don’t think you’ve realized yet - the boy from this movie is the dude that plays Mesmer in season 2 of The Boys!!
I would pay good money to see a movie of adult Cole just helping ghosts. And, if you ever rewatch this, you'll notice no one but Cole interacted with Malcolm the whole movie. Such good misdirection
Howdy from Texas! The Child actor is Hailey Joel Osmant. Bruce Willis said in an interview after the filming of the movie that Hailey Joel was the most professional actor that he's ever had the pleasure of working with. You can see Hailey Joel Osmant in several other movies. Namely, Pay It Forward, Second Hand Lions, and A.I. where he plays an android perfectly. In that long movie. Hailey Joel decided on his own that an android wouldn't need to blink his eyes. So he doesn't blink once through the entire movie. He is a phenomenal actor. Another great movie, not horror, that I know you would enjoy is Searching For Bobby Fisher. Fantastic movie and is oddly touted as one of the greatest sports movies of all time. But it's unlike any other spots movie that you may have seen or even imagined. A great film.
A.I. ... man I haven't thought about that movie in a long time. When his "Mother." takes him to the forest and he realizes what she's gonna do....heartbreaking acting. So good.
The crazy guy at the beginning(former patient) is actually Donnie Wahlberg! From New Kids on the Block and the TV show Blue Bloods. His short performance in this was AMAZING!
One of the best movies. Also the boy actor actually just lost out on being young Anakin in Star Wars Episode One, which is crazy as he was incredible in this (which came out afterwards)
While I acknowledge this is probably his GREATEST movie, my FAVORITE movie from M.Knight is actually Signs. But yeah, this is a fantastic movie with one of the best twists of all time. Also, Toni Collette's performance is immaculate.
I have seen most of his movies, although I couldn't make it through Avatar. In a way it is rather sad that he did this movie so early in his career. Every movie he does is compared to this and very few people in the industry ever make a movie of this quality.
Munchousen By Proxy is the condition that the mother who poisoned her daughter has. Munchousen is when someone craves sympathy from others, so they present themselves as ill, or actually make themselves ill for that sympathy. The "By Proxy" is when someone pretends or makes someone else close to them sick instead, (typically a child but sometimes a spouse or other close family member). I think the goal is usually not to kill, but can happen or progress to that point. And when it was said that the younger daugter was starting to get sick as well, it was because the mom had started poisoning her too, so they saved her from the same fate as her sister!
The biggest shocker for me in this movie is Donnie Wahlburg!! He is the skinny psychotic guy that breaks into the apartment in the beginning and shoots Bruce Willis and then himself!! I watched this movie a million times and didn't even know who he was!!
As much as I love this movie, my only critique is the twist was SO GOOD, M. Night has been trying to recreate it ever since and has created some of the worst movies since then trying to capture the greatness of this. (He did do right with movies like Split, but The Happening? Lord have mercy)
FYI Alex, you've actually seen the talented actor who plays the kid before. He plays Mesmer in season 1 of The Boys, if nothing else. If you ever want to see him in anything else, I recommend Secondhand Lions (also starring Michael Caine and Robert Duvall), which is a much lighter, fluffier watch than this, but very sweet and entertaining.
The kid actor is the same actor who plays the supe in The Boys that can read minds, who they bring to the house to understand kimiko. And the crazy dude at the beginning of this movie is Donnie Wahlberg.
hahaha.... 14:20 my eyes started getting watery from laughing so hard at Alex's facial expressions... teacher slammed his hand on the desk and Alex jumped like it was towards him..
So this shows what it would be like for someone born with the skills to be a medium. They need to make a transition to realize how they can use their skills (and how to protect themselves) or learn to block it all out.
So Alex , unknown fact or not well known . Haley Joel Osment ( the kid in this movie) he actually is in the boys . But in his early years in the 2000s he got the role as Sora in kingdom hearts and has voiced him ever since :) .
Yeh, my dad decided to show me Terminator 2 when I was 8 because he felt I should know the perils of nuclear war, also saw Nightmare on Elm Street that summer when left alone over night, good times....
...........damn, Dad!🤣 Oh, wait...some parents let their kids watch 'Robocop'. As kids WE watched 'Twilight Zone', 'Night Gallery' (both Rod Serling shows), and 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'. Nothing bloody, but some of those episodes were all about the EEK!
I used to watch this over and over and over as a kid.. It made my mind work in a powerful way, I felt seen, I felt like understood. Not in a creepy way, just that I was the silent lonely kid whose thoughts went beyond what I could understand myself. I was abused, maybe that’s the parallel.. The kid in the movie being abused by the ghosts, and seeing a therapist. And the therapist was helped too. Cause I was sent to psychiatric treatment, and have been told by more than one therapist that I helped them too.. I love this movie, to this day!
The scene in the bathroom stuck with me for my entire life and it's the reason I never close shower curtains. I never remembered where the scene came from until I watched it years and years later. Still scares the soul outta me.
That naked bathroom guy is Donnie Wahberg. Brother of Mark. Not sure why he didn't really make it big as an actor other than staring in Blue Bloods. Everything I've seen him in, he's been great.
@ziggythedrummer yep. They're touring with Paula abdul this summer. And someone else but I can't remember who. They still get butts in seats. They were My fave boy band
Conquered my childhood fears with this one. And I actually finished the movie. If you don't know what I'm talking about, that means you didn't even watch the first 3 minutes of the movie, and shame on you!!! Lol. Just kidding. I still love you. Just a little less now.
Awesome, but can you do the walking dead?? 😟😟
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The guy that shot him in the beginning is Donnie Walhberg and the vomiting girl is Mischa Barton
alex you need to watch stirl of echoes. to me...its alot better and more rewatchability. came out same year and it got over shadowed by this movie. its very under rated
SPLIT PLSSSS TuT
I started out thinking, “Does he know?” And VERY QUICKLY was like, “Oh… oh, no, he does not know. He truly only remembered one thing about this movie. Oh, this is gonna be good.”
This
My exact train of thought in the first 1-2 minutes :D
For some reason, I always check the comments before I watch a review for movies like this because if they do figure it out, it just doesn't make for a fun video imo 🤷♂️
lol yeah when he's hammering on Bruce Willis' character I'm like "he's going down hard at the end " lmao
The little boy whose name is Haley Joel Osment, was nominated for an Oscar for this role
Everyone in this movie did a PHENOMENAL job but no one talks about the actor who played the dead girl's father. He was on screen for like 2 minutes and he DELIVERED.
His face as he realizes is just … haunting.
Similarly, Kira's mother is one of the biggest pieces of shit in any movie. I rank her with Percy from green mile in awfulness
Good call, he absolutely does.
He played a VERY similar bit part in Signs, as a newscaster brought to tears by the alien invasion's imminence. Yes, he did a fantastic job. In both movies.
Absolute FACT.
People love this movie for the twist, which is amazing, but I what remember the most is the conversation between Cole and his mom in the car. It doesn't matter how many times I watch it, still makes me cry.
Same.
Me too. When he says, "Grandma says hi." - I get goosebumps. When he shotly after says, "She wanted me to tell you she saw you dance." - My eyes tear up immediately. Colette's and Osment's acting is incredible.
What a great scene and top notch acting from both but especially Toni Collette
I was at film school 20 years ago and it blew my mind when the professor explained that scene is the actual climax of the film. He was right.
Me too!
One detail I noticed was when Cole asked Malcolm why he was sad he wasn’t asking as a patient but as a kid who knew Malcolm was a ghost. Jump to the last meeting they had together and that conversation takes a whole new meaning cuz Cole knew Malcolm accomplished the thing that was keeping him here, he redeemed himself and realized that would be the last time they would see each other.
That would make no sense. If Cole already knew that he had to help Malcolm then why would he have to go through a learning curve to not be afraid of ghosts and learn to help them? You people come up with the stupidest theories ever
@@nb2685 He knew he was a ghost but didnt know he was supposed to help them. If you remember he ran away scared from Malcom into a church in the first scene they met. It was only his smiling face and him trying to win him over at his home with those questions, which made Cole trust him and talk to him. At this point he was still afraid of other ghosts.
Also the last meeting he is talking about is AFTER Cole learned to help Ghosts. Come on dude, pay attention to what is being said before judging
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@@nb2685I doubt you understood the comment you're criticizing...
@@harish123azyes exactly when you watch the first scene Cole appears in when he's running and goes into the church and hides and he's obviously very frightened it's because this man who is a ghost is following him an approaching him. In fact my favorite line is when Cole says I'm going to see you again aren't I?
Something else that you touched upon, Alex -- you said that Malcolm's behavior was what was driving his wife into depression and needing Zoloft. You were right, but it was because he was *haunting* her.
He wasn't able to move on because of his "unfinished business" (i.e. his failure with Vincent and his subsequent need to help Cole). But because he was haunting his home and his wife, she sensed his presence (even if only subcosciously), and so wasn't able to heal from her loss and move on with *her* life.
When Malcolm told her at the end, while she was asleep, that she was never second in his life, and that he loved her (and all the other things he said), it helped her over the tipping point into "able to start healing now." Remember, Cole was the one, at the end, who told him how to truly communicate with his wife. Cole knew that Malcolm still had that one unresolved issue left, so that *he* could finally move on.
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11-year-old Haley Joel Osment was nominated for an Academy Award for this movie, but he did win several awards for his role.
He was only 5 years old when he played Forrest Gump, Jr. in Forrest Gump. He was one of the most talented child actors of the 90s. He is still acting today at 36, but his parents made sure he had a normal childhood, attending public school, participating in sports, going to the prom, attending college.... his family put his childhood ahead of his movie career. Good for them!
He was amazing in AI too
He really got to me in all those movies, he had something so disarming about him. And then I saw him in the boys 😅
Crushed me in “Pay it Forward.”
I always think of him as Sora from Kingdom Hearts nowadays
@@Chrisyt272 I know. Me 2. The ending is so heart wrenching.
You just saw THE surprise ending classic. Alex at the beginning of the movie, "Pay more attention to your wife and forget about your job!". Half hour later, "You can't leave the kid high and dry! You have to help him!!!!". XD
Shyamalan definitely peaked with this...
@@Atlessa This movie and his next (Unbreakable), his 3rd and 4th movies as a director, are the only two of his movies I like. I might add, both of them are top notch.
Knowing how dear Bruce is battling dementia makes me appreciate- even more- seeing him in these iconic roles. Peace, all 💕
Absolutely. His passing is going to be another tough one.
"His acting is actually super on-point.”
That’s New Kids On The Block's, Donnie Wahlberg.
He fully committed to this role. He starved himself to the point of losing 43 lbs, slept on park benches, skipped showering.
He really made himself suffer to get into the method acting he felt was necessary to give a convincing performance.
The result is legendary, and we will never forget it
He was also absolutely fantastic in Band of Brothers.
I loved this movie when it came out, and never having been a fan of "New Kids" (too old, I guess) I never knew who Donnie Wahlberg was, until he starred in Blue Bloods where I loved how he played his character Danny. I then found out that he is indeed Mark Wahlberg's brother, and THEN I found out he was one of the New Kids... THEN, when I found out that THAT was him in THIS movie, I nerded out so bad, it was nasty! It wasn't pretty!😍🤩
No WAY. I've watched this film a thousand times, if I watched it a million more, I still wouldn't know that's Donnie. Colour me shooketh
@@DeenaSuzanne😆 and then I watched one of the New Kids' music videos, and sure enough, there was Donnie, with a MOUNTAIN of hair on his head! I couldn't believe it.
Oh, Detective Matthews from the Saw movies
Lots of people miss what I think is one of the most intricate details of the movie.
In the opening scene, Anna tells Malcolm the plaque represents that he put everything second, even her, to his work.
The last thing he says he to her at the end is, “I needed to tell you something. You were never second. Ever. I love you.”
Such a subtle way to establish his unfinished business, and an emotionally impactful way to resolve it.
Such a beautiful film.
I'm pretty sure women notice that much more often than men.
I... don't see how that follows. He DID put her second, and the film was about him helping the kid. She was barely ever onscreen, and not with him. This wasn't a film where he spent the movie trying to "prove" his love for her, he spent the movie helping the kid. And oh yeah, "you were never second". She was not his unfinished business.
@@Aeroldoth3 Disingenuous.
@@Aeroldoth3 it’s about her perception of their marriage. She communicated to him right before his death that she felt he had placed her second. It doesn’t matter what the reality of their marriage was, which is why we don’t see any of it; we t only matters how she felt. Which is why he moves on once he clears that up for her, it was his unfinished business.
Now, you can argue the movie could have resolved that better; feelings of neglect going back presumably years are rarely resolved with just one sentence. But I think it’s undeniable what Shyamalan was going for.
Kudos to you for making it 25 years without this ending being spoiled for you before actually seeing it yourself. Legendary
Yes and kudos to people in general for STILL keeping a lid on it. Not important in the grand scheme, but a surprising kindness that occasionally reminds me people aren't completely terrible lol
Alex was scared out of his mind as a kid, so why would he want to relive that trauma?
I have ZERO idea how he's managed it.
And I was always self-impressed/ boasting that "I" didn't see it until a YEAR LATER with my friends (on DVD) and successfully avoid having the ending revealed!
(All I KNEW, was there WAS a "twist ending", not WHAT it was.)
But 25 years?!? I bow to the NEW "king"! lol
Yeah it's definitely a shock
The man that broke in, Vincent, is played by Donnie Whalberg. Wild. Incredible.
😮 No Way!
When he read the script, he thought the character should be gaunt and haunted. He asked Knight if he could lose some weight for the part, and he agreed. Little did he know that Donnie would go home and drop 43 pounds in a matter of weeks. The director didn't see him until the shoot day and when Donnie walked in at 130lbs (59kg) - down from 173lbs (78kg) - everyone was shocked. That said, I think he created an incredibly effective and memorable part, and it's really cool to see his dedication despite his limited minutes on screen.
Not many people know that about Donnie. Impressive !!
Great trivia question 😉
I saw where Mark Wahlberg said he hadn't seen Donnie in a while due to schedules. He said he was shocked when he saw the movie. He didn't even recognize his brother. Donnie doesn't get enough credit for his acting abilities imo.
Donnie!! NKOTB, brother of Mark Wahlberg and actor in the show Blue Bloods!! Love him!!
Munchausen by proxy. When a caretaker makes/keeps another ill, thriving on the attention they get for being a saint and caring for the sick person. Mom killed her kid. Yeah, this should be rated R.
THAT is why the little girl sought Cole out so desperately!
She wanted to SAVE her little sister from being killed too.
The most messed up and most scary because it happens irl a lot sadly
Lgbt child transition is a dream fulfillment for those kinds of parents
Thanks for explaining that for me.
Even worse reason for that. Underage should never mean uninformed.
People often miss that in Cole's advice to Malcom at the end, Cole is fully aware that he is helping a ghost talk to his wife, even if Malcom is not aware of it yet. And the game about pretending to see each other tomorrow takes on new meaning when we realize Cole was talking about "tomorrow". Such beautiful writing.
But another huge thing happens in the hospital. Before this, Cole and Malcom have had some banter back and forth and Cole knows Malcom doesn't want to hurt him. So now, they can have this relaxed moment where Malcom tries to tell Cole a lame bedtime story and Cole gives him advice on how to make it better. Malcom seems open to the advice, and when he seems like he is about to continue, Cole gets the idea that he might be able to have an effect on ghosts. He has a hopeful look in his eyes as he interrupts Malcom to change the story to "why you're sad". Malcom tries to deflect and say they're "not supposed to talk about stuff like that", and Cole turns back away from him with a defeated expression.
But after a moment, Malcom listens to Cole's advice, and Cole turns back to look at him with a hopeful expression again. Not only is it the things Malcom says to Cole about "helping this new boy", but the fact that Cole was able to have an effect on a ghost that normally only sees what it wants to see. There is a really long moment as Cole processes this and then decides to take a chance and tell his secret for the first time.
This moment, where he feels he can have some kind of effect on ghosts, is the first breakthrough for Cole. It allows Cole to be more direct and forceful with a ghost (Malcom) in their next meetings ("Please make them leave." and "Don't fail me!").
When Malcom has his own breakthrough after hearing the voice on tape, he returns to Cole in the church. But Cole is already way ahead of him, as shown by being up in the higher balcony and speaking to him as if they were equals. This is why, when Malcom talks about what the ghosts want, Cole doesn't need to process and immediately understands. Cole diverts the conversation to the angry ones who just want to hurt somebody, which is the most serious problem at the moment. Malcom's advice then gives Cole the tools he needs to face his next ghost - Kyra.
I'm not saying Malcom's isn't helping things as a psychologist, but Cole is figuring things out for himself as well. Cole is a good kid with a lot of empathy and compassion. I'm sure he would have already thought of helping some of the ghosts in some way before this, but the real problem was not believing he even had a chance at affecting ghosts. He seemed to fear the angry ones and simply tolerate the harmless ones.
Malcom's real help was to build trust and make Cole feel like he had a real chance at having control over his problems. Interesting how that is what therapy and psychology is all about.
I just learned so much about screenwriting from your comment. Thank you 😊
Wow! Thank you for such a powerful comment. I never thought about how Cole could have already been learning it was possible to steer the ghosts in another direction.
One of the many memes from this movie is they one that has Bruce Willing character and reads "When you are sad, just remember that he died and kept going to work every day".
"Ok, I'm gonna throw some theories out there, the little kid is possesd....
...HUSKY!"
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😂😂😂😂😂 Squirrel!!
@@corinnaburtchell3409 😂😂😂
laughed out loud at that part
@@mcnater me too😅
1 of my favourite details in this film is that there is something red in every scene with a ghost, which foreshadows the big reveal because all the main scenes with Bruce Willis has something red in.
The young boy in this is one of the best actors I've ever seen! Whether he was meant to be terrified, happy, sad etc, it always looked so genuine!
The red detail took me a couple watches to catch, but this movie was still probably Shyamalan's best twist.
That's why the kid, Haley Joel Osment, was THE child star of the '90s. Pay it Forward, A.I., Secondhand Lions...
This movie came out before social media and was one of the few times that humanity as whole banded together to not spoil others while it was in theaters. I vividly remember some of my friends' parents telling other adults how great it was and how they needed to see it and then, SOMEHOW, managed to also be in the vicinity when they all reunited to talk about it after they went to watch it. This movie was a cultural shift in media.
I was eleven when my parents and I saw it in the theater - everybody just sat there in stunned, awed silence when it ended. It's still one of my favorite movie-going experiences to date.
You know there have been movies for over 100 years now, and you think no one kept secrets until then? Come to think of it there have been plays and books for many centuries. All I'm saying is you sound like history began when you were born.
@@libertyresearch-iu4fy And you sound uncouth. Proof that nobody's perfect.
Well not everybody. I knew a guy who after watching the movie in the theaters he went by the line where people were waiting for the next screening and while pretending to speak on his phone with some friend of his, he loudly gave up the twist with people in the line wondering speechless! The guy was known to be a real jackass.
In France a movie critics began her article with something in the line of
"Bruce Willis plays a murdered psy who tries to help a kid that can see ghosts"...
Her and some others led to the NDAs that are so common in the industry nowadays.
I got so excited every time Alex said something that made it clear he had no idea where this was going. The tension of hoping he doesn't figure it out and the excitement every time his theory was further away. Great react.
I absolutely LOVE that, 25 years later, a new generation is finding this movie and approaching it completely blind.
It never fails to make me smile seeing that moment of realization on Reacters faces when they realize the big twist at the end.
This movie is a gem. And I hope it continues to surprise people.
A small detail that hints at the twist ending is that Malcolm always wears the same clothes. He's never wearing anything different because thats what he died in.
Not only that but the wife really didn't talk to him or interact with him was another major clue to me. But what I couldn't understand is why everybody else in the movie was able to see him I know the kid. But the kids mom the doctors and all the other people could see him.
@@drknralh8624watch the movie again. The only person Malcolm ever interacts with is the kid. Nobody ever acknowledged him in any other scene.
@@drknralh8624 Nobody else in the movie could see him.
@@drknralh8624 They can't. He's just standing/sitting around them, never talks to them, and they don't look at him directly.
That's one of the cleverest things about M. Night's direction here. You assume people are seeing Malcolm because the scenes are set up to make it look that way... but they actually aren't. It's all inference.@@drknralh8624
That movie made a lot of money in cinemas because of the plot twist. People went back for a rewatch because they thought he must've talked with other characters or wanted to look for hidden clues. It is SOOOOO well written I love it ❤
@@drknralh8624 he isn't interacting with them, he just seems to be and your brain fills in the rest. Even the 1st time I watched the movie I thought it was weird how the mom just sat there and didn't introduce him to the kid or even brought up asking a psychologist's help.
@@drknralh8624 I mean, he tried talking to them, but no one ACTUALLY interacts with him. Not his wife, not the mom, not even the doctor (who is played by M Night Shyamalan), he only talks to the mom.
@@drknralh8624watch it again. They really don’t.
@@drknralh8624 As people have said, your brain is assuming they were talking, but watch again, for instance with his mom on the couch, he's just sitting staring at her, so you think they were in a lull of the conversation when Cole walks in ... now imagine a minute before that, he was just looking at her while she's alone in her thoughts. His wife is just talking out loud/to herself in other moments, her only 'interactions' is always feeling cold when he's around. Did anyone talk to him at the wake? No, but your mind just sorta assumes at some point he did (and also, who just lets rando dude walk around the house?)
@@button9 They'd simply assume Malcolm was a parent or uncle or family friend escorting one of Kyra's friends. If they only saw him by himself it might look suspicious, but even if they had seen him, he'd have been with Cole.
When you realize Cole didn't decide to help ghosts in the middle of the movie....but when he first met Malcolm.....
I don't think he made a conscious decision to help Malcolm, he was wary at first but decided to talk to him
Malcolm was the only ghost who presented himself as helpful and not scary... Malcolm's purpose was to help, he wasn't angry or vengeful, he always wore a coat so you couldn't see the wound and blood on his back
plus he met Cole at church, his safe place
he run tho
@@sliptohell6320 That's the first well hidden clue.
@@sliptohell6320He ran into church and saw that Malcolm could still enter it, so he must not be an evil or malevolent spirit.
There is a deleted scene where Cole interacts with an elderly neighbour who's wife died. And there is his grandmother. I think it shows his willingness to interact with nice ghosts....like Malcolm.
Think how much trust Cole had in Malcolm. After being put in the hospital because of an attack by a ghost, he asks another to stay with him til he fell asleep.
I'm glad you haven't been spoiled all this time before watching this movie. It got spoiled by my workmate accidentally as I was entering the break room. "He was dead all this time" is what I heard as soon as I walked in. My only consolation is watching people find out for the first time.
My absolute favorite thing about this film is the general reluctance from people to spoil it. It's beautiful.
My best friend only just saw it, he's 30, and he still went into it completely blind.
Also side note, I spent my entire childhood fearing this film and coining it as a horror. It wasn't until I watched it again in my 20's that my perspective shifted entirely.
Funny just this past Monday my dentist and her assistant were talking about scary movies and she brought up this movie and the assistant had never seen it and my dentist was like "oh, I'll say no more but it's fantastic"
I also saw this movie not as young as Alex, but too young and the part with little Mischa Barton vomiting in his room freaked me out for a loooong time.
50 First Dates spoils it though. Lol
I'd still classify this as horror. That's a broad genre, not just slasher films. This, like Silence of the Lambs, is a psychological horror and back in the days of Blockbuster - that's the section it was in.
At 5 years old you remembered it as wrinkly hands, when it was actually slit wrists. That's your mind protecting itself.
Talk about child psychology.
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That’s interesting. do you know why you’re mined does that?
@@notaduck--73it’s to help cope with trauma. There are recorded cases of the brain changing key details to memories to help shield you from trauma and even sometimes erases that experience. Idk why the brain does it specifically, but if you held onto every traumatic experience you’d never want to do anything.
Maybe… or maybe he just misunderstood the visuals. He was 5. He might have never seen slit wrists or know the significance behind it. But he has seen wrinkles.
So instead of seeing dark grooves and thinking cuts, he saw deep grooves and thought wrinkles. ….or maybe he saw the cuts but didn’t have anything to compare it to. His 5 year old brain labeled it a type of scary wrinkle, and 2-3 decades later, thats how Alex remembers the scene.
And… Just like how your mind will protect itself, it will equally terrorize itself to protect itself. The lady was “old”, scary and the tension was up. Anything with that kind of vibe could be made terrifying for a 5 year old. Even a “scary wrinkle” lol
So whether he saw something horrifying and changed it to protect himself, or misinterpreted the visuals but still ended up scaring himself, the end result is the same. Brains are weird 😊
or he thinks about the Others with Nicole Kidman....
It's because when you're 5 you wouldn't understand the significance or purpose of what slitting wrists means. Probably he had never even heard of such a thing. He saw what he saw, but in a child's mind, it couldn't have been wounds because to them that wouldn't make any sense. So he perceived it as wrinkles, probably.
M Night Shymalan (sp) is a MASTER of plot twists!
“Signs”, “Unbreakable” and “The Village” and good ones to watch for a few dives into his work.
So incredibly rare to see someone experience this movie with no spoilers! It was so fun to watch you watching it without any clue about the twist at the end. Really refreshing.
17:22 the guy playing the doctor is the director himself: M. Night Shyamalan. 🤓
@@solokom He made an appearance in Signs, too, but did he have a cameo in The Village? I don't recall.
@@barefootanimist me neither, but it's likely, since Cameos are a thing of his. IMDB surely knows more. :)
The skinny guy that shot Bruce Willis is Donny Wahlburg. He lost 45 lbs to get the part.
Yes, he, like Alfred Hitchcock likes to do a cameo role in his movies 😊
@@barefootanimist he was the Security guy reading the paper in The Village
A sign that ghosts are close (including Malcolm) is the showing of the color red. The wife wearing the dress at the anniversary dinner, or draped in a red scarf on the couch, the door handle to the basement, the balloon at the birthday party, the blanket in Cole's room... Not something I noticed the first time I watched the film (I was too busy freaking out), but something I became aware of many years later. This movie is a classic, and for good reason. Your reaction really brought back memories of how I first reacted when I saw it the first time!
A funny thing? First time watching, I caught the red doorknob...and promptly said "ha! continuity error!" and ignored it until the twist.
The second time the wife shows up in a scene, that time she was sleeping with paper tissues in her hands, showing she fell asleep after crying and Malcolm approaches her and instantaneously she gets cold and her breath shows. One of the signs Cole says that happens when a ghost is near 😐 (sorry if something is writted badly, im Spanic 😅)
Always love when Alex screams, it is terrifying for him but comedy gold for everyone else! 😂
The acting in this movie is phenomenal. The scene where Cole finally tells his mom always makes me tear up.
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Dude...
In cinema, the ENTIRE THEATRE it seemed, all screamed - and then immediately we all started laughing at each other
As far as watching horror movies with a crowd of people, this one was a unique experience 😅😂💙
"it's okay, it was just a bathrobe" lol
"I hope death feels like when your dad would pick you up from the couch after you fell asleep and carried you to bed"
This movie brings me to tears EVERY time. Every. Single. Time.
Cole (Haley Joel Osment) also played Forest Gump Jr.
He also has a YT channel TankTheTech
@@8tonystark8 😄 No, he doesn't.
When I was six years old, my mom and dad took me to see "Freddy vs. Jason".
They were open with me watching horror movies so young; the only issue they had was with nudity - blood and gore didn't bother me, so it didn't bother them.
I even asked my dad - before he got too sick and passed away last year - if he felt ashamed taking a six-year-old to see one of the biggest slasher movies ever made.
He told me he didn't give a crap what other people thought.
I loved my dad ❤
"They were open with me watching horror movies so young; the only issue they had was with nudity". - this is very American and shows their relation to violence. I find it strange to be honest. Why are so many Americans OK to see people being gruesomely slaughtered, but natural (unharmed!) naked bodies are a problem?
@@solokom Honestly, I think it's because you can fake a dead body, but you can't fake nudity.
@@cjlowder7089 But especially when you are a child, that doesn't make a difference. I mean, even adults get scared by movies even though they can clearly distinct between pretend and reality. Furthermore, even you can't fake nudity, what is wrong with nudity in the first place? Why are Us-Americans so "afraid" of something so natural? I mean, war are talking about nudity, not pornography. Is it an artifact from the puritanic beginnings of the USA and that the US is still very religious in general?
@solokom Yeah, I think it's that. Besides, most nudity in horror films leads to sex scenes; it's not "artistic" nudity like you'd find in a museum.
@@solokom I'm American and I hate it. I detest blood/gore/violence and have no issue with nudity, so that fact nudity will get blocked or simply not run in ads, but violence is fair game is really f^ckin' annoying. I'd be okay with my kid seeing boobs, and a butt WAY more than them seeing someone beheaded, shot, or burned alive.
The FORESHADOWING in this movie is absolutely amazing! Seeing it a second time, all the hints to the twist are very obvious. This twist is one of the biggest and most iconic plot bombs of all time, it's right up there with the Vader reveal.
I'm not kidding you, anytime I'm having a bad day, I can come watch one of Alex's reaction videos and temporarily it brightens up my mood cuz he's so funny and his excitement is contagious
I've been trying so hard not to awaken my husband. However, everytime Alex quickly checked to make sure that there wasn't anything behind him, the whole bed shook as I tried desperately to suppress my laughter!!!😂😂😂
@@deanna777I'm right there with you❤
The child actor plays the main character in Secondhand Lions and he is genuinely great in both these movies!
I second this. Secondhand Lions is so great and I do feel it's very underrated.
i was going to mention/recommend the same. i love secondhand lions
Great movie
One of my all time favorite movies!
"Doesn't Cats, historically suck?"
The movie, yes. the play, no.
Cats on Broadway did very well. Cats the Movie was an actual horror movie
The original Broadway cast of the musical, no. Later casts, eh… Community theater productions, generally yes. But also yes, the movie really, really sucked.
At the time this movie came out, the phrase, "I liked it... better than Cats," was already an old-hat saying, originating (I think) in the '70s, when Cats was a Broadway hit and others paled in comparison. So popular, it was a verbal meme of the time to compare things to it as a joke. Malcolm says it like a funny line, then realizes the kid's not gonna get it.
@@billparrish4385 CATS premiered in London in 1981, and on Broadway in 1982.
The musical is an acquired taste. I happen to like it because it was the first show I ever saw on Broadway. I was probably 5 or 6. But I get why some people don't like it. It's also a show that is very easy to do badly. The show has very little plot. It's a dance heavy show, but because the Wintergarden theater was so small, they had to get very creative with choreography (and make that box step work baby) which makes it all difficult to reproduce. The movie... and I say this about very few creative endeavors... it sucked. It just sucked. Really bad.
Watched the movie in the theaters with some friends when it came out. The shock and gasps that came from the audience was insane.
28:55 "WHAT ARE YOU DOING UNDER THE BE..." *checks under his desk* HAHAHAH 😂😂😂😂
The girl in the tent scene had traumatized me for life lol but I was so happy he helped her! Such a great movie!
she's Marissa from The OC lol
Hey Alex… I just wanted to say your videos have been helping me a lot, recently my good friend passed away in a motorcycle accident. Your videos have put a smile on my face and has put me in a better mood, thank you.
My condolences man, sending you a big hug. Take care
@@anonimo4470 appreciate it🙏🙏
I'm so sorry please don't forget him. God bless you
He will always be your best friend. Much love
@@Escrima88 thank you much appreciated🙏🙏
Funfact: the little boy actor (Haley Joel Osment) was the mindreader in the first (or second?) season of The Boys :D
Mesmer
That isn't fun. And we didn't need told. We all already knew
@@Chriswallace0405 it is fun and not everyone knows. Your complaining is unnecessary.
@@Chriswallace0405I didn’t know shut up
@@Chriswallace0405 I said it for Alex, because he watched the show and enjoyed it so much. He wouldn't know him before.
No one else on this planet reacts to jump scares like Alex. Absolute legend. He had me in tears of laughter at one point.
As a child, I lived in a haunted house. It was haunted by an old man who might have been my grandfather. I didn't want to hang out upstairs after that angry ghost stood in the doorway and stopped me from leaving. I have never been so terrified.
The house was located at the junction of two rivers and next to it was a hill, which the locals called Bone Hill. An unknown man's skull had been found there and it was rumored that the skull belonged to the man my grandfather killed decades ago. I didn't believe the rumor. Grandpa was a tough man, but not a murderer. But human remains were still found there and there was something evil in that forest and river.
I remember one beautiful summer day I was swinging near the forest and suddenly I felt that someone was watching me. Usually the birds chirp on such a day, but not that time. Suddenly everything was completely silent and I saw a large dark figure in the forest. I felt it was full of anger and it was watching me. Today I think it might have been a bear and I just imagined its anger, but I remember the horror so clearly that even now, at 47 years old, it scares me to even write about it.
I just wanted to share this because The Sixth Sense reminds me of my own experiences. I love the content you create. Greetings from Finland
Wow! Scary experience. I believe you
The fact that your dad took you to see this in the theaters made my mom literally clutch her chest.
😂😂😂😂
When I was a college student, my then 13-year-old sister expressed a desire to see the movie SCARFACE (1983), which was rated "R." She was quite sophisticated for her age, so I was not afraid that it would be too disturbing for her, and so, being a good brother, I took her to see it. I was completely traumatized by the extreme violence and nihilism of this film myself, however, and even moreso by the fact that at the showing we attended, many parents had brought their toddler children along. Years later, my sister admitted that she, too, had been horrified.
my dad showed me this movie when i was 8. couldn’t sleep properly for weeks afterwards
Oscar Nominations:
Toni Collette (mom), Best Supporting Actress, Haley Joel Osment (Cole) Best Supporting Actor, M. Night Shaymalan Best Director. Also nominated for Best Picture, Film Editing, and Screenplay.
That was such a great year for film. Even though The Sixth Sense didn't win any category, it was up against some amazing competition
Everytime I see this movie it boggles my mind how Shyamalan directed this and also movies like The Last Airbender and After Earth.
@@thiagosestini29right? He came out strong. Then really fell off and lost his groove.
No Score?
Surprisingly, no@@funkystyle7249
Can’t wait to see his reaction to the legendary twist.
Haley Jole Osmand deserved an Oscar for his performance he was amazing. Every scene he is in brings me to tears especially that ending with him and his mom in the car. Toni Collette was brilliant but he stole that scene from her hands down
Defo wasn’t easy for her to pull off that American accent but she did a stellar job!
The constant checks over your shoulder had me dying 😂😂
Haley was nominated for an Oscar for this performance and the Patient in the bathroom in the beginning, is none other than Donnie Wahlberg the actor and member of the 80’s boy band, “New Kids On The Block”.
Hey alex, if you liked the kid's acting, i would totally recommend you to watch "A.I." and "Pay it foward". Honestly, this kid rocked the acting in those 3 films (This one and the 2 I've recommended)
Hope you have an amazing weekend!
Slap on the gooch
Second Hand Lions. One of his best
Alex , I have to say; thank you - that was the most entertaining therapy session I’ve ever witnessed. You face what traumatized you & came out better for it . Kudos! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
M. Night was the doctor. He always puts himself in the film. Also he is very big on colors, so the doorknob to the basement was red, and the bedspread tent was red, it signifies death. You should check out “The Village”. It’s another great one from M. Night that will keep you guessing till the end!
When the twist hits you and you realize Malcolm never spoke with anyone but Cole... All the scenes with his wife or him sitting across Cole's mom were just our brains filling in what we thought it should be.
Shyamalan has some good flicks: Signs, Unbreakable (watch this one next!), Split, the Visit. I'm also one of those weird ones that likes The Village and the Lady in the Water, but you can't really go into the later two just looking for a twist. Sometimes he just makes movies with nice stories.
I liked the village too, I used to watch it with my mom years ago! I had a bit of a crush on Joaquin Phoenix, lol 😅
@leafiiloran glad to hear! Methinks a lot of folks went into it only looking for a twist instead of just enjoying the drama, characters, atmosphere, and soundtrack.
I'm adding my vote in for Unbreakable (one of my all-time favorites) and Split!
The Village was frustrating. Most of the jump scares were spoiled in the trailer. I had figured out a portion of it before the reveal. I saw it again years later and it was much better on rewatch.
I like Lady In The Water, too. That doesn't get very much attention.
I really liked the village. I watched it on tv in India...
I actually really respect your ability to introspect about your trauma Alex. That’s a skill not many people possess….
I have a crude sense of humor that often leans on sex /violence and it took me awhile to realize the connection to my childhood trauma of being exposed too early to graphic violence and sexual content.
Same here 🙏🏻
Look up "Munchausen Syndrome", Alex. That's what was happening with the mother who was keeping her daughter sick.
Actually it's "Munchausen by Proxy." She's doing it to her kid, not herself.
@@TheOtterBear61yeah, straight Munchausen is where they make themselves sick for attention/sympathy(often they grew up with a friend or sibling with health issues and envied the attention and/or affection they received because of it).
It's also possible she didn't have Factitious Disorder (formerly Munchausen's) and just didn't want to be a mother anymore. Could have been for insurance even. The fact that she looked around guiltily when the father confronts her lends to something other than FD because a person with FD would ordinarily double down defending themselves and saying it isn't true.
@@heftyelfI agree. There is no evidence in the film the woman had MBP/FD - she could literally just have decided to kill her child for many reasons - as you say money, but also depression or psychotic thoughts etc.
Just wanted to say I just discovered your channel this week but it has really uplifted me through a hard time. Thanks for sharing your experiences! You definitely have a new fan!
My favourite aspect of this whole movie, and the twist in this movie, was how it illuminated for me the way that my mind had been projecting what wasn't there, almost the entire time (and by extension the ability the mind has to project an entire reality even over long periods of time, and relate to that projection quite naturally as if it is 'over there') - I absolutely love it, it's so illuminating. In other words when I realised that the movie I had been watching and responding to with various feelings - was an illusion. And it wasn't until the end that I realised that the movie that I thought I had been seeing, and watching, didn't exist. - love it!! -
Fantastic reaction ❤️🙌🏻
Now you need to watch the "Unbreakable" trilogy. "Split" in particular is absolutely incredible ❤
I can’t make it through the car scene without tearing up.
every...single...time
I used to always cry during happy scenes, until I realized that the reason for it is I'm not allowing myself to be genuinely happy for the characters. Ever since I made the decision to let my happiness flow through me, I have never cried at the happy scene again, I just have the biggest smile on my face.
@peezieforestem5078 that scene could be a happy one for the viewer but it represents healing for the 2 characters, and healing, while positive and necessary is often painful. They are tapping into profound and intense emotions like grief and guilt. I don't know about you but those feelings resonate with me and that's what might move someone to cry. I can't see how that's unhealthy.
@@burtman. I don't think healing is painful whatsoever. Think about it. Why would it be painful?
I think what's happening is that when people are overwhelmed with negative emotions, they do not allow themselves to feel those emotions fully, to protect themselves. Instead, they delay these emotions until some later time when they can feel safer.
When they finally have something positive to counter-balance the negativity, they allow themselves to feel whatever they have locked away for a really long time, and that's why they cry. They do it because they know they can handle it now.
@peezieforestem5078 you have to feel to heal. Think about it this way. What is the body's biological response to dirt, open wounds or bacteria? It sends white blood cells to heal right? But that normally involves swelling, soreness etc.(ie some pain). Our emotions are tied into our physiology so I'm comfortable identifying a correlation.
More simply healing represents change and change is always uncomfortable. The process can be unfamiliar and unpredictable. Growth requires us to stretch ourselves. The pain need not be unbearable but it does need understanding, patience and self-care.
Movies used to have credits at the start of the film. (02:12) It was a union thing. Some films and directors still do it. It was Star Wars that really changed everything. George Lucas really fought to have the Long time ago, and the STAR WARS logo as the first thing you see and no credits until the end. He left the DGA because of the fight.
Toni Collette was also in Knives Out! Also fun fact that I don’t think you’ve realized yet - the boy from this movie is the dude that plays Mesmer in season 2 of The Boys!!
I would pay good money to see a movie of adult Cole just helping ghosts. And, if you ever rewatch this, you'll notice no one but Cole interacted with Malcolm the whole movie. Such good misdirection
Howdy from Texas! The Child actor is Hailey Joel Osmant. Bruce Willis said in an interview after the filming of the movie that Hailey Joel was the most professional actor that he's ever had the pleasure of working with.
You can see Hailey Joel Osmant in several other movies. Namely, Pay It Forward, Second Hand Lions, and A.I. where he plays an android perfectly. In that long movie. Hailey Joel decided on his own that an android wouldn't need to blink his eyes. So he doesn't blink once through the entire movie. He is a phenomenal actor.
Another great movie, not horror, that I know you would enjoy is Searching For Bobby Fisher. Fantastic movie and is oddly touted as one of the greatest sports movies of all time. But it's unlike any other spots movie that you may have seen or even imagined. A great film.
Ok, sport? 😊
But I concur, it is a good movie. Not at all scary
A.I. ... man I haven't thought about that movie in a long time. When his "Mother." takes him to the forest and he realizes what she's gonna do....heartbreaking acting. So good.
He was also baby Forrest Gump.
The confidence with which you said “WASHINGTON” is sending me.
Thank you for not editing that out.
My older sister HATES horror films...but she loves this one. The story and powerful last two scenes were perfect =)
The crazy guy at the beginning(former patient) is actually Donnie Wahlberg! From New Kids on the Block and the TV show Blue Bloods. His short performance in this was AMAZING!
Alex talked over SO much important information.
One of the best movies. Also the boy actor actually just lost out on being young Anakin in Star Wars Episode One, which is crazy as he was incredible in this (which came out afterwards)
While I acknowledge this is probably his GREATEST movie, my FAVORITE movie from M.Knight is actually Signs.
But yeah, this is a fantastic movie with one of the best twists of all time. Also, Toni Collette's performance is immaculate.
I'm partial to Lady In The Water.
Unbreakable is my favorite
I love Signs, and have a soft spot for The Village
I was coming here to say the exact same thing 😊
I have seen most of his movies, although I couldn't make it through Avatar. In a way it is rather sad that he did this movie so early in his career. Every movie he does is compared to this and very few people in the industry ever make a movie of this quality.
Munchousen By Proxy is the condition that the mother who poisoned her daughter has. Munchousen is when someone craves sympathy from others, so they present themselves as ill, or actually make themselves ill for that sympathy. The "By Proxy" is when someone pretends or makes someone else close to them sick instead, (typically a child but sometimes a spouse or other close family member). I think the goal is usually not to kill, but can happen or progress to that point.
And when it was said that the younger daugter was starting to get sick as well, it was because the mom had started poisoning her too, so they saved her from the same fate as her sister!
Example.... gypsy rose Blanchard was the victim by her mother.
17:33 That was the writer/director of this film.
This is my favorite reaction so far. Bruce Willis said he was so proud that America kept the secret. No one wanted to ruin it.
The biggest shocker for me in this movie is Donnie Wahlburg!! He is the skinny psychotic guy that breaks into the apartment in the beginning and shoots Bruce Willis and then himself!! I watched this movie a million times and didn't even know who he was!!
As much as I love this movie, my only critique is the twist was SO GOOD, M. Night has been trying to recreate it ever since and has created some of the worst movies since then trying to capture the greatness of this. (He did do right with movies like Split, but The Happening? Lord have mercy)
FYI Alex, you've actually seen the talented actor who plays the kid before. He plays Mesmer in season 1 of The Boys, if nothing else.
If you ever want to see him in anything else, I recommend Secondhand Lions (also starring Michael Caine and Robert Duvall), which is a much lighter, fluffier watch than this, but very sweet and entertaining.
So awesome seeing someone suddenly understand the twist, how everything adds up, such a good movie and I love your reactions
I love that there’s a collective thing amongst those who’ve seen this movie to never really spoil it for others.
The kid actor is the same actor who plays the supe in The Boys that can read minds, who they bring to the house to understand kimiko. And the crazy dude at the beginning of this movie is Donnie Wahlberg.
hahaha.... 14:20 my eyes started getting watery from laughing so hard at Alex's facial expressions... teacher slammed his hand on the desk and Alex jumped like it was towards him..
Alex has some CRAZY dad lore, i would wish to listen to his whole lifestory
So this shows what it would be like for someone born with the skills to be a medium. They need to make a transition to realize how they can use their skills (and how to protect themselves) or learn to block it all out.
"Out of the depths..." etc is from Psalm 130:1-8 KJV
So Alex , unknown fact or not well known .
Haley Joel Osment ( the kid in this movie) he actually is in the boys . But in his early years in the 2000s he got the role as Sora in kingdom hearts and has voiced him ever since :) .
20:05 absolutely killed me 🤣
Me too!
Yeh, my dad decided to show me Terminator 2 when I was 8 because he felt I should know the perils of nuclear war, also saw Nightmare on Elm Street that summer when left alone over night, good times....
...........damn, Dad!🤣 Oh, wait...some parents let their kids watch 'Robocop'. As kids WE watched 'Twilight Zone', 'Night Gallery' (both Rod Serling shows), and 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'. Nothing bloody, but some of those episodes were all about the EEK!
@@jackiec859Twilight Zone episodes were like lessons on what not to do as a basic human 😅
Terminator 2 at 8 years old too
I used to watch this over and over and over as a kid.. It made my mind work in a powerful way, I felt seen, I felt like understood. Not in a creepy way, just that I was the silent lonely kid whose thoughts went beyond what I could understand myself. I was abused, maybe that’s the parallel.. The kid in the movie being abused by the ghosts, and seeing a therapist. And the therapist was helped too. Cause I was sent to psychiatric treatment, and have been told by more than one therapist that I helped them too.. I love this movie, to this day!
Vincent is actually played by Donnie Wahlberg. As in, the oldest son in Blue Bloods. SUCH a good performance.
The scene in the bathroom stuck with me for my entire life and it's the reason I never close shower curtains. I never remembered where the scene came from until I watched it years and years later. Still scares the soul outta me.
Then don't ever watch 'Psycho'.
@libertyresearch-iu4fy lol and I pray they don't have irreparable water damage to their home
That naked bathroom guy is Donnie Wahberg. Brother of Mark. Not sure why he didn't really make it big as an actor other than staring in Blue Bloods. Everything I've seen him in, he's been great.
The guy who broke in at the beginning, Vincent, is played by Donnie Wahlberg - brother of Mark, and formerly of New Kids On The Block
Not formerly. New kids on the block still tour today.
@@susanberrier5727 ahh didn't know that!
@ziggythedrummer yep. They're touring with Paula abdul this summer. And someone else but I can't remember who. They still get butts in seats. They were My fave boy band
@@susanberrier5727 my favourite used to be Take That, until Deadpool And Wolverine came out 🤣
the kid's acting is phenomenal! I can't believe i never watched this just bc i knew about the twist. This was such a good movie.
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