OMG! Do you like The sixth sense' too?
That has got to be one of my all time favourites!!
SPOILER ALERT!!!
Okay, so Dr Malcolm Crowe, who is a distinguished child psychologist is haunted by the painful memory of a disturbed young patient he was unable to help. So when he meets a troubled child,Cole, with a similar condition, he seeks to redeem himself by doing everything he can to help him. Nevertheless, Malcolm is unprepared to learn the truth of what haunts Cole...he could “see dead people” (yeah, "I see dead people" has now become one of the most iconic dialogues in cinema history!)
But there's a twist in the ending!
Cole later identifies the Doctor to be, in fact, dead!
I mean, ain't that one of the most surprising releavations ever?
But the movie doesn't tell us that directly! Oh no, there's a reason why it's considered a classic ;)
I feel that the director has successfully and easily mislead the audience into thinking that Dr Crowe was alive. He left clues for the audience to pick up on but hid them with clever manipulation of camera angles and shots and the way the actors played their characters. The viewers are supposed to interpret the ending on their own. What I find striking is that you only ever see Cole talking back to Dr Crowe. He is the only character in the whole movie to talk to Dr Crowe directly and Cole is the only one to listen and respond to his comments.
Plus Crowe's wife is annoyed with him, when actually she isn't aware that he's there. When she says 'Happy Anniversary' it makes the audience believe it's a sly dig at Dr Crowe's late showing and the quick glance makes the audience believe that Dr Crowe is alive.
Cheerio ✌️