THE SIXTH SENSE (1999) | MOVIE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

[@dlweiss]

If it helps answer a couple questions: Every outfit we see Malcom wear throughout the film is a combo of the clothing items he wore on the night he died. As for the other ghosts, we don't see most of them often enough to KNOW if their outfits ever change. Maybe those slight variations of clothes happen for many ghosts, but how would we know? Cole said that the air only gets cold when ghosts are extremely emotionally upset - not every single time they're around. And Malcolm spent most of his time with Cole being very professional and keeping his own emotions very well-controlled. That's why the biggest instance of cold air around Malcolm happens at the end, when he's remembering he's dead and is fully freaking out.

[@nemcade]

Also point about moving the box. It had been established that ghosts can maybe open door or carry an object for a while, but the physical manifestations are always brief and weak. More emotional they are, more they can manifest themselves.

[@multieyedmyr]

@@nemcadekinda like the movie Ghost.

[@mayrabiten]

​@@nemcadealso, most times they need the energy of a encarnared medium to be able to move or be heard.

[@realSimoneCherie]

also, he's confused why the ghosts look bloody or battered but Bruce didn't but all ghosts only look like they looked at death. I'm sure some ghosts who didn't due of some vicious incident would not appear to have any injuries at all.

[@AZMasterbaker]

Well he was always wearing a jacket or sweater that covered the wounds

[@west-Co_exploration]

The rules are never broken... "They don't know they're dead" and "they only see what they want to see". When Malcolm is in the scene, we see everything from his POV. When Cole is alone, we see his POV (then, we see the damage to the ghosts)

[@jmutube61191]

"They don't know they're dead" Remember the sick, puking girl? She needed Cole's help because she didn't want her little sister to be poisoned next.

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

Don’t take the award back. It can be challenging to recognize a 25 year old when you last saw them at 10.

[@allisongrinnell5107]

I watched this movie dozens of times before I realized that Vincent is played by Donnie Walberg. He did a stellar job for a New Kid on the Block.

[@aguitadeajonjoli4123]

whaaaaaaat?!?!?!

[@innerguardianXIII]

and Duddits in the movie adaptation of Stephen King's "Dreamcatcher".

[@misswendyjane4992]

It's not hard to figure out the twist at the end if you keep pausing the movie to talk about your observations - I watched it when it first came out in the theater. Everyone gasped in shock.

[@uncommon_scents]

I don't believe Mr. Boyd never saw the movie. Too many unlikely and forced observations.

[@quz908]

​@@uncommon_scentsI'll give him the benefit of the doubt about not ever seeing this movie, BUT I think he got a leg up by seeing Fight Club first. Nevertheless, The Sixth Sense came out first.

[@jamieweigold5234]

@@uncommon_scents I had the same feeling during Se7en. Or maybe he's got detective level skills like Sherlock.

[@KartalaBreed]

Malcolm only made people cold when he was upset (not necessarily angry) like the other ghosts. The sick girl when she gives Cole the box, the lady with the burns, and the biker also didn't make Cole cold.

[@scottstewart5784]

The rules are consistent. Only ANGRY ghosts make people cold. How do you know other ghosts didn't change clothes? Did you see many of them twice? You didn't see Malcom's wound because if you recall it didn't bleed from the front hole, and he always wore clothes (mostly the overcoat). You asked how ghosts know who has the sixth sense? If you can believe ghosts exist and that someone can see them, you can believe ghosts know when they are seen.

[@JanFWeh]

You are right, I also find the rules consistent. That being said: I want to add that ghosts make people cold when the ghost is upset. We see Malcom's wife several times being cold in his presence. Also, we don't see Malcom's wound because the scenes with him are from his point of view. He only sees what he wants to see and until the end his gun shot wound is not part of that selfimage.

[@jamesweible5357]

Seems like everyone answered all your questions well, so I'll just add this. If you were a ghost and noticed that people DIDN'T see you, then suddenly you see someone looking directly at you, that person would stand out. Or if you were talking or yelling and no one heard, then suddenly someone did, that would be very noticeable.

[@cheryljohns7541]

I still find it hard to believe some people haven’t seen this movie. And it’s amazing that the twist remains unspoiled for potential viewers. “Why is she looking at the chair (instead of him)?” I’ve never heard a reactor observe/mention this 👍👍 Well done! 👏 “I see dead people” “He’s not there” very observant 👍 and then you tried talking yourself out of it 😂 I’ve always loved this movie and never even thought of comparing it to Fight Club, perhaps because Bruce Willis’ character was an actual person, although a bit ghostly. Bruce Willis used clothes worn close to his death that covered his wound…small entrance; messy exit. When he was angry or full of anxiety, you could see his wife’s breath.

[@Kayjee17]

People find it unusual that I'm 59 and I've never seen The Godfather. I don't like mafia movies, and other people's opinions that it's a "masterpiece" will never change my taste in movies. I'm sure that my opinion that the Lord of the Rings movies are masterpieces will never get people who don't like fantasy movies to watch them. The one fact I know about The Godfather, other than it's about the mafia, is the boss dude ends up with a chopped off horse's head in bed with him. I'm pretty sure that fact isn't the most important part of the movie, but... *shrugs*. I think I quit caring about other people's opinions about movies when I was told I "had to watch" The Usual Suspects because it had "the most amazing twist ever", and I figured out the elusive bad guy was the guy who was talking to the cops halfway in. I mean, who else would build up such an amazing back story for a person other than that person themselves? Everyone toots their own horn the loudest, right? Anyway, I like the twist in this movie better because, while it was easy to figure out Cole could see ghosts even before the first one showed up, they did a great job of hiding Malcolm's fate.

[@fs127]

@@Kayjee17 People tend to take things at face value without much critical thinking, so an unreliable narrator easily throws them for a loop. I figure it's also why we end up with the bestestest politicians every year since people like honeyed words.

[@despozblehero2262]

He totally saw this before... or heard about it... just pretending to be a 1st.

[@HunterTuruk]

​@@Kayjee17same.. I'm 35 and all I know about The Godfather is that it's a Mafia movie and at some point somebody wakes up with a horse's head in bed (thanks Family Guy) I just watched Fight Club a few weeks ago and it's now one of my favorite movies... I thought it was about a fight club 😂 The twist in the 6th sense can go unspoiled because people are just exposed to the "I see dead people" line

[@applegeepedigree]

​@@despozblehero2262of course, It's an entertainment channel, it wouldn't be as entertaining if we all knew that he knew.

[@TampaCEO]

45:05 - The mother was keeping her child sick so she could be seen as the "savior" or "protector". It's a rare psychological condition known as "Munchausen by Proxy" (MSP), or simply "Munchausen Syndrome". It usually affects the caregiver or mother.

[@JakkFrost1]

It's primarily a tool for attention, usually sympathy. That's what Munchausen is, and MSP is just an extension of that. Being viewed as a savior or protector is also attention, granted, but sympathy is the most common goal.

[@philipem1000]

What happened with the little girl? She saved her sister by getting Cole to give the video to her dad. The villain is exposed. The girl can't do this with anyone BUT Cole. Some people get the twist, but by far most don't. I saw it in the theater on original run and had no clue but I just went with the flow. You are so detail oriented and observant I could tell you'd get it the moment the plausible suggestion was made (I'm avoiding spoilers 20 years after the movie was released). And Cole understood what Malcolm was all about from their first meeting. And "you're nice but you can't help me" is his recognition that Malcolm is different. Eventually Malcolm helps Cole and Cole helps Malcolm. Cole has learned he doesn't have to be afraid any longer; that's what he needed and he can feel safe and even useful for his sixth sense. Oh it's worth pointing out this movie got seven Oscar nominations including one for Cole and one for his mom. No wins unfortunately but for my money there's never been a child actor who could outdo Osment.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

Never ❤ He's been the best of my generation and I adore him in everything 🥰✨

[@jenfries6417]

Cole says it gets cold when the ghosts get mad. I think it's also when they express any other strong emotion. I think it was always cold in Cole's apartment because one of the ghosts haunting it was the angry abused woman who kept opening the kitchen cabinets. But their place was also haunted by Cole's grandma and the boy who died messing with his dad's gun. Neither of them seemed to make things cold. The girl who was poisoned is very upset and desperate to save her sister from suffering the same fate. The hanging ghosts at school were probably angry, but we didn't get close enough to see if it would be cold around them. Later, though, after Cole makes peace with the fact that he can see ghosts, he talks to the woman who died in the fire years before, and she doesn't generate cold because she's not angry. The voice in the closet, who was likely the ghost of a servant who was locked in there and accused of stealing. Maybe he died in that closet, or maybe that closet was his strongest memory so that's why his ghost manifested there. He was certainly angry, but the closet was so far from the main part of the house, maybe no one noticed the temperature, or maybe you had to be in there with him to feel it. I think the premise is that ghosts are everywhere, but how they impact the living depends on their mood or personality. If they're slightly stressed, it gets chilly. If they're angry, it gets cold enough to see your breath. If they're super enraged, they can inflict minor harm on a living person - scratches and welts. Also, the reason Dr. Crowe's situation was so confusing was because, like Cole said, he didn't know he was dead. He didn't have continuity because he wasn't actually continuously present. He appeared and disappeared in specific moments and situations relevant to what was important to him - feeling separated from his wife, and Cole's moments of crisis. Even he felt the disconnect, such as at the restaurant when he said that he just couldn't seem to keep track of time. That's why, every time he tried to open the cellar door and found it locked, we saw him reach into a pocket for keys, but we never saw him open the door. The movie just jumped to him being in the cellar, looking through his files. Crowe was skipping from one experience to another with nothing to connect them. I think maybe the reason we didn't see his wound like all the other ghosts was because his wound only bled on his back. He wore a coat, sweater or jacket when he met up with Cole, and in other scenes, I don't think we saw his back. I might be remembering that wrong, though. Btw, he didn't actually change clothes. The suit and the sweatshirt he wore were the clothes he wore on the night he died. We can assume the trenchcoat was also something he wore that night. As to why Cole's mom seemed okay with him running all over town without her, remember, she had three jobs to make ends meet. Cole was a latch-key kid, on his own much of the time. I'm sure most of the time, he obediently stuck to the places he was supposed to be in, but this time, she wouldn't have been around to tell him there was no way he was taking a bus trip all the way out to wherever in the suburbs. One detail of this movie that I always wondered about is the soldiers Cole plays with. Okay, he has his little green soldier toys, but the characters he assigns to them are weirdly specific and historical. I have to assume his toys are representing ghosts of soldiers from past wars. But I'm not sure if the soldier ghosts aren't so scary to him, like his grandma, or if he was trying to cope with them by hiding in the church and playing out the things they said or showed him. Finally, another detail I really like is right at the end when he says to his wife that "everything will be different in the morning." He wasn't just haunting their house, he was haunting her. She couldn't move on from her grief because he hadn't moved on. He was still there. She and her co-worker were attracted to each other, but she couldn't act on that because she still felt like a married woman. Even if she couldn't consciously sense her husband's presence, the emotional connection was still active. When he let go, he set her free. She would be able to start healing. Oh, and I wouldn't say that the movie changed the rules. I would say it's a case of "soft world-building." It has rules but it doesn't tell us what they are. We have to figure it out as we go along. Unfortunately, in this case, there are some inside knowledge rules. People who are into ghost lore and psychic stuff would understand some details better than people who aren't already into that. This would cover why some ghosts could touch and move things and even injure Cole, but others couldn't, why the ghosts knew to come to Cole, and why the girl ghost could move the box to show it to Cole but not to carry it - floating weirdly through the air? - to give it to her father, or couldn't pick up a pen and paper to write him a posthumous letter. People who are into ghost-hunting and that kind of thing have theories about all that stuff. It is indeed a weakness of the movie that it doesn't include more obvious hints about those parts of ghost lore.

[@izuela7677]

I wonder about the stuttering teachers bully. Was the teacher being stalked by a ghost of his childhood bully or was Cole psychic in other ways then just seeing ghosts.

[@jenfries6417]

@@izuela7677 That's definitely open to interpretation, and it's another thing that fans of ghost lore would have theories about, such whether ghosts are always intelligent entities or if some hauntings are so-called residual hauntings, in which the ghostly effects are just echoes of the past imprinted on the physical location. So, was the teacher haunted by the ghost of his bully? Or were the bullying chants so imprinted on the school building that Cole could hear them echoing through the halls, and he used that against the teacher because he was mad over being stared at? Or was Cole's psychic ability broad enough that he could pick up on living people's thoughts or memories as well as ghosts'? The movie never addresses that. One could spin some interesting stories off such questions.

[@melissabrooke1146]

If you haven’t watched Matt Fraser here on KZbin, he has excellent explanations about ghosts and specifically says to stay away from Ouija boards. He has fantastic insight but you can watch him and find out so much and it all makes so much sense. Highly recommend!

[@cjmac2786]

You know Ghosts don't exist,,, right ?? This is a story,,,, and make believe 👌

[@aurorah0982]

@@cjmac2786 Well, that is YOUR opinion... 🙄

[@leeannmcdermott8313]

If you treat many children over years and then a grown man breaks into your house while your drunk, there is no way you’re going to remember them, just saying give him a break

[@toodlescae]

Heck I ran into the guy I went to Homecoming with in Junior year 4 years later. Recognized his face but couldn't remember his name until the conversation was almost over. Recognizing an adult as a child you treated who knows how long ago while drunk? Not that easy.

[@snakecharm13]

I am a teacher... The kids faces change so much from the time I know them at 11 to when they are a grown up. So hard to recognize many of them. The faces in my mind are are little kids with little kid voices. Lol

[@dunbardunelm3924]

​@@snakecharm13So Sweet! 🤩💝

[@willvr4]

We are basically the same age, you must have lived under a rock to have not even seen this, but at least not seen pop culture references to it.

[@prettyteeth]

No way in hell he didn't know this twist.

[@robindude8187]

About the cold issues, if ghosts were angry/upset _all_ the time, it would be cold _all_ the time. Like us, it goes in waves. The people who were hung may not be, in _that_ moment, experiencing anger. Maybe they came to terms with things, or maybe they're just dealing with being emotionally worn out for those moments, and anger will flare later on. We've seen him be around a few ghosts who weren't angry or upset at that exact moment who didn't cause the cold. The people in the gallows didn't cause it, the kid with his head blown away didn't cause it, the cyclist who got killed didn't cause it. Not every ghost, at every moment, is actually angry/upset. The reason Malcolm's ghost makes it cold around his _wife_ is because while interacting with her he's generally upset due to the distance growing between them. He wasn't upset when he arrived at the anniversary meal table, but he was later that night, and was at various other points. At the end he wasn't upset when he went to talk to her initially, but as he discovered he was already dead he became upset and the temperature dropped. As he came to accept that he was dead, what was going on, the reality of it all, and let go... the temperature went back up, and we don't see her breath anymore. As to having the dead girl move the box to her father, it may be that moving something all that way is extremely difficult. Moreover, if it _is_ difficult, even somewhat, he'd have to make sure to get it to her father and not her mom, as her mom would just destroy it if she checked it out. That's a hard move to make. Plus we've never seen a ghost in this move anything more than a few inches, max. As for why we don't see Malcolm as a mess, it depends on whose point of view we're observing from, and there's the problem of his coat being in the way basically always. Even if/when it's not, I think that's almost always when it's just Malcolm and not Cole in the same spot, so it's clearly from _Malcolm's_ point of view... in which he sees what he wants to see, instead of what is. _He_ can't see that he's been shot. We haven't seen other ghosts change clothes, but then we've also never seen another ghost more than twice (and only 1 ghost do we see twice). Maybe they all do change from time to time, but because we only see them once or twice we don't notice. As for how the ghosts know... no clue. That one's pure magic. Possibly something about those who _can_ see attracts them? Or maybe, though they are unaware of it, they're split into hundreds of copies all over the place and they try everyone in the vicinity. This is never explained.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Alternatively, the ghosts may be randomly distributed -- no more numerous around Cole than around anyone else. But he sees them, while most others don't.

[@vly9257]

If the girl had kept putting the box in front of the father, he may never have noticed, or taken it seriously. If she had handed it to him, a blank / ghost handing him a box, he would probably have run away or gone to a psychiatrist... she needed a way to get him the box that wouldn't frighten him away but would get his attention on the tape.

[@Kayjee17]

Okay, some answers for you. 1 - Malcom, the therapist, was wearing a full suit when he died, and he appeared in the suit, or parts of it, throughout the movie; so sometimes he would take off the jacket or the jacket & tie, etc. 2 - The ghosts can ONLY interact with Cole and/or inanimate objects around Cole, so the sick daughter couldn't get the box with the tape in it to her father unless Cole gave it to him. 3 - The air only gets cold when a ghost is having STRONG NEGATIVE emotions (anger, sadness,etc.), so since Malcom was usually calm around Cole the air didn't get cold, but Malcom got upset so quickly when the guy was hitting on his wife that the temperature shot to cold so quickly it broke the window. 4 - Bonus for your rewatching pleasure: whenever something about ghosts is happening in the movie, the director highlights it with the color red. It's fun to catch those hints when you watch it again. Congratulations! You are the first person I've seen who caught the fact that Malcom was a ghost so early in the movie! I had a feeling your ability to closely analyze things would get you there before the reveal, but you got there even faster than I expected, and I salute you!

[@waylonmercy1533]

Dude, it’s late at night. They’d been drinking. Theyrealize someone is in their house. Adrenalin, fear rushing through your body. Can’t blame the guy for not recognizing Cole says it gets cold when the ghosts are angry.

[@unciuncia420]

Plus he mostly works with kids. If it's been ten years... Kids look very very different from one age to another.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

Speaking of "sixth senses," it's been shown that some people are adept at identifying the faces of adults whom they have only previously seen as children (and vice versa), and some are not.

[@fullmoonprepping4024]

It was never established that Malcolm was an empath, I don't know why you presumed that. And he last saw Vincent when he was a young child. It isn't the same as photography. People change. Also it is really discouraging to me how many people don't understand what the 6th sense is anymore.

[@AndieO]

Saw this movie in the theater with my husband.. Twice.. Back to back. Had to go back to see what I missed the first time through. Purchased it it the day it came out on video. One of my all time favourites.

[@insertname193]

It doesn’t get cold when ghosts are just around, it gets cold when the ghosts are upset

[@no_rubbernecking]

Dad cannot see his departed daughter. All he would see is a floating box or a box sliding toward him on a table. (Or a cassette doing those things.) Or a letter written by someone claiming to be his daughter. The girl couldn't see herself doing that, because it just seemed too terrifying and she didn't want him to be terrified. She wanted him to focus on the message rather than the medium of its delivery. Otherwise she'd rather he not be informed. If you think about it logically, he was actually much less likely to believe the message if she delivered it herself, because he wouldn't be able to focus on her information. To him, the main message would be that his lost daughter is a ghost trying to communicate with him. The girl didn't have much time to think about it before deciding whether she'd do it herself or ask Cole to help. Remember she didn't even know she was dead until she talked with Cole. Once she knew that he had known all along that she was a ghost, it would make a lot of sense for her to think first of asking him to help rather than strategize how best to do it herself. She was still trying to deal with just having learned that she died while trying to deal with the situation herself and that, having failed to deal with it, her mother was still proceeding with trying to murder her sister.

[@libertyresearch-iu4fy]

33:18 You must not have noticed that Cole had scars on his arms at the beginning. Malcolm and the medical doctor mentioned it. Also, you must remember that this movie was mostly from Malcolm's perspective, so they showed what he THOUGHT he was experiencing (i.e., he could not see Cole's breath, etc.). Malcolm never changed clothes; all he did was put on jackets and coats. The reason the kid couldn't take the box clear downstairs is perhaps because they are too weak for that long a trip with a burden. BTW, 'Fight Club' came after this one.

[@kimwatchesstuff]

Paused a short time in to write a comment and read this, He did notice during the church scene. I'm guessing later he forgot he noticed. lol (only 10 minutes in)

[@talco881]

The reason that the girl couldn't take the box to dad is dad wouldn't see her

[@talco881]

Fight Club was released a few months after the Sixth Sense

[@triceyg2014]

To be fair to Malcolm, it was late after a long night of celebration. He hadn't seen that patient for years, and he was in panic mode. I doubt I would've been "Johnny-on-the-spot" at that moment and I have a memory that I get teased over. 😊

[@stanmann356]

Not to mention the fact he was ten years older, kids faces change as they mature

[@CRTRRTinGA]

Yeah I don't think most people would recognize a child they saw maybe once a week 10 years ago when that now-adult shows up as a near skeletal figure in his underwear.

[@rebeccataylor8981]

You asked about the ghost in the upstairs landing closet (at the birthday party) -- from what I could hear him yell out, he was a servant from the time of the house's early days (maybe 1700s) who had been accused of stealing his master's ("master" meaning employer) horse, was locked by other staff or family members in that closet to keep him corralled until the master or the sheriff came for him, and was so terrified that when the door briefly opened and Cole was shoved in too, he clawed at Cole, the door, and anything he could grab in his panic. The closet was dark, so he couldn't see that Cole was only a child; as with the suicide wife in the kitchen who mistook Cole for her abusive husband, he didn't mean to hurt him.

[@izuela7677]

This movie is a good reminder that while we can see peoples reactions we still don't know entirely for sure what is going on in their heads. That smile you got might be happy, amused, wistful, boisterous, placating or something else entirely.

[@-The-Cake-Is-A-Lie-]

Sir, it was said multiple times the ghosts only have a temperature changing effect when they're ANGRY and/or emotionally distraught. Lol The kid never felt cold around Bruce Willis bc Bruce was never "upset/angry" around the kid.

[@Chris-kj7de]

Because Malcom is a ghost, we see him the way he thinks he looks, and not the way he really looks. "They see what they want to see." The beginning scene was not the ending; it was the true beginning of Malcom's journey as a psychologist ghost wanting to redeem himself by helping someone with Vincent's issues. Malcom was sitting waiting with Cole's mother for Cole to arrive home, which gave the impression that he had met with her before. I think perhaps you stopped the action too much to question everything, and was unable to see this movie flowing as a celebrated masterpiece of deception.

[@erikweiss769]

ACME was a real supermarket, at least on the east coast of the US. Haven't seen on in 15 to 20 years though.

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

"Where's your gun?" Well only 32% of adults own a gun. 44% live in a household with a gun. So not really surprising he doesn't have a gun.

[@tittrev]

It is truly remarkable to witness someone with an impeccable attention to detail watch this movie

[@philipem1000]

Exactly so. It was clear he was going to catch on as soon as he had enough information for the solution to be plausible. Most of us are not so observant.

[@philipem1000]

@@stevet5266 Yes but he didn't have enough information for a very implausible answer to suggest itself. The moment he got the one critical piece of the story needed to suggest the answer he was there.

[@ckobo84]

But is the objective of watching a movie to outsmart it? Nothing wrong with watching passively and just enjoying a movie. This guy kind of defeats the purpose.

[@willvr4]

@@ckobo84 Haha, yeah, I'd go insane watching a movie with him. You normally can't just pause every 30 seconds to analyze every god damn thing.

[@greatscott88]

watching his reactions to other movies i knew he was going to catch on very early. its great to see a reactor that pays super attention.

[@georginadevonshire9556]

He is a child psychologist he has not seen that boy in many, many years.

[@dionnecoburn134]

I love how much you care about what you are watching in the movie. Having said that, you keep talking over the move and you are missing what is not them talking but you are missing important facial cues. When you stop every few seconds you are missing a lot. Love your channel and your reactions. Wishing you many blessings.

[@anniesmolkin7685]

Thank you for doing this . That's Donnie Whalberg the shooter in their house . He is from the band the New Kids on the Block . He gave a surprise performance. Lost a lot of weight for it. It's a chilling performance.

[@robertcampomizzi7988]

3:47 Kids change. A teacher(for example) might not recognize their students 10-15 years afterward... it might take a minute.

[@scottjohnson7248]

Mr. Boyd previously reacted to The Lonely Island's "Jizz in My Pants" video. A lyric in the song spoils the twist of this movie. Maybe he subliminally absorbed the lyric and it gave him a leg up.

[@DaxRaider]

Every outfit we see Malcom wear throughout the film is a combo of the clothing items he wore on the night he died. "They don't know they're dead" and "they only see what they want to see". the air only gets cold when ghosts are extremely emotionally upset

[@dunbardunelm3924]

I love this subtle detail which always makes me smile as, I really didn't notice on the first watch 😅🥰 Brilliant movie ✨

[@JAYWALKER1000]

The other ghosts were angry - they needed Cole to do something for them - so the temperature dropped. The Doctor was the only one trying to do something for Cole - no temperature frop.

[@JakkFrost1]

3:30 he's been celebrating, he's drunk, and it's only been a few seconds. The number of children he's probably seen, and you expect him to recognize the strung out adult version of one immediately?

[@realSimoneCherie]

I have such empathy for the mother in this film. Not just Toni’s performance, although my God she’s brilliant - you’ve got a single parent working double shifts, she can’t understand why her son won’t tell her what’s troubling him, then he is being bullied, then SHE’S being accused of hurting him… Condemning her when she shows frustration is ridiculous. Cole obviously trusts his mother and does not fear her in any way - he doesn’t want her to think ill of him that’s why he won’t tell her. And you see the first time he finally tells her she DOES hear him and believe him. She’s a better mother than most get in this life

[@waylonmercy1533]

I couldn’t believe that was Donnie Wahlberg in the opening bathroom scene. When someone told me recently.

[@Yugioh420]

The child actor who plays Cole also plays Forrest Gump Jr.

[@jrasicmark1]

The Sixth Sense is theoretically anything sensed with your mind, so your guess was close. What researchers used to call E.S.P. or Extra-Sensory Perception, which includes telepathy, telekinesis, and Cole's talent, mediumship, or the ability to sense and communicate with the dead. I never stopped to think too much about Cole's offer for Malcolm to join his toy soldier's battalion, but your comment made me think, Cole must have met ghosts who died in Viet Nam, otherwise, how would a kid know those details. I always assumed ghosts must be drawn to people who can see them and communicate with them. Maybe they emit an energy that ghosts can feel. I mean, it's all fiction anyway, so why not.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

Re forgotten anniversary: "She can't even look at you Bro" 🤣🤣😂😭

[@donny1960]

This is the perfect example of "over thinking" something. You guessed the plot twist early. I also did. Just from the review from Rodger Ebert. He was so adamant . Telling the people who saw the movie to not reveal the plot. But by doing that he made it obvious it had to be BIG. Nothing bigger than being dead the whole movie.... ha ha But I still had a little doubt watching the movie. And the acting of all concerned was off the charts. So I took it for what it was. A great suspense movie. And even having a good clue as to what the twist was. That did not spoil the great scenes and step by step clues the Director laid out for us. I was able to enjoy it a little more than you...... Because overthinking can really get in the way of enjoying Movies.

[@ericgelinow]

ACME Isn’t made up, it is part of the Albertson chain of supermarkets, very common in the Philadelphia, metro area in Pennsylvania, where this film takes place, and was obviously shot

[@dionysiacosmos]

Cole's only nine. He's unable to understand every condition/rules especially as he's terrified half the time. There may be exceptions or other forces at work. His strategy for dealing with the ghosts is hiding from them as much as possible. Children think magically until the age of eight. He's only a year out of it. I've raised a gifted child and they go through the same developmental stages psychologically as every other child. They take in more information than average kids, but they process it with the same machinery. In two more years he'll be in Preformal Operations and his adult cognitive intellect will start developing. That's why they can begin to teach high mathematics to eighth graders. Right now Cole's amygdala is still running the show, and will continue to do so until his frontal lobes develop enough to suppress it.

[@JayRhea]

34:10 Actually, Acme is a large local supermarket chain in the Delaware Valley (lower Pennsylvania, lower New Jersey, Delaware), Maryland and Connecticut.

[@dionysiacosmos]

Malcolm's mind reading "game" was fixed. If he got it right Cole stepped towards the chair, if he got it wrong Cole stepped back and explained why Malcolm was wrong. Either way, Cole was actively engaged with him. Cole's Mom obviously played the fantasy that happened today game with him every day. She uses it to draw Cole out, just as Malcolm uses the mind reading game. At the very least she gets him to articulate his dreams. It's just make believe with a purpose.

[@kimwatchesstuff]

48:15 That was the premise for the show Ghost Whisperer in the 90s. Used to love that show!

[@dunbardunelm3924]

I can't believe how religiously I use to watch that show 😃🥰💝💖. Such a seemingly genuine and beautiful actress ☺️✨

[@rebeccataylor8981]

Oh gosh, so did I! The bittersweet plot twist where she explained to her best friend that she (the friend) had been killed by an airplane crash, then helped that friend talk to her friend's grieving brother, then, laughing through her tears, lovingly told her friend "You better be right there waiting for me when I come across", THEN (if I remember correctly) watched her friend's deceased dad come to greet her and accompany her home...*sniffle* *blows nose* In fact, I was so bummed by the friend's death (and she was a REGULAR CHARACTER, GAAAH!) that I stopped watching the show until years later in reruns. So thankfully I missed the original trauma of her husband's death and only saw it after learning that he gets to come back to her in another body. One (me) can only take so much fictional heartbreak.

[@kimwatchesstuff]

@randywhite3947 My bad, as I get older everything seems like it was ages ago. lol

[@paulklenknyc]

Malcolm had Vincent has a patient as a child. That’s why he didn’t recognize him.

[@oliverbrownlow5615]

How many viewers of this film didn't recognuze the adult Donnie Wahlberg as Vincent, after having been familiar with him as a teenager in New Kids on the Block?

[@michaelf8702]

The only time Malcolm really got angry around Cole was when Cole said that he was a freak. That was said outside so you didn't notice the temperature go down. Any other time he was around him. He wasn't angry so Cole never got cold.

[@mikepiccione886]

Acme is absolutely a grocery store chain here in phily😂❤

[@koutastone1994]

Such an excellent movie.

[@mil2k11]

There is zero way this man didn't see this film once before. He called out everything. 99% of people had no clue. He was aware of every easter egg and every "clue" that most didn't. He was good at backtracking it each time. But there's no way. Still gets a + from me because I like this gentleman's reactions.

[@SC-gp7kt]

Yes way. I've seen a few reactors figure it out. Plus I knew two people who'd seen the movie when it came out in the theater who had figured it out too. Not impossible.

[@MajorRza]

Lol at the ACME comment. They have been a supermarket chain forever here in the Philadelphia, Jersey, Delaware area. They are owned by Albertsons.

[@sikksotoo]

Came to check comments before saying the same

[@orangewarm1]

If you read Jung's theory on ghosts, it doesn't get cold when ghosts get angry, it gets cold when they manifest themselves because they pull the energy (ambient heat) out of the room.

[@dalehammers4425]

This movie had the first twist like this in movie history. Fight Club wouldnt have happened if this movie didnt set the stage.

[@scottjohnson7248]

Not likely. Both movies came out the same year and Fight Club was based on a book that came out earlier.

[@ysmith494]

I'm only 3 minutes in and you got me laughing. 😂

[@alolkoydesigns]

There used to be an ACME grocery store near my home when I lived in Downingtown Pa.

[@jimpemberton]

I think the temperature issue is easily explained. He only sees what he wants to see and he doesn't see the effects of his making the temperature cold. In reality it's probably cold, but he doesn't see it. If he sees another ghost making it cold, he can see that, whether or not he can see the other ghost. He also doesn't see his wound. He thinks he's still alive and projects having different clothes on. I think that's a projection of his own ghostly mind. After all, the clothes never died because they were never alive, so how can they be ghostly "things"? The director, M. Night Shyamalan, is kind of hit and miss. He's directed some flops, and he's directed this, which I think is a very good movie, probably his best.

[@rebeccataylor8981]

I think your analysis of the cold and the clothes are spot on! And because we are shown so much from Malcolm's viewpoint, we don't see what he's not seeing, either.

[@Jekmyster]

28:00 I am truly flabbergasted by you sir. You and a close friend of mine, who at this point will also be visible to Cole (haley joel osment), are the only two people I know who figured out the twist to this movie at this point of the film. The rest of us had to wait until the reveal to release a sign of gasp at the situation being presented. Hats off to you sir. Your powers of observation is astonishing to watch.

[@V01t2]

Great detective work. Watching someone piece it together is just as exciting as someone who doesn't

[@wokeKenB]

the ghosts mean cold, but the movie presents the paradigm of Bruce Willis when he is in the scene until he comes to terms with his death. Scenes without him and scenes after his recognition show a more objective paradigm in line with Haley Joel Osment or the general cast. "They see what they want to see." and the director controls what we see to craft the movie.

[@6alcantara]

Yeah, they see what they want to see and we see what the director wants us to see; just like when we don't see any ghosts until Cole says he sees dead people.

[@thebrhinocerous]

When they finally start showing what he sees and goes through on a regular basis nearly every day, it's actually pretty heartbreaking. To be that young, and to have things like that happen to you that literally no one else can see, and to have no one believe you, and for it to be such a life of fear and torment...it really hits hard if you consider all of that. And then to be a parent having to deal with it, where you truly cannot believe what your kid is saying or what is happening in your own home, and then to find out that it was all true. That would be a lot of guilt as a parent. All of the acting in this movie was top-tier. But I'll tell ya, I think watching a movie with you would be torture 😂

[@leonardchurch7675]

The reason we didn't see the trademark 'ghost' issues was because Malcolm didn't know he was a ghost.

[@Brandon-tz5pn]

This man is about to figure it out in 2 seconds. I just know it.

[@rickardroach9075]

38:52 Dude, *spoilers!* I ain’t seen _Fight Club_ yet. (Guess I don’t have to now.)

[@Anne.Pinkerton]

I really needed that laugh today!!!! Thanks!

[@realSimoneCherie]

you misunderstood the rule about temperature (emotion dependent) and you weren't paying attention to Bruce - his outfit doesn't change.

[@Migz2682]

Acme is a supermarket chain on some of the East coast

[@gwp4eva]

guys he obviously has seen the movie before or knows about the twist ending. that’s why all his “observations” are so on point

[@jmutube61191]

yet he missed the hints or wrong about it being Bruce as a ghost 🤷

[@memitaylor4323]

Your analyzing the movie is making me laugh , I’ve never seen anybody do this. I love the way your mind works❣️🥰💗

[@scoobysnacks]

Acme is a real grocery store chain. We have them in Maryland and I know they are in Delaware as well.

[@talco881]

Everyone can see ghosts, but they shut themselves down so they don't have to.

[@mikemonroe6871]

Acme is a real grocery store. There is one near my grandmothers in Ohio.

[@DJ_Cub]

3:49 I think the difference is that he’s a child psychiatrist… so this patient is now grown up. If you did child photography and knew what all your models looked like grown up you’d be catching a case soon somewhere.

[@TheGILBERTnetwork]

the problem with your theory is that it’s their theory is what’s in play here. The other plots are not important, simply used for distraction. Nothing else mattered outside of fixing things for the kid

[@tygerfisk7519]

Couldn't find it mentioned in the comments but 90+% of people didn't realize it untill the end, and that surprise impact made the movie what it is, so your unique attention to detail detracted from the experience. But you can lord it over ppl that you figured it out early, that's a plus

[@paulklenknyc]

All the clothes you see Malcolm wear throughout the film were items he was wearing the night he died. Overcoat, dress shirt, tie, sports jacket, which he removed to put on his sweatshirt. Also, Malcolm is made out of butter. You are one of the only reactors who noticed that.

[@jeramyczapansky4015]

My man would get the waitress fired for not giving the ghost a cup…

[@Yugioh420]

I think the temperature dropping aspect is more to do with extreme emotional.

[@mamakat114]

I think the orbs (Guardian Angel) in all the pictures with Cole is his Grandmother

[@lala_sparkles8035]

That's a nice thought

[@tr0nb0y]

35:35 She's sending him to bed before he finished dinner because, from her prospective, he's 100% lying right to her face. That shit is infuriating. Give the poor single mom some slack on this one. Jeez.

[@WolfStarbuck]

So... firstly, you kind of "cheated" by analyzing it scene by scene the way you did, which let you pick up on pretty much ALL the clues. Also, there are two different perspectives playing out, Malcom (the Doctor) and Cole. Malcolm doesn't know he's dead. He thinks he's alive, and he sees what he wants or expect to see. He doesn't see the cold breath of the living when he's in the room. When you see things from Cole's perspective, he sees their wounds, he sees their "psyche" which is what causes him so much distress. But you DID miss one clue... whenever there was someone dead, there was red in the shot. As for comparing this to Fight Club. This came out first, and in this case, Malcolm wasn't a figment of the imagination. He was completely real, but only Cole could see him. He couldn't move on because he had unfinished business - and helping Cole solved that for him so in the end he went ... wherever dead people go.

[@lisaprince6996]

I’ve watched many reactions to this movie, but you saw things that I, nor any of the reactors I’ve watched, have ever noticed before. The main one is the fact that Cole isn’t cold around Malcolm and also that the little girl could’ve just given her father the box herself. You’re very astute!

[@faureamour]

Very intriguing to see your reaction to this, your attention to detail, as well as grappling with the story. I don't think you'd enjoy many of M Night Shyamalan's work, but I would be really curious to see your reaction to Signs. It's another one of his that people tend to enjoy. One that I enjoy and not many people see is Lady in the Water. It'd be fun to watch you try to unpack that one.

[@rklong1790]

I don't think I can watch Signs ever again. Single time in theater with full dolbe surround sound. There are images that I cannot scrape out of my head 20 yrs later.

[@milannesic5718]

Dude, movie Signs was shred apart by some audience. They pointed out how ridiculous some scenes are. What do you think this guy will do? He will destroy it even further (if he is not scared of angry subscribers)

[@orangewarm1]

You should watch Ghost with Patrick Swayze -- it has similar rules. When watching supernatural films you cant apply scientific knowledge, Logical.

[@mariodlc7024]

lol, at 17:40: Give this man a cup. For what, a cup of holy water?

[@finkelmana]

You figured it out before most people did. Sadly, I figured it out before I even saw the movie. I remember when it came out, it was so popular they were playing commercials for it on the TV and radio non-stop. I remember talking to friends who asked if I had seen it yet. I said no. They said I had to see it, as it has an amazing twist ending. I thought for a second and asked of Bruce Willis' character is dead. They said yes and accused me of seeing the movie. I turned on the TV flipped through the channels for a second and sure enough a trailer came up. "I see dead people." Then they kinda grumbled and admitted it wasnt a big logical leap.

[@JakkFrost1]

That's why I'm scrupulously careful about even giving hints about a movie that may spoil something for someone intelligent enough to make a correct logical leap based on context clues. Just telling someone this movie has an incredible twist is more than enough for many to figure it out. Hell, if Shyamalan had been more well-known when this came out, with his penchant for twists, even that would have been enough to give it away.

[@willcool713]

Fyi, depending on the theory of mind, I believe current consensus posits between 9 and 15 senses in humans. Some of the publicly less considered senses are balance, time, and proprioception (awareness of your own body position in space). Empathy in the mirror neuron netwok, a sense of reason or logic, sense of direction, sense of proportion and distance, and social senses involved in communication are often broken down and categorized differently, but are among the other senses often psychologically considered. Other animals have more, like magnetic or electrical senses, keener and more diverse receptors for taste and touch and smell, polarity vision, and vision in more and different wavelengths, as well as senses we simply have no conception of or means to measure.

[@rebeccataylor8981]

I agree with your post, especially the comments about the senses of other species. Hilariously, though, my first thought on reading it was "Ooh, proprioception must be what gymnasts call The Twisties!" I didn't know it had a scientific name. ;D

[@KeatingChick]

A small but powerful roll for Donnie Wahlberg. He went thru a lot to prepare for this scene. He lost 43 pounds for the role, didn't shower for weeks and isolated himself from his family. It was a brilliantly played scene. Most people didn't even recognize him.

[@onegemini420]

Maybe the ghosts hanging from the rope could be sad and miserable. They do not necessarily have to be angry.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

OMG - never heard that Extra Sensory Perception is often called the 6th Sense? Just shut it and watch it in real time - without ruining the flow, dude.

[@BigJT246]

Dude you completely missed the rules lol. Maybe pay attention more. What you call plot holes is something you missed or misunderstood or forgot. Pushing a small box isnt the same as lifting the box and handing it to the father. Also only mediums like the kid can see and speak to ghosts so unless the father is one also, he wouldn't be able to see or speak to his deceased daughter. Ghosts under extreme emotions make the surrounding area cold, not just the presence of a ghost.

[@jamestaylor3805]

Rewatch and keep an eye out for the color red.

[@JamieLeaFL]

I want to stand in the corner to watch everyone, dissecting their behaviors. Thanks for being me, bro. Love you.

[@dunbardunelm3924]

😂😂🥰🤗

[@stlmopoet]

I have always loved this movie. The rules in the movie are very consistent, if you know what the rules are. The boy is a medium who helps the ghosts interact with the physical world. So she can move the box in his presence. Every permutation of what Malcom wore in the movie he wore within an hour of his death. Malcom was not angry or perturbed until he knew he was dead at the end of the movie. The only deep emotion he showed before that was sadness. You did a good job catching that he was likely dead. Many first time viewers miss the clues.