12 Movies Where the Critics Were Totally and Completely Wrong
3. The Sixth Sense (1999)
With the benefit of hindsight, though, it’s just one of many good thrillers to have come out of the 1990’s.
Those that did manage to guess the ending early on were forced to sit through an incredibly slow movie just to be able to say “I told you so.”
The film relies entirely on its shock ending which opens up major plot holes if you attempt to sit through it a second time.
How could Bruce Willis possibly get through an entire year without interacting with anyone including his wife? Even the angriest woman in the world would struggle to keep the silent treatment going for that long.
The movie does feature a few decent scares but eventually leaves the audience feeling cheated at the end. Movies that feature a plot twist where the main character is dead, hallucinating or dreaming can be enjoyable, but the director has to work extremely hard to conceal this fact or the film loses all its credibility very early on.
Despite the flaws, the film went on to gross a staggering $672 million.
