Night Shyamalan is among a handful of filmmakers to have identified a suppressed, bummed-out quality in Willis’ repertoire - an underutilized shade of blue on his emotional color wheel. It was a surprisingly convincing look for the actor in 1999, at the end of a decade largely spent firing bullets and wisecracks. He drapes himself in sadness, and it fits as snugly as the overcoat he wears through most of this uncommonly downbeat Hollywood blockbuster. Regret tugs at the edges of that million-dollar smile. In The Sixth Sense, Willis looks as haunted as Osment’s preteen medium. The boy is also attuned to the deep, existential funk of his doctor - the unmistakable melancholy percolating through the cracks in the man’s persistent, paternal kindness. Cole sees dead people it’s the big secret he’ll reveal to Malcolm just a moment later, via a much more iconic line of dialogue. “Tell me a story about why you’re sad,” young Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) implores his therapist, Malcom Crowe (Bruce Willis), in the most famous scene from The Sixth Sense. Photo-Illustration: Vulture Photos by Focus Features, Universal Studios, Moviestore/Shutterstock and Buena Vista Pictures
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