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6 Years Reviews

Fidell's tone and direction keep the film steady and the characters relatable.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 2, 2019

6 YEARS shows what happens when two well-intentioned lovers begin to fester.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Mar 1, 2019

Hannah Fidell has quickly become one of the faces to watch in independent film, her naturalistic style of filmmaking and ability to get the best of our her actors and shepherd improvised scenes creates characters and movies you want to root for.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 26, 2016

The euphoria and anguish of first love has been captured in countless films, but few do it with the level of raw authenticity and intimacy as 6 Years.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 23, 2016

It gives shape to the anxiety and emotional tumult that comes with maturation and the struggle to hold a relationship together after irreparable fissures have already started to form.

Full Review | Sep 14, 2015

Indie romance has domestic violence, lots of sex, drinking.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 26, 2015

...a film worth watching, one that depicts young love in all its toxic and swooning glory.

Full Review | Original Score: 7.5/10 | Aug 26, 2015

6 Years has universal appeal in spades, two lovely lead performances and a whole lot of truth.

Full Review | Aug 21, 2015

Next time out, Fidell needs to find some kind of midrange between A Teacher's outré leanings and 6 Years' conventionality.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 20, 2015

[6 Years] too often veers toward melodramatic overstatement, inspiring little empathy or understanding despite the committed performances of promising young leads Taissa Farmiga and Ben Rosenfield.

Full Review | Aug 18, 2015

A melodrama benefitting from excellent performances but suffering from a too-obvious script.

[The two leads'] heartbreaking performances imbue this familiar Austin-set narrative with a fiery edge.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Aug 18, 2015

There is enough in 6 Years from Farmiga and Rosenfield's performances to warrant a watch, and Fidell's ideas and subtle developments around such a challenging story are heartfelt and mostly well-rendered.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Aug 18, 2015

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Reviewed by: Jennie Kermode

Melanie (Taissa Farmiga) and Dan (Ben Rosenfield) have been together for six years. They're both in their twenties so that feels like a very long time; indeed, the average length of a marriage in the US today is eight years. Melanie and Dan are not married - they don't even share a home - but they spend almost all their time together and they've made plans together, plans set to encompass a whole lifetime. When things suddenly start to go awry, it's a shock to them both.

It begins abruptly, with a drunken argument. We've seen Melanie at a party, drinking heavily, thoughtlessly driving back to Dan's place. Initially happy to see her, he freaks out when he realises the risk she's taken. She gets angry in response and tries to leave, to get back into the car, so he restrains her; then she pushes him. Later, in the emergency room, a nurse politely asks how it happened. "I tripped," he says. Her expression, though obliquely glimpsed, tells us that's an answer she hears too often.

Despite this potentially damning incident, there are no straightforward good guys or bad guys in this film. Even when, at a later stage, Melanie is assaulted by somebody else, it's not entirely clear what the assailant thought he was doing. She doesn't chide the friend who left her in a dangerous situation - they were both drunk, these things happen. There's that happy-go-lucky approach that young people take, not expecting very much of each other and often, as a consequence, not being very happy at all.

This carelessness, often from people who do care, sees small incidents and accidents spiral outward until nobody seems able to control the consequences. Both young protagonists are intensely self-centred and struggle to identify the things they might do to repair their faltering communication. Farmiga is superb as Melanie, plunging viewers into a world of pain, desperate to hold onto Dan as he finds himself drawn away from her by work prospects and his unexpected attraction to another woman. He's frightened by Melanie's neediness, unaware of his own need because he's never been tested. The audience is carried along on a rollercoaster ride; everything these young people do makes complete sense but, at the same time, no sense at all.

Hannah Fidell's script shows the same sharp insight she brought to A Teacher , continually telling us more about the characters than they know about themselves. Its astutely managed ambiguities lead us into uncomfortable territory and sometimes verge on the political, especially when we see how others respond to physical expressions of disharmony between the couple. Can there be any way back from here, even if Melanie and Dan really love each other? Do they love each other, or are they simply in the habit of expecting to?

6 Years is perhaps the smartest exploration of youthful romance that you'll see this year. Both lead actors are superb, delivering painfully naturalistic performances, and Fidell just keeps getting better, leaving one eager to see what she'll do next.

Director: Hannah Fidell

Writer: Hannah Fidell

Starring: Taissa Farmiga, Ben Rosenfield, Lindsay Burdge, Joshua Leonard, Jennifer Lafleur

Runtime: 85 minutes

Country: US

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Relationships can have some serious highs and lows and writer-director Hannah Fidell digs deep into both ends of the spectrum in her third feature, 6 Years . Ben Rosenfield and Taissa Farmiga lead as Dan and Mel. They’ve known each other since they were kids, have been dating for six years and plan on building a life together in Austin after graduation. However, when Dan is given the opportunity to turn his internship into a full-time job in New York, their rock solid, loving relationship starts to fall apart.

Fidell made an especially strong impression with her SXSW 2013 award-winning film, A Teacher , so I couldn’t help but to walk into 6 Years expecting something similar. However, that’s not the case whatsoever. Perhaps it’s growth as a filmmaker or just Fidell flexing her muscles, but whatever you want to call it, 6 Years proves she’s a strong director with some serious range who can take material, highlight the heart and humanity in it, and turn it into a meaningful experience.

Whether you’ve been in a longterm relationship or not, you can’t help but to connect with Dan and Mel because their feelings for one another are so palpable. Mere minutes into the film, you’re convinced that they’re truly meant to be together. Fidell is a little heavy-handed when it comes to teasing the things that are about to test their relationship, but, then again, it is a movie. You know it’s going to happen the moment you walk into the theater and the film opens with an idyllic montage of Dan and Mel spending a wonderful day together. However, having a sense of what’s coming doesn’t make watching things fall apart any easier.

Not for a second do you ever doubt their love, but Fidell, Rosenfield and Farmiga do an exceptional job of delivering two different perspectives on the same relationship and then playing with how they affect one another. It quickly becomes apparent that Mel needs Dan a bit more than he needs her, but the film doesn’t just leave it at that. Despite what Dan’s mother says, it isn’t as cut and dry as just going with what’s best for his future. No matter what he decides, Mel’s going to be with him - either by his side or weighing on his mind. You’re rooting for him to take the job and live his dream, but you’re also hoping that they stick together and the constant back and forth keeps you engaged and invested from start to finish.

Whereas A Teacher pairs its very serious relationship conundrum with a more muted palette, 6 Years is absolutely brimming with color and it gives the material a welcomed youthful buoyancy. Mel and Dan get into serious and even dangerous arguments, but Fidell manages to subtlety convey that even though their relationship may seem like the be all, end all right now, they’re still just kids and they have their whole lives ahead of them, and that little bit of hope is vital to the entertainment value of the film.

Mel and Dan are very bright, warm people, but they have darker moments as well. He’s weak-willed and she’s got a habit of throwing violent tantrums. It’d be easy for the film to get swallowed up by the all too familiar young adult entitlement, but thanks to Farmiga and Rosenfield’s layered performances, their behavior, even the worst of it, is justified. It certainly isn’t easy watching Dan take steps closer to giving into temptation or to see Mel sink into a deep depression, but between Farmiga and Rosenfield’s wholehearted work and Fidell’s dead-on visual choices, 6 Years does wind up being a worthwhile, thoughtful exploration of the disintegration of a loving relationship.

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‘6 Years’ (2015) Movie Review

By Mike Shutt

It’s a tough task to portray a couple in a long term relationship on screen. People who have been together for an extended period of time have a different kind of rhythm than those who have just met or are still figuring each other out, and chances are the actors portraying the long term couple in a movie have just met recently. So, when I see a believable long term couple in a movie, it’s a unique accomplishment. 6 Years , the latest film from director Hannah Fidell , has nothing to worry about when it comes to that, as Taissa Farmiga ‘s Mel and Ben Rosenfield ‘s Dan totally sell the idea these two have been together for the titular amount of time. They even elevate the material as it slips into melodrama territory, though most of the film exhibits an honest look at a breakup.

Dan and Mel are a couple of college students at the University of Texas. He is currently an intern at a record company and really likes his job and the people there, particularly Amanda ( Lindsay Burdge ). Mel is a little less set in her ways, focusing on just getting through her academics. They are coming up on six years together, as they started dating when they were teenagers growing up next door to one another. One night Mel comes over to Dan’s house completely drunk (so much drinking in this movie). He berates her for how stupid it is to drive drunk, and she isn’t having any of it. The two have a rather physical fight and she shoves him into a dresser, bashing the back of his head against a corner. This is the beginning of the end.

I wish there had been less big moments like that. If you put in too many, you sort of get a cause and effect approach to a breakup rather than just a parting of two people. It is not merely one thing that makes two people split. It is a build up of small things overtime and one uses a big moment as the final nail in the coffin. Up until that point, we have not seen any problems with their relationship. Yes, the moment is shocking, but we do not know how much more is behind it.

There are things one could consider a big moment that felt more organic. Dan kissing Amanda at a party is one of those, but the moment plays much smaller than it easily could have. Rosenfield could have gotten up and started yelling at himself. Instead, him and Burdge play it like they are trying to stay as calm as they possibly can. Dan is yelling at himself on the inside, but we can easily see that in his eyes.

Even though Farmiga and Rosenfield are given bigger moments to play, the two manage to make them work. They have a phenomenal chemistry and a knack for saying the worst things to one another, but feeling awful about it while saying it. That being said, you can only say the worst/honest things of that nature to someone you love. In lesser actors’ hands, this could have been an overwrought mess of a film. Here, it’s still a bit melodramatic, but effective.

Director of photography Andrew Droz Palermo ‘s photography is terrific. It meshes the melodrama into a believable world seamlessly, yet adding heft to the look with the widescreen presentation. Small relationship dramas rarely have a unique look to them, and the muted look of Austin, Texas captured here is beautiful and effective.

6 Years leans a little too heavily on the big moments, but its actors are so damn good I can forgive a lot of the plot problems. When all is said and done, you still care immensely for this couple and want what is best for both of them, even if that means not being together. So, it has some missteps, but 6 Years is still quite good.

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Indie romance has domestic violence, lots of sex, drinking.

Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that 6 Years is an indie romance about college love that's definitely not for kids. Sex and relationships are the main themes, and there are multiple sex scenes, a lot of talk about sex, and a short pornography clip that shows full-female nudity. Profanity abounds, with "f--k" and "s--t"…

Why Age 17+?

Multiple sex scenes. A clip from a porn video shows a woman without underwear, i

College kids smoke a joint. Lots of drinking, including to the point of throwing

Lots of profanity including "f--k" and "s--t" many times.

Mel shoves, hits, and throws things at Dan when she's drunk, causing him to hit

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Decisions you make can affect the rest of your life, so you should think them th

Not a lot of role models here. Mel is abusive and destructive, though she does t

Sex, Romance & Nudity

Multiple sex scenes. A clip from a porn video shows a woman without underwear, including a flash of frontal nudity. Lots of talk about sex, including discussions about pornography.

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Drinking, Drugs & Smoking

College kids smoke a joint. Lots of drinking, including to the point of throwing up. Horrible behavior shown while characters are drunk, including drunk driving and domestic violence. One character smokes a cigarette.

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Violence & Scariness

Mel shoves, hits, and throws things at Dan when she's drunk, causing him to hit his head, step on broken glass. A guy attempts to sleep with a girl when she's drunk enough to almost be unconscious.

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Decisions you make can affect the rest of your life, so you should think them through so you don't live with regret. Drinking to excess can lead to dangerous consequences.

Positive Role Models

Not a lot of role models here. Mel is abusive and destructive, though she does try to do what's best for Dan in the end. Everyone drinks too much and behaves badly while drunk.

Parents need to know that 6 Years is an indie romance about college love that's definitely not for kids. Sex and relationships are the main themes, and there are multiple sex scenes, a lot of talk about sex, and a short pornography clip that shows full-female nudity. Profanity abounds, with "f--k" and "s--t" used liberally. Drinking is featured heavily, with the main character drinking to the point of getting sick and driving while drunk. There are some disturbing scenes of domestic violence where the main character hits and shoves her boyfriend while drunk, causing him to hit his head and step on broken glass. A guy attempts to sleep with a girl when she's drunk enough to almost be unconscious. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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Worst movie ive ever seen

Interesting...., what's the story.

Mel ( Taissa Farmiga ) and Dan ( Ben Rosenfield ), almost college graduates, have been together since high school. To the amazement of their friends, the two are still in love after six years and are planning their lives together once they get out of school. But when Dan starts getting closer to his music-industry coworkers, especially his boss Amanda (Lindsay Burdge), and Mel's drinking starts to get out of control, their relationship takes a dark turn that neither of them expects.

Is It Any Good?

Although Farmiga and Rosenfield do an admirable job of portraying two people in the midst of emotional crisis, this tense romance too often delves into melodrama to be a great film. There's also too much time spent showing the two leads drinking with their friends and not enough time spent developing their relationship, leaving the viewer wondering why Dan was with Mel in the first place. The film does a good job of showing the consequences of excessive drinking, especially paired with the heightened emotions of youth and inexperience. But it mostly serves up a lot of tension with no real resolution or point.

Although parents may appreciate the underlying message to not jump to conclusions and that abuse isn't always inflicted by men, this is probably not a movie they'd want their teens watching. And adults may be dissatisfied by the melodramatic dialogue and lack of character development.

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Movie Details

• On DVD or streaming : August 18, 2015
• Cast : Taissa Farmiga , Ben Rosenfield , Lindsay Burdge
• Director : Duplass Brothers Productions
• Inclusion Information : Female actors
• Studio : Netflix
• Genre : Drama
• Run time : 85 minutes
• MPAA rating : NR
• Last updated : July 17, 2024

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Distances itself from other flawed relationship narratives with excellent acting and a subversion of gender roles.

In her previous film, A Teacher , writer-director Hannah Fidell examined the unconventional affair between a high-school teacher and her student. The filmmaker continues her focus on forbidden relationships in 6 Years  when a long-term romance gets tested by betrayal and a new job opportunity. With an improvised script, small-name actors, and a naturalistic relationship, it’s no surprise that indie gods Mark and Jay Duplass were executive producers on the film.

It’s challenging to demonstrate years worth of chemistry, inside banter, and the subtle cadence between two people accurately on film; Fidell doesn’t seem to have that problem here. The two leads, Dan ( Ben Rosenfield ) and Mel ( Taissa Farmiga ), portray convincing soulmates who’ve grown up together since childhood and have been dating for six years. They have the kind of relationship that can sense something is wrong from just a tiny inflection in each others voice. And they can easily tell when the other has had too much to drink, regardless of how much the other tries to deny it.

As young college students tend to do, the couple takes full advantage of their freedom and lack of responsibility by spending most of their time drinking and partying with friends. One night a boozed up Mel visits Dan and tries to get frisky with him. But the mood is killed when an argument breaks out after Dan discovers she drove in this condition. A vocal argument turns physical and puts Dan in the hospital with some minor injuries (a gender role reversal in domestic disputes that’s rarely shown in films).

Dan isn’t portrayed as a saint either. Like many troubled relationships, both parties are guilty of making mistakes of their own. Over some beers one night, Dan leans over and kisses his female co-worker (Lindsay Burdge, in a somewhat reprised role from A Teacher ). He realizes his mistake right away and stops before anything else happens. But the damage unfolds a few scenes later when Mel borrows his phone and finds a text message that exposes his incident.

There are a few scenes in 6 Years that feel a bit cliche. In two different parts in the film, the couple inadvertently walk in on each other in various sexual situations; Dan needs to borrow Mel’s laptop and finds she was watching porn (another refreshing gender role reversal) and Mel conveniently catches Dan sleeping with someone else. But these few melodramatic spots in the script are overshadowed by stunning performances from Rosenfield and Farmiga. Rosenfield channels his inner Mark Duplass, capturing his introverted and down-to-earth mannerisms, while Farmiga brings a lot of energy and passion to a less desirable role as the “manipulative one.”

6 Years captures what a long-term relationship feels like when it nears the breaking point. First love is a powerful beast, but its fate is often doomed from failing to accept that sometimes ending a relationship is better than trying to stick it out. Fidell illustrates this powerful realization in the final emotional scene of uncertainty. It’s heartbreaking. 6 Years distances itself from other flawed relationship narratives with its excellent acting and fresh take on gender roles.

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• "Fidell coaches serviceable dialogue out of the actors (...) Still, '6 Years' falls short of developing a substantial arc out of its rudimentary storyline"  Eric Kohn : IndieWire
• "A melodrama benefitting from excellent performances but suffering from a too-obvious script"  The Hollywood Reporter
• "[It] too often veers toward melodramatic overstatement, inspiring little empathy or understanding despite the committed performances of promising young leads Taissa Farmiga and Ben Rosenfield"  Justin Chang : Variety
• "Between Farmiga and Rosenfield’s wholehearted work and Fidell’s dead-on visual choices, '6 Years' does wind up being a worthwhile, thoughtful exploration of the disintegration of a loving relationship"  Perri Nemiroff : Collider
• "Although the story’s outcome is telegraphed from the get-go, there are still many things of interest (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"  Marjorie Baumgarten : Austin Chronicle

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Directed by Hannah Fidell

A young couple bound by a seemingly ideal love, begins to unravel as unexpected opportunities spin them down a volatile and violent path and threaten the future they had always imagined.

Taissa Farmiga Ben Rosenfield Lindsay Burdge Joshua Leonard Jennifer Lafleur Peter Vack Dana Wheeler-Nicholson Jason Newman

Director Director

Hannah Fidell

Producers Producers

Kelly Williams Jonathan Duffy Andrew Logan

Writer Writer

Editors editors.

Carlos Marques-Marcet Sofi Marshall

Cinematography Cinematography

Andrew Droz Palermo

Assistant Director Asst. Director

Malina Panovich

Executive Producers Exec. Producers

Jay Duplass Mark Duplass Mel Eslyn

Production Design Production Design

Annell Brodeur Lanie Faith Marie Overton

Composer Composer

Julian Wass

Sound Sound

Lyman Hardy Renée Stairs

Costume Design Costume Design

Annell Brodeur

Duplass Brothers Productions

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6 Years is a 2015 American romantic drama film, written and directed by Hannah Fidell, and starring Taissa Farmiga, Ben Rosenfield, Lindsay Burdge, Joshua Leonard, Peter Vack, and Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. Filmmakers Mark and Jay Duplass served as executive producers under their Duplass Brothers Productions banner. The film depicts two weeks in the relationship of college students Melanie Clark and Dan Mercer, as their 6-year romance turns violent.

The film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival on March 14, 2015. It then had its European premiere at the Champs-Élysées Film Festival on June 13, 2015. 6 Years was released on video on demand platforms on August 18, 2015 by The Orchard, and was made available worldwide on Netflix on September 8, 2015.

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Annell Brodeur

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Lanie Faith Marie Overton

Andrew Droz Palermo

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Malina Panovich

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Hannah Fidell

Katie Lemon

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Carlos Marques-Marcet

Sofi Marshall

Jay Duplass

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Andrew Logan

Jonathan Duffy

Kelly Williams

Korey Pereira

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Chris Swanson

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Julian Wass

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Lyman Hardy

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• indieWire Eric Kohn [The two leads'] heartbreaking performances imbue this familiar Austin-set narrative with a fiery edge.
• Movies with Mae Mae Abdulbaki Fidell's tone and direction keep the film steady and the characters relatable.
• Common Sense Media Grace Montgomery Indie romance has domestic violence, lots of sex, drinking.
• The Film Stage Jordan Raup The euphoria and anguish of first love has been captured in countless films, but few do it with the level of raw authenticity and intimacy as 6 Years.
• Fresh Fiction James Clay 6 YEARS shows what happens when two well-intentioned lovers begin to fester.
• The Young Folks Allyson Johnson ...a film worth watching, one that depicts young love in all its toxic and swooning glory.
• Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten Next time out, Fidell needs to find some kind of midrange between A Teacher's outré leanings and 6 Years' conventionality.
• The Playlist Charlie Schmidlin There is enough in 6 Years from Farmiga and Rosenfield's performances to warrant a watch, and Fidell's ideas and subtle developments around such a challenging story are heartfelt and mostly well-rendered.
• Variety Justin Chang [6 Years] too often veers toward melodramatic overstatement, inspiring little empathy or understanding despite the committed performances of promising young leads Taissa Farmiga and Ben Rosenfield.
• Hollywood Reporter John DeFore A melodrama benefitting from excellent performances but suffering from a too-obvious script.
• Austin American-Statesman Matthew Odam It gives shape to the anxiety and emotional tumult that comes with maturation and the struggle to hold a relationship together after irreparable fissures have already started to form.
• Thompson on Hollywood Ryan Lattanzio 6 Years has universal appeal in spades, two lovely lead performances and a whole lot of truth.

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• The Sixth Sense's twist is now too famous, making it hard to experience the film without spoilers.
• Rewatching The Sixth Sense reveals plot conveniences and ghost rule inconsistencies.
• The movie struggles to define its main character and has an underdeveloped secondary character, Anna.

The Sixth Sense has just turned 25 years old, and while the M. Night Shyamalan film is still great, the movie does have some problems that weren't as apparent when the movie first released in 1999. The legacy of The Sixth Sense is enormous, with it launching the careers of director M. Night Shyamalan and actor Haley Joel Osment while also introducing the world to one of the best twist endings of all time . The Sixth Sense has remained in the pop culture ethos for two and a half decades now, although many haven't fully realized these 10 harsh realities.

The Sixth Sense follows Bruce Willis' Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist who becomes invested in the case of Haley Joel Osment's Cole Sear, a young boy who claims that he is able to see dead people. While most of the film centers around Crowe trying to uncover the truth about the boy's condition, The Sixth Sense famously ends with a twist that reveals that Malcolm has been dead the whole time. This mind-blowing twist completely changes how viewers see the movie, but on a rewatch some issues become far more apparent than they originally were.

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10 The Sixth Sense's Twist Is Too Famous For Its Own Good

It becomes hard to take seriously.

While The Sixth Sense 's twist blew the minds of audiences when the film was first released in 1999, the ending has made its way into common knowledge, with it now being too famous for its own good. Many viewers who didn't get the chance to watch The Sixth Sense until years after it came out already had the twist ending spoiled for them, as it is so well-known now that it is nearly impossible to go into the film blind.

The ending of The Sixth Sense has been parodied and homaged in all kinds of different forms , which is one of the reasons that it is so hard to avoid spoilers. On top of that, viewers that did see the ending as intended may not enjoy the film as much on a rewatch, as the constant jokes about The Sixth Sense may make the film seem a little sillier on a rewatch.

9 Rewatching The Sixth Sense Takes Away From What Shyamalan Wants Viewers To Feel

It's hard not to think about malcolm being dead.

There is a lot to appreciate when watching The Sixth Sense for a second time, as it allows viewers to see the film's story through the lens of already knowing that Malcolm Crowe is dead. This means that viewers can fully appreciate the care that Shyamalan and the rest of The Sixth Sense team put into making sure that the twist worked, as it becomes obvious that he is dead in many of the scenes after learning about the twist ending.

However, when rewatching The Sixth Sense , it is almost impossible not to think about the fact that Bruce Willis' character is dead . It becomes difficult to be sad that Malcolm's wife is giving him the silent treatment, or to wonder if Cole's mother is actually abusing him. Instead, viewers see right through these story beats on a rewatch, meaning that the emotional experience of The Sixth Sense 's story up until the twist is weaker.

8 The Story Relies On A Lot Of Conveniences

But you only notice on a rewatch.

Although it isn't apparent on a first watch, it becomes clear on a rewatch that the story of The Sixth Sense relies on a lot of conveniences. A lot of scenes center around Malcolm and Cole talking, and if Malcolm tried to talk to any other character or if any other character heard Cole talking to Malcolm, Malcolm would immediately know that something was up . Conveniently, Cole's mom is always in the other room when Malcolm is speaking to her son, something that is a requirement for this story to actually work.

The Sixth Sense also heavily relies on Malcolm assuming that his wife is giving him the silent treatment, something that would be a stretch in real life. Only a handful of scenes are shown between them in the film, but since The Sixth Sense contains a lot of scenes of Malcolm at his house, it would be weird for them to have not had more interactions off-screen. Malcolm realistically would have tried to talk to her more, and eventually, he should have realized that there was a problem.

7 The Sixth Sense's Ghost Rules Have Some Problems

Some don't make sense.

The rules of how the ghosts work in The Sixth Sense are a little shaky, with there being some problems regarding how they work. When Malcolm finds out that he is dead, he suddenly notices the blood on the back of his shirt, implying that the ghosts don't know about their injuries. This could explain why ghosts like the acting instructor don't comment on their injuries. However, the woman in the kitchen with the cuts on her wrist is aware of these injuries, specifically calling them out, raising the question of how she knows about her method of death.

On top of that, Malcolm's story implies that dead people simply believe that they survived their deaths , with Malcolm believing that he survived the shot and continued living his life. However, The Sixth Sense also features three ghosts who are hanging in a school, but if ghosts are supposed to believe that they survived, it wouldn't make sense that they are still hanging. This scene also raises the question of if they can see each other, as Malcolm isn't able to see other ghosts throughout the film.

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6 The "Ghosts See What They Want" Rule Feels Too Easy

It is too convenient.

M. Night Shyamalan added in a simple explanation that allows any plot hole in The Sixth Sense to be hand-waved away, although it does feel a bit cheap. In the movie, Cole explains that ghosts are able to see what they want, explaining why Malcolm is able to maintain the illusion that he is alive. The end of the film sees the world transform into reality , with Malcolm realizing things that he had previously blocked out.

For an otherwise tightly written film, this rule seems like too simple of an explanation. It is clear that Shyamalan wrote himself into a corner, and that the story and twist of The Sixth Sense wouldn't work without this rule. However, rewatches allow it to become clear just how heavily the film's twist relies on this rule, but it isn't hard to imagine a tighter story where this isn't required.

5 Cole's Powers Need Some More Explanation

They have some plot holes.

Every detail about how The Sixth Sense 's ghosts work is fed to the audience through exposition explained by Cole, the child who is able to see the ghosts. However, there are some questions about how he learned these things. Since the ghosts aren't aware that they are ghosts, it is clear that they didn't tell Cole how their rules worked. Cole could have picked some things up along the way, but ideas like ghosts seeing what they want would only be available information if someone told Cole about it.

It also isn't clear why Cole is able to only see specific ghosts . If Cole could see every dead person, then he would constantly be wading through a sea of over 100 billion ghosts rather than only seeing them every once in a while. Thus, it is clear that there are some rules that are never fully explained to the audience.

4 The Movie Can't Decide If Malcolm Or Cole Is The Main Character

They fight for the spotlight.

Malcolm and Cole are fantastic characters throughout The Sixth Sense . However, the movie has a problem in that it can't decide which one is the main character. Malcolm seemingly starts out as the protagonist of the film , with the first half of the movie focusing on his seemingly struggling marriage and his investigation into Cole's condition. However, this changes at the film's midpoint, with Malcolm being missing from a ton of key scenes surrounding Cole after he reveals that he can see dead people.

Malcolm only comes back into the spotlight in the final scene, when he discovers he is dead. Cole is the character who has the more significant character arc, with him learning to come to terms with his powers, making him seem like more of a main character than Malcolm.

3 Anna Is Underdeveloped (But She Has To Be)

It was impossible to make her work.

In The Sixth Sense , Olivia Williams' Anna is the wife of Malcolm, with her being one of the weakest parts of the film. Despite her failing marriage with Malcolm being one of the key storylines in the film, Anna is incredibly underdeveloped. She is silent through most of her scenes, and while Malcolm's motivations and characteristics are fairly fleshed out, Anna is far more one-note.

However, this is required in the story of The Sixth Sense due to her knowing that Malcolm is dead . Malcolm and Anna can't have any conversations outside of The Sixth Sense 's opening scenes, and she isn't involved in Cole's story at all. Because of this, she can only be characterized visually, and while the film did as best as it could, she still feels like less of a character than Malcolm, Cole, and Lynn.

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2 The Sixth Sense Isn't Really A Horror Movie

It is more of a mystery.

The Sixth Sense is oftentimes referred to as a horror movie, but this may be a misclassification. The Sixth Sense is much more of a supernatural mystery , as nothing in it is all that scary. The only truly scary scene in The Sixth Sense is the one in which the ghost appears to Cole in his house, with none of the other ghosts really coming off as frightening. While they do have gory makeup, these characters are presented pretty plainly, giving The Sixth Sense a unique feel.

From watching The Sixth Sense , it never seems like the film is trying to be scary, meaning that this problem isn't the movie's fault. Instead, the horror genre that is prescribed to the film seems to be a result of its unique story and tone, as it is a bit hard to market outside of the twist ending.

1 M. Night Shyamalan's Future Movies Never Lived Up To The Sixth Sense's Legacy

The bar was set too high.

The Sixth Sense was a great start to M. Night Shyamalan's career, but his future movies unfortunately never lived up to the 1999 film's legacy. The Sixth Sense is considered one of the best films of all time, with it reaching heights that Shyamalan hasn't since been able to recapture. Shyamalan is still famous for his twists, but unfortunately, none of the following movies have had a twist nearly as shocking as the one found here.

M. Night Shyamalan has made some good movies since The Sixth Sense , with Unbreakable and Split being the standouts. However, he has also made some movies that have been critically panned, such as After Earth , The Last Airbender , and Lady in the Water . This gives The Sixth Sense an interesting tone upon a rewatch, as it is hard not to consider its greatness within the context of M. Night Shyamalan's career in its entirety.

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Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense is a psychological thriller about a young boy who can see and communicate with ghosts. Bruce Willis as Dr. Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist who tries to help Cole, played by Haley Joel Osment, while grappling with his own personal demons. The movie features a twist ending that has become iconic in pop culture.

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‘Hollywood Squares’ host and Broadway star Peter Marshall dies at 98

FILE - Host Peter Marshall appears at the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on Sunday, April 29, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. Marshall, who spent 16 years as host of “The Hollywood Squares,” has died at 98. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Tom Bergeron, left, rests his head on Peter Marshall’s shoulder as they present an award at the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif., on April 29, 2018. Marshall, who spent 16 years as host of “The Hollywood Squares,” has died at 98. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Marshall, the actor and singer turned game show host who played straight man to the stars for 16 years on “The Hollywood Squares,” has died. He was 98.

He died Thursday of kidney failure at his home in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, publicist Harlan Boll said.

Marshall helped define the form of the smooth, professional, but never-too-serious modern game show host on more than 5,000 episodes of the series that ran on NBC from 1966 to 1981.

But he was often closer to a talk show host, and the tic-tac-toe game the contestants played, while real, was all an excuse for a good time. The questions Marshall posed to regulars like Paul Lynde, George Gobel and Joan Rivers were designed to be set-ups for joke answers before the real ones followed.

“It was the easiest thing I’ve ever done in show business,” Marshall said in a 2010 interview for the Archive of American Television. “I walked in, said ‘Hello stars,’ I read questions and laughed. And it paid very well.”

“The Hollywood Squares” would become an American cultural institution and make Marshall a household name. It would win four Daytime Emmys for outstanding game show during his run and spawned dozens of international versions and several U.S. reboots. Not only was it a forum for such character actors as Charlie Weaver (the stage name of Cliff Arquette) and Wally Cox, but the show attracted a range of top stars as occasional guests, including Aretha Franklin, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Ed Asner and Janet Leigh.

Marshall had a warm rapport with Weaver, Lynde and others, but said that Gobel, the wry comedian, actor and variety show host, held a special place, tweeting in 2021 that it’s “no secret he was my closest friend on Hollywood Squares and my absolute all-time favorite Square!”

Marshall had lived nearly an entire show business life before he took the “Squares” podium at age 40.

He had toured with big bands starting as a teenager, had been a part of two comedy teams that appeared in nightclubs and on television, appeared in movies as a contract player for Twentieth Century Fox, and had sung in several Broadway musicals when the opportunity came up after Bert Parks, who hosted the pilot, bowed out.

“I am a singer first I am not a game show host,” Marshall told his hometown paper, the Herald-Dispatch of Huntington, West Virginia in 2013, “that was just a freak opportunity. I had been on Broadway with Julie Harris and was going back to Broadway when I did the audition, and I thought it was a few weeks but that turned into 16 years.”

“The Hollywood Squares” was more strait-laced when it began, but early in its run a producer suggested they write jokes for Lynde, the ever-snarky comic actor who occupied the center square and would become as identified as Marshall with the show.

The first joke would set the template for the years that followed:

Marshall: “Paul, why do motorcyclists wear leather?”

Lynde: “Because chiffon wrinkles.”

“That changed the whole thing,” Marshall told the TV archive. “I had been a straight man. So working with comics was easy for me.”

Born Ralph Pierre LaCock in Clarksburg, West Virginia, Marshall would move around the state as a child, living in Wheeling and Huntington.

His father died when Marshall was 10, and he would live with his grandparents as his mother and sister, the actress Joanne Dru, moved to New York to pursue her career in show business. Marshall would soon join them.

At 15, he toured as a singer with the Bob Chester Orchestra. He also worked as an NBC Radio page and an usher at the Paramount Theater. He was drafted during World War II and stationed in Italy, where he made his first forays onto the airways as a DJ for Armed Forces Radio. In 1949 he formed a comedy duo with Tommy Noonan, appearing in nightclubs, in theaters and on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

He became a movie contract player in the 1950s at Twentieth Century Fox, appearing in films including 1959’s “The Rookie” and 1961’s “Swingin’ Along.”

Major starring roles eluded him in Hollywood, but he would find them in musical theater.

He starred opposite Chita Rivera in “Bye Bye Birdie” in London’s West End in 1962 — Lynde had played a major role in the Broadway version that he would reprise in the film — and played his first starring role on Broadway in “Skyscraper” with Julie Harris in 1965.

He would also appear in Broadway versions of “High Button Shoes,” “The Music Man” and “42nd Street.”

After “The Hollywood Squares,” Marshall would host a few other short-lived game shows, but mostly resumed his career as a singing actor, starring in more than 800 performances of “La Cage Aux Folles” on Broadway and on tour, and singing in the 1983 film version of “Annie.”

He was married three times, the last to Laurie Stewart in 1989.

The couple survived a bout with COVID-19 early in 2021. He was hospitalized for several weeks.

His four kids include son Pete LaCock, a professional baseball player for the Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals. Marshall is also survived by daughters Suzanne and Jaime, son David, 12 grandchildren, and nine great-great grandchildren.

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