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     From the trailers, I figured this movie would be pretty lame, but it still looked so intense that I just had to see it.  Well, my only real complaint about this movie is that it was pretty slow.  I must admit, that as the movie progresses, it gets better, including a wonderful ending.  What I was worried about, the story, was in fact, pretty damn good looking back on it.  When the movie finishes, you realize so much of the story that doesn't dawn on you while you're watching it.  You see just how complex and well thought out the writing was.

     I didn't think Bruce Willis was wonderful, but I thought that he did a decent enough job to not really be an impairment to the movie.  What I was truely amazed at was little Haley Joel Osment, who plays the young boy, Cole, in the movie.  You might remember him as little Forrest Gump, Jr. or from the movie Bogus.   This up and coming actor shows real depth and understanding.  He put the fear into me, that's for sure.

     Toni Collette also does a magnificent job.  You might remember her from the movies Emma or Muriel's Wedding.  Her Australian accent cannot even be heard when you're really concentrating on her voice.   She looks wonderful and she pulls off another wonderful performance.  There are some magnificent scenes between she and Haley Joel Osment who plays her son.

     Now, when I got out of the theater I remembered that ex New Kid on the Block, Donnie Wahlberg was supposed to be in the movie, but I didn't remember seeing him.  So, I went to IMDB and looked up the movie to see his character's name, hoping that would jog my memory.  It said his character was Vincent Gray, and for the life of me, I couldn't remember who that was.  So, I started running all parts of the movie through my head and finally it came to me.  I wish I could describe the pure shock on my face.  I think I even blabbered "Oh my God!!" real loud.   Donnie Wahlberg's character is an old patient of Bruce Willis, a psychiatrist, who ends up breaking  into Bruce Willis' home and threatens him.  His character is scared out of his wits and blames Bruce Willis for not helping him with his problems.   What I was shocked about wasn't not recognizing him, although that might have contributed.  What I was shocked at was Donnie Wahlberg's physical appearance.   The last movie I saw him in was Ransom.  Maybe it's just me, but I remember him being a larger version of his brother, Mark.  He seemed taller and stockier.  However, Donnie almost appears sickly from his weight in this movie.   It is appropriate for the character, so I wonder whether he did it for the role or whether he is that thin now.

     Ok, sorry for that side track, I was just blown away.  A quick synopsis of the story of this movie.  Bruce Willis is a psychiatrist who is tormented by the idea that he failed one of his patients, Donnie Wahlberg.  He comes across a young boy, Haley Joel Osment, who shows the same mental problems that Donnie Wahlberg's character did.  Bruce Willis devotes his time, neglecting his wife, in order to help this young boy who is tormented by ghosts.

     One of this movie's major assets is the fact that it is so intense at times.  I usually don't cringe or jump or grab my handle bar.  Some moments were so bad in this movie, however, that I found myself unable to look at the screen, knowing that a scare was coming up.  There were 10 times more scares in this movie than there were in The Haunting, and this one had a better story.

     It's an interesting premise, but nothing unheard of or shocking.  Yes, this movie is slow to start, but I recommend to ALL viewers, that you stick with it.  Give it a chance.  Wait until the truely classic end of the movie to judge it.  Once you are shown the full picture, rethink all of the scenes that seemed lacking in some way, and you'll find that, in fact, they were incredibly well thought out.  Very interesting movie that provides a lot of good scares.