I have to say I hadn't thought about letting my kids see this but they have seen refernces too it in other movies so my husband rented it. There are some really grisly scenes that we had to cover their eyes for but all in all they did enjoy the suspence and thriller part of the movie. I love watching movies with my kids because it opens up a dialect. One it gets them using their critical thinking but it also helps them reflect on loved ones we have recently lost.
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The Sixth Sense
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Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 13. -
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Common Sense says
Great, but sometimes scarier than R-rated horror.
updated 07.04.08
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 13–14
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What Parents Need to Know
About The Sixth Sense
Parents need to know that this movie has some thoughtful and meaningful views on life and death that some viewers may find comforting, and others may find sad or disturbing. The ghosts that Cole sees are of people who died violently and they are gruesome, even shocking, in appearance; you'll see a shooting, a suicide, a poisoning, people hanging, and more. Some of the dead are children, one killed by her own mother.
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Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about ghost stories. What makes this one particularly gripping? How does the director scare you without going for the over-the-top violence?
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive violence
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
No one under 10 ....!
Lives in TexasI rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
Great Horror/ Thriller movie
There are grisly pictures of dead-alive people. People sware out of frustration. Suicide occures. But I still have to say, this was a really good movie.
Lives in MissouriI rate this title on for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive violence
Quite scary, evan for a teen.
Quite scary, i dont really get freaked out by ghossts cuz if there real they can never hurt me. Its about a boy who has the 6th sence (The power to see ghosts and talk to them) and he meets a guy who tells him if he helps them they shall leave him alone. I have to say, if your kids are watching this movie, fast forward the bit when he wakes up and the birthday party, do you want to know why? in the party (wich comes 1st) he gets loked inside a cubord and a ghosts speaks to him like "Let me out please, i beg of you, please!" and the waking up part, one of the ghosts walk past the screen (that makkes you jump), the themornitor goes to coled it breakes,so the boy walks throgh and theres a girl who has slit wrists who shouts at him saying "WHY DIDNT YOU HELP ME SOONER, MY HUSBEND KILLED ME, HELP ME!" That evan scares me! Ok, you can let your kids watchthis, but skip thoose parts! if you want your kids to watch thoose parts, i would let them watch it at my age, 14 and up, and cover your eyes and close your ears, it gets scary, well not that scary,i have seen scaryer!
- Lives in HawaiiI rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Excessive violence
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scary
a women in the shower. not revealing. super scary
Lives in VirginiaI rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:- Excessive violence
Great Pretty Much OK For 10+
What is shaping up to be M. Night Shalyman's only good film is The Sixth Sense. If you have a kid 10+ who isn't scared easily the the Sixth Sense is perfectly fine.
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