A child psychologist wants to help Cole, a young boy who reminds him of a boy he once failed, looking into Cole's life Cole looks into his. Cole's secret, "I see dead people."

sharkeatingman,
your comment of my 'overwhelming desire to be right' probably comes from my desire to be right, once.
The film, The Sixth Sense is one of my favourite films, I've watched it 30 or so times.
My understanding of a hook is such that if a producer likes the I see dead people theme it would be a viable hook, whereas if the producer does not believe in ghosts and doesn't like the subject, to him/ her it won't be a hook.
About Willis' character thinking his wife is having an affair, I view that part of the film as mere 'space filler'. That part doesn't seem to progress the story, and if it was removed the film wouldn't be affected.
What is left is his perceived deteriating relationship with his wife, and Cole's problem of seeing dead people.

I think it is a great attempt, but there is a lot 'Cole' in there. But again you did well.

Maybe my understanding of the film is different than yours, or perhaps even lacking. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I figured out that Willis' character was killed two seconds after he was shot, so from that point on, I thought it was a terrible film. Whatever the reason is, this "minor" point of the movie is still a mere plot point. It is not the inciting incident, it is not a climax, it is not even a twist, therefore, IMO, it is not a "hook" and doesn't qualify to be in the logline. The psychologist also suspects his wife is cheating on him; why is that not in the logline? For the same reason.

We ARE talking loglines, not a synopsis of the entire movie. By the way, if you conduct a Google search on this film, you would be hard pressed to see many mentions of this plot point. Much of the synopses found mostly discuss the "seeing dead people", and none mention the shooter in the logline.

There's only a limited amount of words one should use for a logline and, IMO, wasting words on this minor plot point- much like your four repeats of the character's name- is a bad idea.

As I explained, I was offering my opinion with my only intention to help. You, on the other hand, became argumentative and insulting. In your overwhelming desire to "always be right" (yes, we've been down this road before; several times, in fact) you've deterred me from offering further assistance to you down the road. However, you should receive many helpful and highly qualified responses from several of the other reader's and judges on the site. Enjoy;
I wish you nothing but the best.

Geno Scala (sharkeatingman)- judge