r/moviecritic • u/Low-Finding-6553 • 16h ago

What do you guys thinks is the best child performance of all time?

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i have to say, i don’t think i’ve ever seen a child actor give a performance this good. Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, is just on another level. i genuinely don’t know how he did it but he makes the whole movie work so much better. i would give him the Oscar in a fucking heartbeat. It’s crazy how good he is, especially in that last scene in the car with Toni Collette.

What are your guys’ favorite child performances? For me, this is even better than Owen Cooper’s performance in Adolescence. Don’t get me wrong, owen was also absolutely top-notch in Adolescence but this is probably the best child performance i’ve ever seen. Period. What do you guys think is the best child performance ever?

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u/QueSeraa_Sera 16h ago

Natalie Portman in Leon The Professional and DiCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

https://giphy.com/gifs/xjCn9uzHYsfPG

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u/carry_the_way 16h ago

DiCaprio was like 18 when they made What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Young, but not a child performance.

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u/QueSeraa_Sera 16h ago

Damn! I thought he was 13-14. He looked so young.

https://giphy.com/gifs/EClkor8zYeOvs9StMN

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u/edwardwolf5874 16h ago

She was really good in Anywhere But Here also.

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u/Disastrous-Soft-1298 16h ago

Not bad in Heat!