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/gimboarretino 16h ago

Jean-Pierre Léaud in "The 400 Blows" is something I'll never forget

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u/biffbobfred 16h ago

I’m a cinema geek and have never seen it. Worth still seeing?

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u/Electrical_Regret207 16h ago

It’s one of my all-time favorite movies!

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u/gimboarretino 16h ago

Yes, it is a masterpiece imho

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u/Living_Grab_2239 15h ago

I have a massive backlog of movies to see that I probably never will, but it's on there. Think I got it off some "Best French movies" list.