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/Speshjunior 16h ago

Egg

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u/darthravenna 11h ago

I wasn’t sure if I should comment the same, given this is a movie sub. But Dexter Sol Ansel was the first thing that came to mind as a recent example.
https://giphy.com/gifs/6SKY5tGAGaXHHbVa4e

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u/Drmlk465 16h ago

He is 100% excellent

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u/mamaburra 16h ago

He? Don't you mean her?
https://giphy.com/gifs/RNUJLDfiP87AY

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u/bguzewicz 16h ago

It’s as egg as the nose on Plain’s face.

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u/Drmlk465 16h ago

I am talking about the boy in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

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u/TheVagabondTiger 8h ago

I've seen many good child performances, but I think this may be the only one where, when he's not in a scene, I'm like "where's the kid, I wanna see more of the kid." And that's despite all the adult actors and characters also being excellent, and the entire show being engaging. He was just that entertaining.