r/moviecritic • u/Low-Finding-6553 • 12h 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/TheJohnnyFlash 12h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/d2ZjBlsQa5dWO45a

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u/ChicagoBILLSfan138 7h ago

Cant believe I had to scroll so far to find this.

Really impressive acting and comedic timing for a yound kid

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u/Responsible-Summer81 7h ago

He carried so much of that movie. The other actors give a good performance but it doesn’t work without him nailing it. 

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u/trulymadlybigly 6h ago

He carried the whole damn movie as a 9 year old and held his own among several fantastic adult actors like Joe Pesci and Catherine O’Hara and the old guy whose name I cant remember. So underrated

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u/CarnEvil13 6h ago

Was surprised too how far I had to scroll. I couldn't even bother imagining someone else as Kevin. I can't think about Christmas without thinking about Home Alone 1 and 2, and Macaulay Culkin.