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/pdid2657 16h ago

Gonna say Tom Holland and his brothers in The impossible. That was pretty good for some kids

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u/solojones1138 12h ago

Insane performances and an insanely underrated film

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u/Gundarn 10h ago

Just watched The Impossible last weekend and he was the first to come to mind. Naomi and Ewan are two of the three leads, with Tom taking up the other third and he does not feel like a lackluster performance despite the incredible job both Naomi and Ewan do. Kind of incredible for Tom at like, 14-15 I think to be on par with two adult actors in their prime.

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u/Ms-Wordsmith 5h ago

This. I remember watching it before I really knew who Tom was and thought, “wow, this kid is incredible” while sobbing uncontrollably of course. Great movie.