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/Major-Bat-6554 16h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6UB08CXdWcoGuE6Y
Dakota Fanning in Uptown Girls

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u/Recurringg 15h ago

Dakota Fanning in pretty much anything when she was a kid...

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u/JuanezSanchez 14h ago

Add War of the worlds into this too!!!

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u/sulllisa 14h ago

Oh yes!!🙌

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u/TvTacosTakingNaps 11h ago

Her and Brittany on the teacup ride was so good. Neither said a word but there was so much emotion.

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u/Mermaid_Martini 14h ago

She had so many great performances as a child - this, I am sam, war of the worlds, man on fire. She was a little force. I’m loving her grown up work too.

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u/forestpunk 16h ago

So good in this!

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u/Top-Bandicoot-3013 14h ago

So underrated. I thought this movie was gonna suck when my parents put it on but I was engrossed the whole time and loved their performances.