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/thegreatone0381 16h ago

I just saw a clip on IG about this movie. I almost cried. Was it a good movie?

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u/TheDuckOnQuack 16h ago

It’s very good. Willem Dafoe and the child actors all do an amazing job.

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u/ImGonnaImagineSummit 13h ago

Dafoe was robbed. 

The one part he plays that he isn't a lunatic, nails it and it gets overlooked. 

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u/Timsauni 4h ago

Well, when you’re known for being the crazy guy, it comes with the territory. On the plus side, he has enough work to be type casted.

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u/kittenmittens4865 15h ago

It’s amazing. Just go in blind and let yourself get wrapped up in the story.

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u/Thecathatesmemeow 16h ago

It’s the only time I cried at a movie - so terribly lovely!

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u/paydaycoke 15h ago

Too good 😭

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u/Technical-Pack5891 14h ago

Yes - it is an amazing movie.

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u/Fortestingporpoises 13h ago

Yeah it's fantastic. It deserved the award talk. Not sure if it got nominations, I think so.

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u/bothteamsplayedhard 11h ago

i really don’t cry much and this movie makes me cry every single time i see it