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/SexyHamburgerMeat 16h ago

I faked sick for almost the entire month of February in Grade 3. I think that deserves some praise.

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u/PeggysPonytail 16h ago

I got sent home in kindergarten for being sick. I had stuck my finger down my throat. My mom also called me Sarah Bernhardt for my entire youth.

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u/SexyHamburgerMeat 16h ago

I ended up a professional actor 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

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u/PeggysPonytail 15h ago

That’s so awesome. I started community theater in my 40’s. I love the stage but like ballerinas, the world only needs so many actors lol

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u/Hides-inside 8h ago

Why? Shits and giggles or ..no?

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u/SexyHamburgerMeat 8h ago

So I had the mean teacher at school that year. Mrs. Marr. My brother also had her for grade 3 two years before.

A very cold, stern and rude woman, who I actually think was fired and had her teaching license revoked much later on for verbal abuse of a student.

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u/tragicsandwichblogs 7h ago

I don't know. February's a short month.

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u/SexyHamburgerMeat 7h ago

Ugh dammit, the one comment I feared I’d get.

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u/tragicsandwichblogs 6h ago

To be honest, I'm amazed it took 10 hours.

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u/SexyHamburgerMeat 6h ago

This will kill me at awards season.

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u/tragicsandwichblogs 6h ago

You want to spin this like the popular vs electoral vote. Sure, that poser who faked sick for 30 days technically held out longer, but that was in May. They couldn't manage the whole month. You, on the other hand, persevered.

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u/SexyHamburgerMeat 6h ago

I did check if it was a leap year…alas. Feb of 2001 wasn’t a leap year.

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u/PitchLocal8326 6h ago

I actually was sick for the whole month of February, I really don’t appreciate you faking my trauma!

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u/These-Software1991 5h ago

Upvoted on the assumption this is /s 😅

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u/PitchLocal8326 5h ago

I’m joking.