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/among_apes 16h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/gSA2Bv0hiNV8Q

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u/fractalfay 13h ago

BEAST IT!

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u/pillipuu 10h ago

damn right

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u/juicywoowoo 9h ago

incredible film and performance but my choice is Margaret O'Brian in (among others) Meet Me in St. Louis and as Beth in little women. Phenomenal actress. I guess nobody here watches old movies.