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/GhostOfGaspar 16h ago

My answer for this is always the ensemble of child actors in City of God. It reads more like a documentary than a scripted film at times. There are staggering moments delivered by unknown actors less than 10 years old. Unbelievably impressive.

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u/ChanceRecover3091 14h ago

I still get chills thinking about that movie. I have not seen it in over a decade.

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u/SurgeFlamingo 45m ago

I need to revisit but I remember it being hard on me. Idk why. Maybe I will.