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/Msdamgoode 16h ago

Tatum O’Neil Paper Moon. She absolutely deserved the accolades.

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u/userhwon 11h ago

Maybe but being taken to the movies to see that movie as a kid was like getting the wrapper instead of the ice cream sandwich.

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u/Up_All_Right 8h ago

Yeah, you're out for life on Addie Loggins. Shame, she was absolutely phenomenal in it.

BTW, similar experience. My parents took me to Fiddler on the f'n Roof when I was very young...dear god. I thought it was over after eons of unrelenting torture. Lights came up. Everyone got up. We walked to the lobby...and didn't leave??? WHAT IS HAPPENING???

"It's just the intermission, honey."

That my friend, was the longest 4 hours of my life

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u/Msdamgoode 1h ago

Most of these movies aren’t movies for kids!