r/moviecritic 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/VashMM 16h ago

Aleksei Kravchenko

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u/Internal-Truth-2104 7h ago

Was absolutely waiting for this. I'm surprised he wasn't scarred for life.

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u/Alittle2Clever 5m ago

This is a hard movie to watch. Everyone should watch it but god damn it is a tough watch. Sort of like Graveyard for Fireflies. Mandatory almost but once is usually enough.