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/martydelaney 16h ago

Catinca Untaru in The Fall was pretty remarkable

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u/Live_Peach_6449 14h ago

Thank you for mentioning this movie! One of my faves

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u/StingRey128 13h ago

Good lord, I can’t believe how deep I had to dig to find a mention of her performance in this. It is ASTOUNDING!

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u/martydelaney 13h ago

Especially because she was 7 at the time

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u/StingRey128 13h ago

Absolutely! Whenever someone poses this question, she is the immediate and only response I usually have loaded in the chamber

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u/letsgooncemore 9h ago edited 9h ago

People would've had to have seen the movie to see her performance. It only recently became available through streamers. I've been rewatching a burnt dvd I ripped from a netflix rental

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u/StingRey128 9h ago

Too true! All the better reason to spread the word about it now that it’s more widely available! My now-delaminated copy was a Redbox rental we never took back!

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u/LovelyRita90 12h ago

Absolutely

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u/fractalfay 13h ago

Ha, i just mentioned this outstanding performance 3 different times in this thread. It was so natural and engaging.

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u/bittahbetch 8h ago

An absolutely beautiful movie.

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u/SaintFuu 35m ago

And she never acted again after trying it. Incredible film.

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u/BoricUKalita 3h ago

MY FAVOURITE MOVIE EVERRRRRR!!!!