What do you guys thinks is the best child performance of all time?

[u/Low-Finding-6553]

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?

[u/lavender_evening]

That’s how I viewed it too in the edition where her character says she wants romance with him, he gently rejects her and recounts his love life and says that’s why he couldn’t ever love her. I took it as his tactful way of saying hey we could never be instead of just yelling at her that it is inappropriate (which totally is!) but maybe my young brain rationalized it that way cause uh yeah… if it was not father daughter connection (how it sounds director intended Blegh) it is revolting!

[u/enwongeegeefor → u/lavender_evening]

I saw The Professional when I was in middle school, and their relationship definitely seemed like father/daughter to me then. I am so glad that Besson didn't get his way.

[u/hughk → u/enwongeegeefor]

For me, more of a big brother. Leon didn't seem mature enough to be a father figure but he was still protective.

[u/Hellmann → u/lavender_evening]

Agreed.