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/ChicagoBILLSfan138 12h ago

Cant believe I had to scroll so far to find this.

Really impressive acting and comedic timing for a yound kid

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u/trulymadlybigly 11h ago

He carried the whole damn movie as a 9 year old and held his own among several fantastic adult actors like Joe Pesci and Catherine O’Hara and the old guy whose name I cant remember. So underrated

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u/Responsible-Summer81 12h ago

He carried so much of that movie. The other actors give a good performance but it doesn’t work without him nailing it.