best child performance of all time (1 Viewer)

[Ryan L B]

alex vincent childs play 1, very belevible

haily joel osment the sixth sense

baby bob (he looks so cute)

sisy spesec carrie (she looks young, hot, and could pass for under 21, even though i dont think she was at the time, but her mom is a nutcase

 

[Ash Williams]

Haley Joel Osment - A.I. Artificial Intelligence: I don't think there is any other child actor that could have played that role.

 

[LukeB]

If we're doing this as a tournament, consider these my nominations:

Macaulay Culkin, Home Alone

Brad Renfro, The Client

Mary Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird

That's all I can think of right now. And I would definitely agree with Haley Joel in "The Sixth Sense".

 

[JessV]

Kirsten Dunst was excellent in Interview with a Vampire. I didn't see many of the other nominees performances, but I can see why Anna Paquin won Best Supporting Actress for The Piano. I though Osment should've won Best Supporting Actor for The Sixth Sense.

 

[Patrick McCart]

Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore in E.T.

 

[Jefe Noche]

Natalie Portman (The Professional)
Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear)
Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) and (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
and let's not forget......
Jodie Foster (Taxi Driver)

 

[Jefe Noche]

I forgot......
Danny Lloyd (The Shining)

 

[Brian Lawrence]

Anna Paquin in The Piano, The greatest performance I have ever seen by a child actor.
also
Victoire Thivisol , for Ponette. She was only 3 years old when chosen for the lead role, And only 4 years old when the film was made. She ended up winning the award for best actress at The Venice Film Festival in 1996 for that role.

 

[Richard Travale]

easy, the kid from the shining "redrum, redrum".

Seriously, I thought that Hayley Joel was great in A.I.

 

[Jefe Noche]

I also forgot:
Linda Blair (The Excorcist)

 

[Steve Christou]

Haley Joel Osment, excellent in The Sixth Sense and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver.

Linda Blair in The Exorcist.

Natalie Portman in Leon aka The Professional.

 

[Scott Weinberg]

I'll nominate Tatum O'Neal in both Paper Moon and The Bad News Bears and Elijah Wood in Radio Flyer.

 

[Ryan L B]

no tournament this time, was sissy under 21 for the carrie roll

 

[Bruce Hedtke]

Victoire Thivisol , for Ponette

I know we throw alot of praise toward Osment (and he deserves it), but this is the definitive performance on great child acting. Simply stunning.
Bruce

 

[Brian Lawrence]

was sissy under 21 for the carrie roll

No, She was 27 years old when she made Carrie

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Natalie Portman (The Professional)
Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear)
Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) and (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
and let's not forget......
Jodie Foster (Taxi Driver)

Jefe named every one that I was going to list, so I guess I will just say "DITTO"!

 

[Ryan L B]

Kirsten Dunst in a forgotten favorite flick of mine callled small soldiers.

 

[rhett]

Tatum O'Neal all the way for Paper Moon, far and away my favorite child performance ever.

Haley Joel Osment was amazing in The Sixth Sense, and bettered himself one with A.I. His performance in Pay It Forward was also well done.

Let's not forget Natalie Portman's performance in Heat as well, although it was short, she still played it perfectly.

 

[Brian Perry]

How about the kid who played Damian in The Omen 2?

 

[Ike]

Ryan,

You were joking about Baby Bob, right?