I have asked this on "IMDB Daily Poll" board before (http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000088/nest/172217541?d=172217541#1722175 41), but I guess I might as well ask this here as well.
Personally, my absolute favourite performance of his is in A.I., followed by Pay It Forward.
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hands down A.I
we are all the imagination of ourselves
A.I.
Its that man again!!
Cole Sear in 6th Sense everytime
Haley Joel Osment, Jimmy Bennett and Nathan Gamble. Truly brilliant actors
I gotta go with A.I. as well though he was great in The Sixth Sense and Secondhand Lions as well. Too bad he's not in anything anymore.
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As you might guess from the username, I'm a longtime fan of Osment's. It was The Sixth Sense that was the film that grabbed my attention and it's still the one that stays with me as his outstanding performance. How many performances can really evoke that kind of genuine emotion (and this from a nine-year-old child)? For the same reasons, I find his role in Pay It Forward to be very good, even if the movie itself was disappointing, mostly due to the way it ended.
I was a bit surprised to see how many people responded with A.I., but I think I understand why, with the difficulty of the role and how convincingly Osment pulled it off.
I'm glad he's still actively acting. I just wish it was in films that were a bit more accessible.
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