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Best Child performance?

posted 14 years ago by lcarlo123
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Here is a review and poll question asking if Martin Stephens gives the best child performance ever?

http://getyourfilmfix.com/2010/10/11/not-so-innocent/

[–] Yort14 14 years ago

I would put Pamela Franklin's performance right up there with Martin Stephens. Both are brilliant and it's amazing that they were being giving the script pages as they filmed and not all at once.Clayton wanted spontaneity from the children and imo,he got it.
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[–] colive6 14 years ago

I agree fully! The boy is a phenomenon! He should have been nominated for the Oscar. And have won! Only Freddie Bartholomew is as good as him.

[–] Buddy-51 14 years ago

Without question!

[–] Abyss47 12 years ago

It's definitely up there.

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[–] heelmaster2000 12 years ago

Indeed he is.

[–] ElectricWarlock 10 years ago

Both children were amazing and perfectly cast in their roles.

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[–] ElectricWarlock 10 years ago

Yes, it's also very funny to think Martin Stephens is the leader of the children in Village of the Damned. He was one scary kid. Hopefully he's not as menacing as an adult.

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[–] cmashieldscapting 10 years ago

Both children were amazing and perfectly cast in their roles.

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Absolutely!

[–] first-things-first 10 years ago

Saw it again last night and they both were very good.

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[–] SuCue 9 years ago

Stephens pulled off the difficult trick of making you feel sorry for Miles while also finding him menacing and threatening. According to Imdb he ended his acting career when he came of age--I wonder why?