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One of the best child acting performances in a long time?


When I mean best, I mean like, Sixth sense, The Exorcist best. What Lewis did here broke my heart. Usually when kids cry on screen, it's usually unbelievable. But when I saw him cry, especially during the reveal of his truth, I was overwhelmed with shock in tears as I saw how well he could act broken. Does he deserve an Oscar for it? Honestly, yeah! He won't get nominated, but if he does, i won't be surprised.

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Oh I know, it was impressive.

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Was thinking the same from the opening scene alone where he wakes from the nightmare. I hope he has a good career and doesn't do a Hayley Joel Osment or Linda Blair.

Not quite Oscar worthy but definitely deserves recognition.

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