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R. Eric VanNewkirk

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I think that's very true. But also: kids are notoriously hard to work with, which makes it kind of amazing Spielberg has possibly never had a truly bad kid performance in any of his films. Not even Hook (which I think is underrated, but the movie certainly has problems; but not the kids' acting).

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R. Eric VanNewkirk's avatar R. Eric VanNewkirk @sotsogm.bsky.social
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E.T., obviously. One of the best scenes in Jaws (Scheider and Jay Mello at the dining room table). Empire of the Sun (young Christian Bale!). I don't like Temple of Doom, but Ke Huy Quan is great. Movies with big parts for kids, movies with small parts for kids.

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David Avallone's avatar David Avallone @davallone.bsky.social
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HOOK has Charlie Korsmo, who acts rings around Hoffman and Williams. Warren Beatty also got an amazing performance out of him in the wildly underrated DICK TRACY.

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