Best child acting ever
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vandiver27 — 18 years ago(July 20, 2007 06:32 PM)
He does cry in 2 more movies the earthlne when his friends about to die and I can't rember the other movie but it was after the champ he cry when they amost shoot his pet but he did the best in the Champ he was really good in that movie because he was really crying.
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banders46 — 18 years ago(August 25, 2007 09:14 AM)
Right. They kept taunting him with his grandmother's death, but that wasn't enough so they rubbed onion into his eyes
I agree with the original post, though. We just saw this on TV the other day, and I knew it was good, but wow. Everybody just thinks of Ricky Schroeder on that silly TV show, but this is how he got the gig. -
krismusicfan — 18 years ago(February 13, 2008 11:53 PM)
I know I am in the minority but I dont think this is the best child acting by a long shot, he is totally overrated.
Best child acting is that girl from "My Girl" when Culkins character die, that scene is way sadder than any scene in this movie ! -
nosnoozen — 17 years ago(August 10, 2008 06:20 PM)
First time I've ever seen everyone agree on one topic on this site. Ricky Schroeder is simply amazing in this film. People are either too stupid or blind not to give this film credit in the context of what it accomplishes. It's a heart wrenching throw back film like Chaplin's "The Kid" but people perhaps don't make that association
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timothy_fairchild — 16 years ago(January 30, 2010 03:26 PM)
Actors have their special tricks. Mary Tyler Moore had to cry in many scenes on "The Dick Van Dyke Show." How did she do it? She said she picked the best crier, Nanette Fabre, in her opinion, and copied every move!!
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rhylosthepaladin — 16 years ago(September 07, 2009 03:19 AM)
After watching this film again I have to say Ricky's sobbing while hugging Annie at the end is so very real. Hell, I'm making those noises watching it. I don't know if onions were needed but damn, he ran with it and at such a young age so Oscar worthy.
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sjl004 — 17 years ago(February 05, 2009 04:45 AM)
Watch original
http://us.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=4995990
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Public-Enemy-01 — 14 years ago(January 03, 2012 03:47 PM)
I knew nothing of this film or this 'kid' hes old enough to be my dad but i call him 'kid' lool.
I was watching 20 best child actors crying scenes on youtube a couple of the world famous good ones came up like Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (which until now was the best crying i'd ever seen).
Then this came on and i started welling up and actually started crying myself, i knew nothing of the film or situation (i take it his father dies, right?) but i was blown away by the faultless acting by Ricky who cant have been older than about 7. The fact that i can feel his pain through the computer screen says it all.
Haley is still the best kid actor of all time though
Books and movies are apples and oranges, there both delicious but dont taste the same (Steven King) -
Exit-song — 14 years ago(March 19, 2012 01:20 PM)
I'm watching the movie now and it's not just the crying Ricky does that impresses me. His overall performance was great. He's such a little man in this and doesn't sound wooden at all.
Some young kids sound very rehearsed and wooden when delivering their lines but Ricky really comes across naturally here.
The crying scenes are utterly gutting and I just teared up when he was begging his dad not to send him away. When he said "I won't eat much." it killed me.
He's so super cute too.