A sign someone is great in acting is how fast they go from looking happy to being completely serious. Isabelle does this

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Kentry-1802 — 11 years ago(June 10, 2014 05:23 PM)

A sign someone is great in acting is how fast they go from looking happy to being completely serious. Isabelle does this succinctly. She goes from smiling a happy looking smile to a serious, determined frown in a matter of seconds. Craig Bierko does this in Scary Movie 4 too. He is laughing jovially and then abruptly stops and looks serious.
In the Citibank commercial, Identity Theft Victim Darryl appears to speak like an excited teen, talking about the things "he" just bought. "He" even happily singing Toni Braxton's hit song, "Unbreak My Heart," in an off-key tone. Darryl then has a serious "I just got screwed," expression on his face.
I got a little off track, but these are good examples of excellent acting and Isabelle nailed it!
It's like, cool. It's like, totally rad awesome!

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Kentry-1802 — 11 years ago(October 17, 2014 05:46 AM)

Bump.

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tonychappell — 10 years ago(June 25, 2015 12:22 PM)

i love how you brought up Scary Movie 4 and great acting bahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

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whitespirit26 — 10 years ago(October 17, 2015 12:56 AM)

Or how a real life small child could have such beautiful, cold eyes.

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ElectricWarlock — 9 years ago(May 07, 2016 03:33 PM)

I think she should've been nominated for an Academy Award for her role in this movie. It was an incredible performance. I imagine many adult actors would have trouble pulling off such a complex character but Isabelle did it flawlessly.

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hexrei — 9 years ago(May 14, 2016 02:58 PM)

I'm not sure quality acting is exactly what you think it is Most people, if informed in advance, if they aren't emotionally damaged or something, can act happy and then serious in sequence pretty easily.
What a lovely way to burn

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leybadana — 9 years ago(May 30, 2016 05:33 PM)

she sucks ass as an actress, this was her only good movie
There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone. Graham Hess

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sourskttles — 9 years ago(July 14, 2016 05:01 AM)

And you've seen every other one, Ley?

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duongdogg — 9 years ago(February 04, 2017 06:19 AM)

Yeah she was only like 12 when filming that movie. Chilling and amazing performance by someone so young. She was believable and showed range.