Who is the best child actor?

Yes she does. I can't wait to see that movie. I can't believe she just started high school... and proper high school too not just home schooling. How much can these kids fit into their lives!!

Yes, it was a very haunting and gripping start to the movie. I haven't really seen him anything else though. Is he establishimg him self as an actor or singer or was that just a one off?

Yes it was, I don't know if he is going to move forward in his acting career or not, but I certainly hope he does! I'd like to see him play bigger parts too. :)

It's funny that although the movie caused so much controversy, it didn't even get picked up by a distributor. And it got horrible reviews. If it was my child I would not have let her do the scenes. But I'm not her parents, and I have no idea of her true maturity level. Surely they would never do anything to harm her psychologically.

Yeah I remember the conterversy that caused. Do you think it was inappropriate or artistic? I haven't seen the movie to comment. I was a little shocked when i first heard but I get the feeling her parents are very responsible and strict with her. For example, on an interview in Oprah she said she doesn't even get pocket money and its completely believeable coming from her as shes not sitting there with a louis vutton bag. You should watch litte miss sunshine. It is an amaing movie! Abigail is good but I think its through good rehearsal not just the natural flair Dakota appears to have. I think I'm just a Dakota fan!

I think your talking about Haley Osment. He is also a serious actor whose skills sell his name as opposed to controversy. I loved him in the movie pay it forward. It was beautiful. I want to read the book now.

I know what you mean. But I think the only child actors we hear about are the ones that play up and utilise thier new found fame. I'm sure its very difficult going through such intense public scrutiny and acquring that much wealtha and part taking in the extremely competitive movie industry at such a young age. I think its terrible that these young childer do seem to be somewhat exploited in order to tap into the tween industry. They are given far more responsibility than they can handle and are expected to act in an adult manner while still undertaking heavy schedules to promote themselves. There are some child actors though that have made the transition into good adult actors. e.g. kirsten dunst (jumanji...i thought that was a very scary children's movie!).

They are saying that tiwilight will be the next harry potter! I think thats setting the standards very very high. But supposedly it will be a hit with tweens. Can't wait to see it.

Yes, but I guess everyone has their scandals. Remember when there was that uproar because she shot a movie in which she was in that scene (at age 12)? People were targetting her parents arguing for children's rights. O.k. this is worded very funny but I'm not allowed to post words of too mature a content unless I change my settings.