• GraniteM@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    There’s a handful of movies where it totally works. The kids in Stand By Me were all the right age and Rob Reiner got incredible performances out of them. It might be a little bit harder, but it can be done.

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      5 hours ago

      Great point and excellent movie. Come to think of it, it was very common through the 80’s. The Sandlot, The Goonies, The Lost Boys…any Cory movies lol

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      4 hours ago

      Speaking of King movies, the kids in IT knocked it out the park. King’s great at taking you back to your childhood. “Yep, that’s exactly how we thought, talked and acted.” Sometimes though, his child characters are a bit ahead of their age.