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Jacob Tremblay was incredible!


I have seen several posts and countless articles/reviews praising Brie Larson. She did a great job but it is Jacob's performace that I keep thinking about weeks after I watched the movie. He was absolutely amazing. I read the book and did not believe the movie would even come close to how great the book was because I thought there would be no way they could find a kid who could play this role realistically. Jacob proved me wrong and then some! This kid is going places. He is extremely talented. I am outraged that he wasn't nominated for an academy award as well. In my opinion last oscars' nominees were very lackluster and Jacob acted circles around several of the best actor choices. I have never been so upset before about a stranger getting slighted, which just goes to show how much his performance touched me. He has made me a big fan and I cant wait to see how well he does in "Wonder". But anyway, I was just wondering of anyone else thought that his performance was the highlight of "Room" and not Larson's (although I thought she did well also)?

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I just saw the movie and came to imdb.com to see what awards he won. Imagine my surprise to see he wasn't even nominated by many of the major awards committees.


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Jacob was the star of the movie, imo

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Good though Brie Larson was, Jacob Tremblay carried the film with a sensational performance in a very difficult role. One of the greatest performances by a child I have ever seen. Of that year's Oscar nominees for Best Actor only Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs is conceivably as deserving as Tremblay.

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