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Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
With her sunny smile and youthful exuberance, Skye McCole Bartusiak has been brightening the silver screen since making her debut in the 1999 Stephen King miniseries Storm of the Century. Born in September of 1992 in Houston, TX, the sprightly youngster isn't the only actor in the family; her brother, Stephan Dylan Bartusiak, has wet his toes in front of the camera as well. Moving on to such popular features as The Cider House Rules [1999] and The Patriot, Skye has since appeared in television as well. In 2001 Skye appeared in such popular features as Don't Say a Word and Riding in Cars With Boys.

Quote by Barry Watson
"She's probably the best actor I've worked with, forget Helen Mirren," Watson laughs in an interview with Zap2it.com. "I mean, she really is unbelievable, I still get tears in my eyes every time I look at her. All my favorite stuff in the movie is with Franny."

Various Boogeyman Reviews
"...young Bartusiak is appropriately worldly beyond her years for her mysterious character."

Filmed bleakly in New Zealand during the winter, Columbia Pictures wasted an appealing cast, especially the talents of 12-year-old Houston prodigy Skye McCole Bartusiak. A resident of Houston, Skye McCole Bartusiak made her film debut in 1999 with the acclaimed "The Cider House Rules," followed by 2000s "The Patriot." A veteran of more than a dozen films, her next movie is "Love is a Survivor," a true story about the Holocaust."

At the premiere of Against the Ropes
Also on hand was Skye McCole Bartusiak, young Jackie Kallen. She is a bright and articulate eleven year old actress who has a busy future. Her next role is in The Boogeyman, a Sam Raimi vehicle, in which she portrays Frannie. Due to a confidentiality clause she was unable to elaborate on this project filmed in New Zealand. Love is a Survivor, a story set during WWII in a concentration camp is next up on her list. She is the character, Maria, who risks her life to protect a Jewish family. It will begin filming in either Poland or New York shortly.

Quote by Hallee Hirsh
"I made friends over the week with adorable Skye McCole Bartusiak. Her short film, The Vest, played before Speak and it was so good and so funny. She is amazing and so cute and nice."

Quote by Katherine Heigl
How did your cast mates Dale Midkiff and Skye McCole-Bartusiak handle the rustic setting?
"I'm a princess, but they were really tough. It was cold in that cabin, so inbetween takes on a few nights we huddled together to keep warm. It was like the Waltons."

Quotes by Michael Douglas
Skye impressed us the most. She has an inherent sense of honesty and truth about what she does, which is a joy to see...

SKYE [MCCOLE BARTUSIAK], who played my child, was a stunning young actor.

Quotes by Brittany Murphy
"Skye is such a doll bunny," Murphy said. "Not only is she a dumpling, but she's so cool and so kind."

"Skye was incredible both times [that she worked with her]," Murphy said. "She is such a strong actress and such a good girlfriend, and what a spirit she has- and she's only 10!"

Skye is the female Haley Joel Osment. I didn't think there was such a thing as child actors until I met Skye. She is one of the most well adjusted humans that I have ever met in my life...

On the set of Don't Say a Word:
Skye's mother, who is also in the studio, tells me how nice she thinks Conrad Goode is in real life- and how he does terrible things to her daughter over the course of the movie.
It's 7.45 pm. Skye's mother and one of the crew try to decide whether the finished film will carry a PG or an R rating.

The Camie Awards
And the bright young star who played Missy, Skye McCole Bartusiak, who is only eleven years old, reveled in the spotlight as she received her CAMIE. It was a treat to visit with Skye, who is certainly up-and-coming starlet, along with her mother, Helen McCole, about being careful about which films for her to choose in the future- more uplifting ones like Love Comes Softly. Everyone at the CAMIE awards event and who has seen this touching movie recognized Skye McCole Bartusiak’s exceptional talent.

&Skye McCole Bartusiak— a dynamic young starlet received a CAMIE award from Dr. Glen Griffin for LOVE COMES SOFTLY, one of the best movies of the year.

Various Love Comes Softly Reviews
...but his daughter, Missy, played brilliantly by Skye McCole Bartusiak, needs a mother.

Various The Vest Reviews
Skye McCole Bartusiak seems to love the camera and the camera loves her. She started acting so young. She was in Cider House Rules, with Mel Gibson in The Patriot, with Michael Douglas in Don't Say a Word and others. She just doesn't understand nerves. It's as if it never occured to her that acting in front of a camera is something rare, unique or exciting, I mean she just has a great time. The notion of getting nervous about it is just not in her. It's just great.

We explained a shot to her once- it was me, the director of photography and the first assistant director. I explained what was going to happen an she said, "Okay." So I said, "Why don't we rehearse it once?" And she said, "No...let's just shoot it". It was quite an honor when she turned to her Mum and said, "He's a really good director, Mum, and I should know."

...and Paul Gutrecht's The Vest– the audience award-winner– boasts a smart lead performance from the young Skye McCole Bartusiak.

Check out "The Vest," a 10-minute revenge flick that will satisfy anyone who has suffered the painful consequences of wearing handmade clothing to school.

The film is narrated by Sara [Skye McCole Bartusiak], a third-grader who is forced to wear to school a vest sewn by her mother. The vest alone, in all its tackiness, makes the film worth seeing. Much to her own surprise, after Sara is ostracized because of her wardrobe, she lashes out by stabbing her rude classmate in the leg with a pencil.

"Skye was nine going on 10 when we shot this," Gutrecht said. "I would explain a shot to her, and then we would conclude the conversation with, 'OK, shall we rehearse it once?' Her reply always would be, 'No, let's shoot it.' I'd look at the [director of photography], he'd look at me, we'd look at the first [assistant director], and then we'd say, 'OK, let's shoot it!'"

Various Miracle Worker Reviews
Bartusiak and Swank save this Miracle with their marvelous performances.

Until Swank catches fire, our headliner is upstaged by 10-year-old Skye McCole Bartusiak. Riding a normal learning curve through the remainder of the Charlotte run, Bartusiak could become an overnight sensation when her Helen arrives at Broadway's Music Box Theatre. The physicality of Helen's restless probing, her prideful resistance, and her moments of infantile joy are all convincing."

Alongside Ms. Swank will be a wonderful young actress named Skye McCole Bartusiak, who stars as Helen. Ms. Bartusiak has appeared in "The Patriot", "Don't Say A Word" and on Fox Television's hit series "24."

A remarkable 10 year old Texan, Skye McCole Bartusiak, will play the young Helen.

Various Don't Say a Word Reviews
&The sleeper star to watch here is the young Skye McCole Bartusiak whose character is superb in the supporting role of a smart beyond her year's child in danger.

&...Playing the kidnapped daughter, Bartusiak spreads charm all over the screen...

And so, on to the family scene that has become so, well, so familiar in Michael Douglas movies. He's a great dad to 8 year old Jessie [Skye McCole Bartusiak, who is surprisingly good in a hard part- she has to seem alternately adorable, subtle, clever, and incredibly daring, and stand by while the big-footed adults stomp all over the movie]. In fact, the two girls, Elisabeth and Jessie, actually give the movie what little juice it has.

His eight-year-old daughter, Jessie- played by Skye McCole Bartusiak who, at one year older than the character she plays, is already the veteran of seven movies [including The Patriot] plus a host of TV shows- has vanished.

Jessie, Dr Conrad's kidnaped daughter, played by a tiny Jodie Foster-esque little actress Skye McCole Bartusiak, was a charming actress [besides the hoity toity Hollywood moniker]. Perhaps, a star in the making.

Skye McCole Bartusiak is precociously cute as Jesse, Conrad's eight year old daughter.

What's remarkable is how certain performances, especially Brittany Murphy's as the mental patient and Sky McCole Bartusiak's as the kidnapped girl, find their own rhythm and truth in the middle of all that urgency.

...whose young daughter [the wonderful Skye McCole Bartusiak] is kidnapped.

Bartusiak gives a surprisingly strong performance as Conrad's daughter, who must possess MacGyver genes [in one scene, she finds a way to communicate with a loved one through a vent].

The kid, Jessie [Skye McCole Bartusiak: The Patriot, The Cider House Rules]- 8 years old, cute as a button, and sassy to boot- gets kidnapped right from the Conrads' luxury apartment.

Douglas, Murphy and McCole Bartusiak are so watchable...

Skye McCole Bartusiak, who will appear with Drew Barrymore in "Riding in Cars With Boys," is the very self-possesed 8-year-old.

As their daughter Jessie, Skye McCole Bartusiak also manages to get beyond cute and scared to show us an intelligent kid thinking under pressure.

Various The Patriot Reviews
And the part of Susan Martin was played wonderfully by Skye McCole Bartusiak. She doesn't really have too much to say in the film, but her portrayal of a child who's been so traumatized by the death of her mother that she retreats into a world of silence was very convincing.

The older Susan, [Skye McCole Bartusiak] crying in her fathers arms.

Susan [played by the absurdly cute and consistently scene-stealing Skye McCole Bartusiak], has been mute for some time.

Susan [Skye McCole Bartusiak, who was equally heartbreaking with just a smile in Cider House Rules], pulled a Temple of Doom on me in one scene and basically held my heart out in front of my face so I could watch it beat. And she's eight. Someone make sure she has a good agent. Please.

But the outstanding performance in this movie is by a newcomer, not just to acting, but to life- Skye McCole Bartusiak, who plays Martin's youngest daughter, Susan. Getting a child so young to act so well is amazing, and I predict more outstanding performances from that young lady. The actors who portray Benjamin Martin's other children are remarkably understated. No "kid actor" syndrome is evident here. The standout, however, is the unfortunately-named Skye McCole Bartusiak as the somewhat mute Susan. This young Kirsten Dunst lookalike has a goodbye scene with Gibson that is so perfectly rendered, it nearly tore the guts out of even an old cynic like me.

And finally, Skye McCole Bartusiak [The Cider House Rules] plays Gibson's youngest daughter, Susan. For an eight-year old, she gave a wonderfully nuanced performance. The scene where she runs to her father and begs him not to leave brought tears to my eyes. She was that good.

The young actors are brilliant, from the already well-established Heath Ledger to the adorable and talented Skye McCole Bartusiak, they are all incredibly natural!

Eight-year-old Skye McCole Bartusiak gives a surprisingly skilled and intense performance as Susan, and I really look forward to seeing her in future roles. In this film, she was one of those rare children's roles that I absolutely fell in love with.

And all of the Martin kids do a surprisingly good job, especially Skye McCole Bartusiak as the youngest, Susan.

Martin's youngest child, Susan [played by the absurdly cute and consistently scene-stealing Skye McCole Bartusiak]. Since this film is, in part, designed to make us remember and recognize the sacrifices of the Founding Fathers, it is no surprise that this moment of daughterly recognition seems to be the emotional center of the film.

Various Blonde Reviews
Bartusiak is amazing as the young Norma Jeane. This dazzling little girl, a natural actress, uses her both her face and her body to convey Norma Jeane's roller-coaster emotions. Most actors her age couldn't pull it off.

Various Beyound the Prairie 2 Reviews
The star newcomer is Houston's Skye McCole Bastusiak, who plays Rose, the daughter of Laura and Almanzo. If you saw the movie The Patriot, you'll remember what a good little actress this child is. She played Mel Gibson's silent daughter in that, and in this she's equally effective as a brilliant child whose mistreatment at the hands of schoolmates makes her so miserable that she begs her parents to take her back to where they came from.

Bartusiak, who recently excelled as the young "Charlie" in "Firestarter: Rekindled" on the Sci-Fi network, is one of the reasons to watch "Beyond the Prairie II." She brings genuine angst, joy and intelligence to Rose. Most of all, she makes you care about this real-life girl who inspired her mother to become a published author.