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Line 73: ===John Adames=== The film is notable for the performance of [[child actor]] John Adames (also known as Juan Adames), for which he won the first ever [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor]] ~~in 1980~~, shared with [[Laurence Olivier]] for his role in ''[[The Jazz Singer (1980 film)\|The Jazz Singer]]''.<ref name="Slant"/> Adames, who had been cast after an [[open call]], was between five and seven years old when cast, and his character Phil Dawn was six.<ref name="t164">{{cite journal\| title=The Kid Slays in the Picture \| journal=Film Comment \| volume=53 \| issue=5 \| page=20-21 \| date=September 2017 \| first=Shonni \| last=Ennelow \| url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/63adad2d5475a1be0a0e98807ee8093b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=24820 \| access-date=2024-07-16}}</ref><ref name="AFI 1980">{{cite web \| title=GLORIA (1980) \| website=American Film Institute \| url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56421 \| access-date=2023-12-05}}</ref><ref name="The New Yorker 2013">{{cite magazine \| title=Gloria \| first=Richard \| last=Brody \| magazine=The New Yorker \| date=2013-07-11 \| url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/gloria \| access-date=2023-12-05}}</ref> He did not have any subsequent film roles.<ref name="t164"/> Adames' performance was criticized by contemporary reviewers, who according to critic [[Ray Carney]], expected Adames to be "cute and cuddly", and when he was not, they judged that Cassavetes had failed.<ref name="Cassavetes Carney 2001">{{cite book \| last=Cassavetes \| first=John \| last2=Carney \| first2=Raymond \| title=Cassavetes on Cassavetes \| chapter=The Making of ''Gloria'' (1979-1980) \| publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux \| year=2001 \| isbn=978-0-571-20157-0 \| url=https://people.bu.edu/rcarney/cassoncass/gloria.shtml \| access-date=2024-01-11 \| page=}}</ref> Eric Henderson of ''[[Slant (magazine)\|Slant]]'' magazine posited that the criticism was due to Adames' vocal delivery, which he compared to "what [[Paddy Chayefsky]] would sound like impersonating [[Alvin Chipmunk]]".<ref name="Slant"/> However, [[Roger Ebert]] praised Adames' performance, calling him "well cast".<ref name="Ebert"/> Writing for ''[[Film Comment]]'' in 2017, Shonni Enelow revisited Adames' performance as the "crucial positive negative" that "makes the film work".<ref name="t164"/>

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