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Yonan Orjubin, Mark van der Laan, Sarita Marchesi, Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning ... see more see more... , Famke Janssen , Elisabeth Shue , Amy Irving , Dylan Baker , Melissa Leo , Robert John Burke , Molly Grant Kallins , David Chandler , Amber McDonald , Josh Flitter , Alicia Harding , Jake Dylan Baumer , Stewart Summers

As a widower tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide, his daughter finds solace -- at first -- in her imaginary friend.

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R, 6 min.

Directed by: John Polson

Release Date: January 28, 2005

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DVD Release Date: July 5, 2005

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  • TheDudeLebowski65
    October 30, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Hide and Seek is a predictable and mediocre thriller that not even the good performances by Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning can salvage. The film had a good idea, but it quickly falls apart, and becomes a tired film that tries too hard to deliver the thrills. For me, a good thr... read moreiller film has got to be effortless in delivering a top-notch story that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Though Hide and Seek starts off good enough to keep you interested, the director doesn't know where to take this story and give us, the viewer an exciting climax. Hide and Seek is simply a mediocre thriller that doesn't try to thrill you. This film is quite uninspired with an ineffective overused formula to create its thrills and tension. What's really surprising is that the good cast that director John Polson directs can't save the film from being a dud. I felt that the film started off well enough, but then it ventured into too similar territory of ideas that have been explored in previous films. I felt that the overused, cliché elements killed this film, and made it quite boring. A good cast is wasted here, and there's nothing going on that really kept me interested in this film. I didn't like the film, and felt it was very mediocre, and this is the perfect example of how a movie that uses old clichéd ideas to create a "new" thriller can turn out, it turns bad. Hide and Seek is boring, uninspired and dull. What could have been a good film is ruined by a bad script and overused ideas.
  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    Unexpected twists and exceptional performances. Creepy and cleverly written. A must see!
  • fb1463751009
    September 18, 2010
    fb1463751009
    i guessed the ending... yeah, when the movie is completely dependent on the ending like this (saw movies) and you predict the ending, it has nothing going for it.
  • 3niR
    January 31, 2010
    3niR
    Story about a mental :|
    But it was nice.
    That kid Dakota Fanning is awesome.
  • ScoopOnline
    December 5, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    Robert De Niro is such a random actor. This Movie kept me wondering, then the surprise. . But it was a tiny bit strange to see Dakota playing a role of "disturbed" kid.
    The House was so cute they lived in.

    Awesome reveal
    After the police discover her car crashed near ... read moreDavid's house, David asks Emily what happened. Emily claims Charlie had caused her death and then tells David where her body is. A terrified David discovers Elizabeth's body in a bathtub full of blood. David asks Emily where Charlie is, and Emily tells him that Charlie "just left the house". David, armed with a knife, goes outside, where he meets his concerned neighbor that has become friends with Emily. The neighbor claims he heard noises and saw David walk out of the woods with a shovel moments before. David assumes that his neighbor is Charlie and begins to act aggressive. Thinking that David has killed his own daughter and buried her in the woods, the neighbor asks to see Emily, but David refuses and cuts the neighbor with his knife. The neighbor then calls the police. As he is in his house a door opens. David thinking it was their neighbor he goes armed and ready. Nobody is there just boxes and his psychologist equipment. After this, David discovers that he has split personality. David realizes that Charlie is not imaginary at all, but that in fact, he is Charlie.
  • ythelastman89
    November 22, 2009
    ythelastman89
    Such a disaster. While the acting is quite good from Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning, it is a horrible story and highly predictable. It took interesting ideas from other movies and combined them into one, forgetting that people would recognize them without even thinking.
  • thmtsang
    October 17, 2009
    thmtsang
    Good thriller. A widower (Robert De Niro) tries to look after his daughter after the suicide of his wife and her mother. Emily (Dakota Fanning) doesn't make friends but prefers to play hide and seek with her imaginary friend Charlie. Good cast. Dakota plays the weird little girl ... read morevery convincingly. Be ready to be seating on the edge of your seat!
  • ironclad1609
    September 1, 2008
    ironclad1609
    This psychological thriller bases its success on its two main characters and their actors, and DeNiro and Fanning deliver as always. The first half of the film isn't terribly exciting but interesting enough to make the audience hope for a shocking twist or solution. Sadly, the on... read moree presented towards the end is neither very convincing nor surprising, after that the showdown seems to drag on forever, using many stereotypes known to thriller finales. Leaves the audience unsatisfied and with the impression this could have been a lot better with a smarter script.
  • CrookedlittleB33
    May 17, 2008
    CrookedlittleB33
    I wonder why most of flix and I don't see eye to eye on this..is it cause Mr De Niro...should be commended?


    But really...
    it was a terrible yawn.
    Totally predictable.
  • bhobbs1985
    February 17, 2008
    bhobbs1985
    Im not a fan of horror movies for the most part - but I was this one. The movie is unpredictable (for the most part) and has you thinking all the way through it. I like it the most, because it COULD happen, unlike the majority of horror movies made.
    This is the only horror movi... read moree, I will probably ever give a steady five. Watch it, even if your not a fan of them!

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Critic Reviews

J. R. Jones
February 5, 2005
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

The movie goes down the tubes in the last third. Full Review

Rex Reed
February 3, 2005
Rex Reed, New York Observer

[An] idiotic, yawn-a-minute thriller. Full Review

Jessica Winter
February 1, 2005
Jessica Winter, Village Voice

Follows no semblance of internal logic. Full Review

Richard Roeper
January 31, 2005
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

I think it's just so well made, so well photographed. Full Review

Stephanie Zacharek
January 30, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Through its first two-thirds, at least, Hide and Seek does a good enough job of piquing our curiosity that the movie's ultimate dumbness is more than a minor insult. Full Review

Michael Rechtshaffen
January 28, 2005
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter

It's so absolutely preposterous that it stops the film cold and draws a collective 'Aw c'mon!' from viewers wondering if maybe they should take back some of that ill will that greeted M. Night Shyamal...

Mike Clark
January 28, 2005
Mike Clark, USA Today

The movie's only rewards are a few unintentional laughs, as when the sheriff (Dylan Baker) calls Emily a 'cute kid' after a long stretch in which she's been acting and looking battier than Sunset Boul... Full Review

Lisa Rose
January 28, 2005
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger

The camera leers at 10-year-old Fanning to the brink of criminality. Full Review

(CNN.com) Paul Clinton
January 28, 2005
(CNN.com) Paul Clinton, CNN.com

Hide and Seek really isn't a suspense thriller at all. It's a mystery movie. It's always a mystery when highly talented people commit the time and effort to a film that is so obviously mediocre. Full Review

Eric Harrison
January 28, 2005
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle

For the first hour or so it builds inexorably to an excruciating level of dread. It does this so well, we're willing to forgive the small lapses of logic it takes to get us there. Full Review

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