Hide and Seek (2005)

Load of rubbish!!

Captivating movie !

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

David Callaway (Robert De Niro) lives in NYC when suddenly his wife Alison (Amy Irving) commits suicide. His daughter Emily (Dakota Fanning) is suffering from the shock of seeing her dead body and they move to Woodland in upstate NY. Emily starts talking to an imaginary friend named Charlie. Laura (Melissa Leo) and Steven (Robert John Burke) are the neighbors next door who suffered a great loss. Elizabeth (Elisabeth Shue) is a divorced mom who befriends David and has her own little girl. Katherine (Famke Janssen) is the doctor friend from NYC. Dylan Baker plays Sheriff Hafferty.This movie moves far too slowly for far too long. It has a bit of moody atmosphere but the movie tries to stretch it out. There isn't anything scary for that long stretch. The acting is fine by the outstanding cast, and I'm not sure if they could have done anything better. Of course, there is the twist ending. It doesn't really set it up properly, and it feels very jarring. I don't think it's wrong. I just wish that they put down better clues to the twist.

Horror and Extreme Horror Violence (read splatter) Fans were Universally Outraged, or at the Least Disappointed in this Psychological Picture with an All Star Cast and a Promising Premise. It is a Deliberately Paced (read pay attention) Movie that seems Better after its Over and the Events are Replayed in the Mind, then it was upon First Viewing.Dakota Fanning, Continuing Her "wise beyond years" Career as a Pre-Teen Haunted by the Suicidal Death of Her Mother as She is Intrusted with Her Father Played by Robert De Niro Playing a Psychologist.Things do Add Up Eventually and it is Tension with a Capital T as Things Unfold Creepily and it is Dakota's Acting that Keeps all the Other Actors on Their Toes and Really does Steal the Show. That is a Fear that Most Adult Actors, somewhat unfounded, have in Working with Children. But here the Myth is Manifested.Slightly Above Average and is Worth a Watch for the Child Star and De Niro's Against Type Attempt at Something Different.

This film was a really great horror movie, even though the cat dies. The actors had been chosen perfect for the roles they were given. Robert De Niro had the film unstoppable,it was as if he lost his identity which obviously was the intention. To conclude Dakota Fanning made the film more thrilling, what I mean by this is that she looked normal and it was like she knew what to do even though she was incredibly scared. Overall the film is extremely entertaining and the plot was done really smart to make everything seem OK when everything was definitively not. " Come out come out whatever you are" Great film hope you enjoyed my opinion.

In a normal family of New York City, David Callaway (Robert De Niro) is a psychologist who has to face the mysterious suicide of his wife. Unfortunately this tragic incident is causing a big trauma to his little daughter Emily (Dakota Fanning). David decides to move to the countryside to to give all the support and make her to forget what happened, but things became even worse and very weird. In the new house Emily's imaginary friend named 'Charlie' takes control over her behavior. Somebody wants to play hide and seek but neither David nor little Emily seems to enjoy this apparently innocent but dangerous game. The most scary movies are the ones where a child plays a significant role, Dakota Fanning is quiet scary. An unusual performance of Robert De Niro not the best of his famous career.