Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek
R | 27 January 2005 (USA)
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David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.

Reviews
Diagonaldi Very well executed
BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
tangreat-bk The only reason I watched this movie was because I'm a huge fan of Robert De Niro and wondered what would he be like in a horror movie.Overall it's a decent watch.It's well crafted, well performed (both by De Niro and Fanning) and to a point well written. It builds up the tension slowly but surely and focuses on the character relationships.But it's not a smooth sail. The movie suddenly falls apart in the third act due to a nonsense twist whose only ambition is to shock the viewer. Needless to say it doesn't work at all and doesn't even fit in with what happened with the first two acts of the movie. Left a bad taste with me.
Filipe Neto This film tells the story of a psychiatrist who has to help his young daughter to overcome her mother's death while, at the same time, he makes his own mourning. But the child starts talking about an invisible friend who seems increasingly violent and cruel. Robert De Niro takes the lead role and, contrary to many people's thoughts, I don't think he's too old for such roles. He has acted in a restrained and sweet manner, tempered with psychological depth, which shows us De Niro's versatility and his suitability for a wide range of characters, not just the tough mafia bosses who have made him famous. Dakota Fanning was very well too, far from the absolutely annoying performance she'd given us in "War of Worlds" (in which she just screamed constantly as she was dragged across the set). The suspense is built gradually, convincingly and pleasantly. I noticed that some parts are very easy to anticipate and, from a certain point, it doesn't invest in the thickening of the plot, but besides these defects, its a film that fulfills what promises and entertains the public quite well without, however, being brilliant. Worth watching, even if we forget it quickly.
lolidunno16 Could this film be any more cliché? Hide and Seek is about when a man finds his wife dead in the bathtub at two in the morning on New Year's Day and his ten-year-old girl daughter is traumatised and will not speak.Then we get cliché after cliché for 90 minutes, as well as a stupid and cop-out ending. I will not spoil the ending because I think people should see the stupid ending for themselves. We've seen this stuff before so many times. Schizophrenia has almost become a stock plot for horror films. Gone are the days of vampires and witches. It's all just about mental illness now. And you only have to see 15 minutes of the film to realise this.However, I will at least give them points for trying. They obviously tried very hard to make this a good movie. It just didn't work out. They tried to do a few twists, but they simply did not work.4/10.
Desertman84 Hide and Seek is a thriller starring Robert De Niro, Famke Janssen and Dakota Fanning. The story is abut Emily, a young girl whose mother commits suicide. To help Emily through the trauma, her father David, a psychologist, takes her to an isolated house in upstate New York. But instead of healing, Emily gets dark circles under her eyes, mutilates her favorite doll, and develops an imaginary friend named Charlie. In no time at all, things get spooky and David suspects this imaginary friend isn't so friendly. Elisabeth Shue and Dylan Baker co-star.It was directed by John Polson.The film has great performances especially from Robert De Niro and especially Dakota Fanning.Unfortunately, the film is derivative, illogical and somewhat silly.Also,it is somewhat predictable as the end is obviously not going to be a surprise to the viewers.