To me, this movie is perfection.

Beautiful, moving film.

Absolutely Fantastic

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Hide And Seek is an effectively disconcerting horror yarn that met some nasty reviews and and deflated box office expectations. It's perhaps not the white knuckle blast of terror that people were hoping for, and more of a slow burn as far as pacing goes, but the scares lie in the mounting sense of unease and atmospherics, which work well enough for me. If I recall correctly there are a few cheap and tawdry jump scares that are almost always false alarms in these type of films, but hey, nobody's perfect. Robert Deniro under plays the part of a grieving widower trying to pick up the pieces after his wife's suicide, with a growing concern from his daughter (a goth-ed out Dakota Fanning) who doesn't seem to be taking the residual trauma very well. She has an eerie imaginary friend named Charlie, whose behaviour is a huge cause for alarm, not those mention the girl's mental well being. Famke Janssen warmly plays her doctor, who is subject to Dakota's violent outbursts which she vehemently pins on this Charlie piece of work. It's brash, sensationalistic and loves it's premise maybe a bit too much, pounding each plot point in with the subtlety of a steamroller. That's not to say it's not entertaining, there's some dark thrills here and there and it's shot wonderfully to give us some spooky visuals and drab, ominous frames. Fanning does what she can and holds up her end well, Deniro is solid, if a little strained. There's also work from Elizabeth Shue, Dylan Baker, Robert John Burke, Melissa Leo and Max Payne himself, James McCaffrey. Sure it ain't great, but it's still in the margins of a solid horror thriller, and is at its best when the atmospherics kick in.

Some movies--not all--are like connected links in a chain; if you break one, then the whole movie falls apart. Thrillers are one of those kinds of movies. This movie has two of those when it cannot afford one: (1) If Charlie is Emily's dad and she knows who he is all along, then why doesn't she appear overjoyed to be in Charlie's(her dad: David's) presence when she is pleased with Charlie earlier? She instead acts as if her dad is a her dad rather than a friend. (2) How can Charlie be in Emily's closet when David is in another room when Charlie scares David's girlfriend out the window? Pretty good movie without those SERIOUSLY CRITICAL flaws mucking this one up.

Hide and Seek is an amazing film that questions the safety and sanctity of family. It follows David Calloway, played by Robert De Niro, and his daughter Emily, Dakota Fanning, who move suddenly after wife and mother Alison, played by Amy Irving, commits suicide. Once they move strange things begin to happen that revolve around Emily. For example, David wakes up at the same time each night, the time his wife died. He found his wife in the bathtub at this time, so every night he wakes up, he goes to the bathroom. Since moving, every time he goes to bathroom at this time, there is writing on the wall in blood and something in the bathtub, like, at one point, a dead cat. He always asks Emily who did it and she always replies, "Charlie". However, no one knows who Charlie is. In the end, we find out that David is Charlie and that David has a multiple personality disorder. The cast of this move is phenomenal. For being so young, Fanning does a phenomenal job at portraying this girl who is so lost and confused. She has no idea what to do because her dad is two different people. She does a great job at showing the stress this puts her under. De Niro also has a stunning performance. Waking up night after night to horrific scenes in the bathroom must be terrifying and De Niro does a perfect job at exemplifying that.The editing in this movie makes it obvious to the watcher that De Niro is Charlie if you re-watch the film. In one scene, David puts a tea kettle on the stove and walks away from it. He goes to his office when he hears Emily yell. He walks back into the kitchen and his tea kettle is overflowing and boiling over. David had only put the tea kettle down a few seconds before. He goes up to Emily's room and asks why she yelled. She replies with, "Charlie just left". After re-watching the film, you realize the tea kettle boils over so quickly because David is Charlie. David has no recollection of when he becomes Charlie. This movie is incredibly creepy and dark. It's a favorite of mine because it truly confuses you and makes you think. However, the premise of the movie is a bit of a stretch. It seems strange to think David could commit these terrible acts and not leave any clues behind that it's him. At the end, David realizes he is Charlie and then turns into Charlie. Suddenly, every aspect of David that he had is gone and doesn't come back.Hide and Seek is an incredibly well edited film that offers an original, thought-provoking plot. The editing in this film is phenomenal and adds so much to the story. The performances by the two main characters really makes this story believable. However, the plot itself is a little hard to believe. The plot is supposed to be believable. Instead of a dark, creepy story, sometimes, because of the plot, it becomes comedic.

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.