Hide and Seek (2005, DVD)

If you love suspense, you'll love this!!!

Dakota Fanning is incredible as usual and Robert De Niro is awesome as her mourning father.

Mini Plot Summary:
Fanning and De Niro move to the country after the death of De Niros wife. Although a slow starter, once Fanning meets Charlie (her imaginary friend) the action really picks up.

Final Verdict:

3/5

Rent or Buy?: I've seen this movie twice and enjoyed it both times. That being said I don't feel the urge to watch this movie over and over again. Rent it once or twice, but buying it isn't necessary.


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I thought this was a excellent movie. It really keeps you wondering through out the whole movie! Who-ever did the casting for this, did a fantastic job with all the actors, they made the movie perfect. I thought it was one of the best movies i have ever seen.

Interesting movie...You think it's innocent at first, then it turns. It continues to change over and over. You think the things that are happening are being done by a "ghost" or someone that no one can think of or find. A great movie...I can't give it away, but this one is a keeper for sure! I watched it on TV and missed a few moments. I was so interested that I immediately got online and bought it so I could see anything I may have missed. The ending is a real surprise! 4 stars from me!

It's easy to disguise eleven year-old Dakota Fanning's silky strawberry tresses under a goth-black wig. But one might think that hiding her remarkable acting talents would be a bit more difficult. That's exactly what has happened with Hide and Seek. Fannning plays a character named Emily who finds her world shattered after the suicide of her mother (Amy Irving). Understandably, Emily withdraws into an emotional shell and never utters much more than a few sentences for the remainder of the film. What isn't understandable however is the choice to waste the talents of one of Hollywood's hottest and most accomplished child actors in a role that calls for her character to walk around in a wide-eyed trance-like state. It might have made more sense to enlist the services of an up-and-comer with a less known reputation for charming the pants off anyone who watches her perform.

Borrowing a similar set-up to many earlier horror plots, Emily's father, David (Robert DeNiro) moves her to a new home in a rather isolated community in hopes of avoiding any reminders of their traumatic event. But shortly after moving into their new house, Emily develops an imaginary friend named Charlie. She blames a recent spate of horrific and deadly events on Charlie, but despite Emily's insistence, her father isn't quite ready to believe that Charlie is a real person as she adamantly insists.

As events play out, it becomes evident that the entire story is evolving for the sole purpose of delivering the big unexpected twist. But by the time the deception finally arrives, not only have we already figured it out, but also the film has worn out its welcome with an endless tirade of loud noises, rapid jump cuts, shattering glass, and –I'm not kidding here - the obligatory cat that leaps from behind a closed door. Director John Polson and screenwriter Ari Schlossberg should know from the films they've emulated, that true psychological horror comes from what we feel rather than from what we see or
hear.

GREAT SUSPENSE. NOT GRAPHIC. NO SEX. GOOD FOR TEENAGERS AND OLDER. IF YOU ENJOY SUSPENSE MOVIES YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.
NOT A GREAT WRITER SO THIS IS ALL I CAN SAY EXCEPT BUY IT.

I loved this movie that little girl is going to be a awsome actor as she gets older. Seeing Denero as the bad guy after all the mob movie was a change but he played the part very well. Worth buying

this seems to be a good selling movie. have sold it in dvd and vhs and gotten no complaints about it yet.i watched it a couple of times and liked it twice so its good for me.

I love the twist in this movie and I am a devoted Dakota Fanning fan as well and she does a fine job in this role.
The plot is enough to hold your attention and real enough that you don't turn it off.
It is a real drama movie for any movie lover and I highlt recommend it.

Good movie/Suspenseful. Great acting. A thriller to the end. Keeps one at the end of their seat throughout the entire movie. Robert Di Nero is one of the greatest actors of our time. I doubt if we'll ever see the likes of his kind again.

HI . I DO NOT RECEIVE THIS ITEM FOR THE SELLER AT ALL . AFTER , I HAD PAID HIM , HE WAS NO LONGER AND DISAPPEARED FROM EBAY. FINALLY , NO ONE HELP ME OR RESOLVE THIS INCIDENT AT ALL . I WANT TO FILE MY CLAIM FOR THIS ITEM , PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME !

I bought this movie because I like the actors involved. It turned out to be a real treat. If you like suspense movies, this is one to watch. Everything about it is well done. It's a keeper!

This movie started out being OK... Then it just kind of went down hill for me.
It could have been better.

This is one of the best suspense movies I have seen. Has a plot that you will not expect. Heads you in one direction & turns you around! Can't say much more, I would not want to ruin anything for that person that has not seen it. This is definately a movie worth watching if you like the suspense!

I did not like this movie. Very disturbing, a great disappointment. All I could say after this one was "Terrible, Disturbing, a waste of two hours" Don't Bother!

Being a fan of Mr. DeNero, I bought this. I hadn't seen it.
I watched it and it was a slow starter but was kind of choppy and had a lot of things going on. It was like a good idea that had a few igredients left out, causing it not to be as good as it could of been.

As has been said before, the movie really does drag on for a while without much action, which is quite disappointing. Considering how much talent both De Niro and Fanning have, you want to actually see them doing something.

Sure, you have good ol' Robert talking to his daugter a lot, and that's all effortish of him. That's just not something I want to mainly see for a big duration of the movie. *sigh*

Surprisingly, I didn't predict the outcome, which indeed was predictable. I guess I was sleepy or something. Heh. Was there something to learn from this movie? Sure. I learned two things:

1: De Niro and Fanning are good actors, even in movies that are not so hot.
2: Never ever go in the basement at night when people have died in your house.

Bottom line: Somewhat entertaining, but don't own it. Just rent it once if you're bored.

this movie is another twister i would relate to the 6th sense (except not a ghost movie) if you only wanted to watch 6th sense once then just rent hide and seek, if you like re watching it then buy hide and seek .....
its a good movie about a phyciatrist trying to cope with his wifes "suicide" by moving and taking his younger daughter to a new atmosphere but now he has to deal with the crap going on at home since the death ....
i recommend also watching the alternative endings, the ending they choose was good but i liked the alternatives a lot ....
watch the movie, and watch it carefully, i had watched it with a few friends and they didnt really understand it in the end (they got the principal but then didnt understand how it related to the issues) i got it, and my smarty pants BF figured it out before it ended, no fun so dont watch it with people who talk to much during movies.

This movie drags for a long time (like 50 minutes) before finally getting to the suspense. The build up is flat and boring, but the twist in the movie is very good. I was disappointed in how it ended, because to give it the appropriate Hollywood ending a character barely involved had to be brought in and it really work. Then the ending opportunity that seems like it is happening doesn't and you are forced into an ending that makes very little sense and is anti-climatic because you are just waiting for the movie to be over.

After watching it, the story was a good idea, just poorly done. Too bad, it had good potential in retrospect.

Since this movie isn't very good, the availability of the alternate endings in the DVD aren't enough to save it. The bonus features would have been good if the movie was worth purchasing.

Don't buy it, don't rent it.

So-so suspense/horror. Dakota Fanning plays the part very well as does Deniro. The story is just "there" / nothing super. Okay renter, but I wouldn't own it.

This was an OK movie, but it was extremely predictable. Good, semi scary pic, but nothing great. In my opinion, it's a renter, but not a movie you'd want or need to watch over and over again.