Amy Irving, Dakota Fanning, David Chandler
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.
DVD Release Date: July 5, 2005
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Stats: 10,716 reviews
Flixster Reviews (10,716)
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October 17, 2009Good 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 more)
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September 1, 2008This 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 more)
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May 1, 2008Well I thought it was fantastic. I happen to love thriller/mystery movies so that made me enjoy it a lot more than some people would.
Okay, so I hate Dakota Fanning. Just thought you should know that. But she actually wasn't that bad. Normally I can't stand her - I think it wa...( read more) -
January 22, 2008Dakota's performance is flawless but the movie is just absolutely awful that it's painful. Dakota steals De Niro's thunder so easily that it's even funny. But the girl can certainly act and this movie proves it. Her best performance since "I am Sam" and "Man on fire" but her wors...( read more)
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October 22, 2009Rather strange but an interesting story to watch unfold. Not too scary, just more on the freaky side really.
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October 21, 2009Started off alright but then turned into another normal average suspense flick
Critic Reviews
February 7, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV
June 20, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
A lame showcase for DeNiro's monotonous blankness and the hysterics of Fanning. full review
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
January 28, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The mystery is maintained only through characters' behaving against their own interest, doing things they wouldn't do, failing to mention things they certainly would mention. full review
January 28, 2005
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The last weekend of January is traditionally a dumping ground for turkeys at the multiplexes, so don't say you weren't warned. full review
January 28, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
There was a point in the movie when suddenly everything clicked, and the Law of Economy of Characters began to apply. That is the law that says no actor is in a movie unless his character is necessary. full review
January 27, 2005
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
The movie's main purpose seems to be to make audiences squirm uncomfortably. Yelp and shriek in armchair-clawing glee? Not likely. full review
January 27, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
The plodding director, John Polson, reliably telegraphs the big boos, and the next time I see an actor gingerly open a cupboard and get knocked back by an overamplified screeching cat, I'm walking. full review
January 27, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
First-time screenwriter Ari Schlossberg builds an atmosphere of free-floating apprehension through most of its length before pulling an 11th-hour switcheroo that undermines the stars' commendable effo... full review
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August 21, 2009Only 13% of critics liked Hide And Seek?
There has to be some mistake. Hide And Seek is a very good film, with an EXCELLENT twist.
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August 20, 2009Yeah very good! I love the twist in the end, and especially Dakota Fanning is on her best.
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September 8, 2007Just watched it tonight on tv and thought it was pretty good :]. It was kinda scary though in some parts but i likked it, it was good. && the end was good :]. There's this dark mysterious creepy haunting feeling through the whole film, which is kinda spooky but good :]. Nicely done =]. Dakota Fanning was amazing. Famke Janssen was pretty cool. Robert De Niro didnt have that much of a good performance in my opinion. But all in all it was a pretty good film and I likked it :].
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June 25, 2007This was pretty derivative of "The Shining" & "The Sixth Sense",but I got a couple of chucks out of Deniro at the end(a nice extension on Jack Torrance).
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April 7, 2007i kinda didn't get the neighbors wat was ^ with them...i was scared outa my socs but then again i am th BIGGEST wimp i no!! lol
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February 5, 2007I thought that hide and seek was a very good thought out film. They acctually had to think about this film not just put some blood and gore in this once in a life time film.
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January 27, 2007evri1 i no hu watched it said it woz reli gd bt i dnt fink its dat gr8 n it confused me!!
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January 7, 2007this is a FREAKING GREAT movie. i've seriously watched it 5 times and i could still watch it again.
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January 7, 2007I love all movies of this kind!!..they are so real!!..and it makes you think about the unreal or imaginary situations that may happen and that you don`t realize!!It`s so real!!..
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