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Hide and Seek (2005)

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Reviews Counted:150

Fresh:19

Rotten:131

Average Rating:3.9/10

Consensus: Robert De Niro and especially Dakota Fanning have earned some praise for their work in Hide and Seek, but critics have called the rest of the film derivative, illogical and somewhat silly.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for frightening sequences and violence

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Thriller

Theatrical Release:Jan 28, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $51,046,989

Synopsis: Dakota Fanning and Robert De Niro slug it out for top acting honors in this creepy psychodrama. After his wife is found dead in the bathtub, Manhattan psychologist David Callaway (De Niro) decides... Dakota Fanning and Robert De Niro slug it out for top acting honors in this creepy psychodrama. After his wife is found dead in the bathtub, Manhattan psychologist David Callaway (De Niro) decides to take his traumatized child, Emily (Fanning), to live in a big, gloomy country house upstate. The shadow of the twisty backyard woods--or something darker--soon creeps over the house and Emily finds a weird friend named Charlie, who her father believes is only imaginary. Charlie likes to play games, and is also very jealous of anyone who tries to come between Emily and her dad, like an attractive local divorcee (Elizabeth Shue) and Emily's New York psychiatrist (Famke Jannsen). Director John Polson takes his time letting the little details of the story accrue in the patently somber tradition of directors like M. Night Shyamalan. John Ottman's score is spooky, the photography is drenched in warm colors, and the mood is relentlessly strange and unsettling. De Niro is fine as a wheezing, aging doctor who can't seem to fathom the extent to which his domestic situation has moved past his control. Of course there's a shocking twist or two, plenty of jolts, red herrings, and sinister woodland explorations (including a dark and foreboding cave), but the spookiest ingredient in this potboiler is the brilliant Fanning. With her jet black hair, pale skin, and wide blue eyes, she enters the realm of instant horror iconhood as the alternately frightened and frightening Emily. Other cast members include Dylan Baker as the local sheriff, and Amy Irving, excellent in her few scenes as Emily's mother. [More]

Starring: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Dylan Baker

Starring: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Dylan Baker, Robert John Burke, Elisabeth Shue

Director: John Polson

Director: John Polson
Screenwriter: Barry Josephson
Producer: Barry Josephson, Ari Schlossberg
Composer: John Ottman
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/12/08
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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The movie starts out as one thing and suddenly jumps the tracks into something else. Then there's the question of credibility that this abrupt switch invites.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Harry Haun
Harry Haun
Film Journal International

A tawdry cocktail of red herrings, cheap psychology, and shameless horror-movie tropes.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
10/06/06
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

This movie has more red herrings than an Agatha Christie novel combined with the aquarium downtown. The real question is, 'How did this stinker attract such a big name cast?'

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/25/06
Russ Breimeier
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today
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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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04/01/06
Empire Magazine

Shameless in its appropriation of incidents and atmosphere from earlier horror movies, with De Niro giving one of the emptier performances of his latter-day career.

Full Review Source: MTV | comment Comment
02/07/06
Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder
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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat

The best way to tell when things are getting bleak is to check Dakota Fanning's face. When she starts to look like a poached egg, that's when you better hide.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
11/18/05
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

The 'surprise' ending in Hide and Seek is not only unreasonable, but also downright unoriginal.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
06/28/05
Uri Lessing
Uri Lessing
eFilmCritic.com

A lame showcase for DeNiro’s monotonous blankness and the hysterics of Fanning.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
06/20/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

What starts out as a promising take on a very serious issue is minced into another standard Hollywood offering.

Full Review Source: FromTheBalcony | comment Comment
06/16/05
Bill Clark
Bill Clark
FromTheBalcony

Hide and Seek may be the most extreme illustration yet of the fears a father faces about his daughter's potential suitors. It's sheer stupidity.

Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | comment Comment
06/12/05
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Hide and Seek goes off the rails when the secret is brought into the light because it feels like a cheap gimmick, and not an original one at that...

Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | comment Comment
04/13/05
Mark Pfeiffer
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

De Niro gives an intriguing performance....thills, suspense, scares and surprises...

Full Review Source: Moviehole | comment Comment
04/09/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

A highly polished turd, perhaps the shiniest money can buy... by now the only way De Niro can shock us is by maybe appearing in a movie that isn't a total embarassment.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
03/05/05
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

Hide and Seek is a technically slicker paranoid thriller than director John Polson’s previous Swimfan, but its esteemed posture makes it even trashier.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
03/01/05
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

The film grows more comic as it's supposed to be scary.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
02/27/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com
 
 
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April 22, 2008: Pacino, De Niro Take Lumps for Recent Choices Opens in new window
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino might be among the greatest living American actors -- but have they forgotten why they started acting in the first place? More...

April 19, 2006: Russell Crowe Has a "Tender" Side
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June 16, 2005: De Niro and Streep Sign Up for "First Man"
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