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Hide and Seek (2005)

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User Rating: 5.6/10 (20,920 votes)
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Overview

Director:
John Polson
Writer (WGA):
Ari Schlossberg (written by)
Release Date:
28 January 2005 (USA) more view trailer
Tagline:
Come out come out whatever you are more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Fluff n' stuff. (spoilers) more

Cast

 (Complete credited cast)

Robert De Niro ... David Callaway

Dakota Fanning ... Emily Callaway

Famke Janssen ... Katherine

Elisabeth Shue ... Elizabeth

Amy Irving ... Alison Callaway

Dylan Baker ... Sheriff Hafferty

Melissa Leo ... Laura
Robert John Burke ... Steven

Molly Grant Kallins ... Amy
David Chandler ... Mr. Haskins

Stewart Summers ... Doctor
Jake Dylan Baumer ... Disturbed Boy
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Jacqueline Lovell ... Party Guest (unconfirmed)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for frightening sequences and violence.
Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Haworth, New Jersey, USA more
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Trivia:
Contrary to popular belief, Dakota Fanning actually wore a brown wig, rather than having her hair dyed. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the scene after Emily's father gives her the new diary, in an exterior view of the house there is no vehicle. However, when Emily is walking towards the woods, there is an SUV. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Alison: Faster.
Emily: No, no, no.
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Movie Connections:
Features Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939) more
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Future Girl more

FAQ

How does it end?
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12 out of 19 people found the following comment useful:-
Fluff n' stuff. (spoilers), 29 July 2005
3/10
Author: Pepper Anne from Orlando, Florida

I wasn't impressed with 'Hide and Seek.' If you've seen Secret Window or any of the recent horror=thrillers with endings of an identical twist, you'll understand how tired and utterly formulaic this has become. Hide and Seek lacks imagination anyways because the viewer is asked to be confounded by a series of disconnected scare tactics such as things jumping of closets, the last minute awareness of the culprit before the death of an unsuspecting victim, and above all, modern horror-thriller filmmakers determined to creep you out with some weirdo kid.

All the while, however, the story is very thin: that of a father and his young daughter coping with the gruesome death of the wife/mother who supposedly slit her wrists in the bathtub where she bled to death. However, we are led to believe that in fact, her death was no accident. And the weird little girl and her mysterious, elusive friend "Charlie," seem to be behind the whole thing as they taunt the father who just seems to want to get on with things. Something like 'The Omen,' if you will. But, it doesn't end that way, of course.

Instead, a cast of pretty good actors star in a film of cheap tricks and an even cheaper ending (including the infamous last scene where you think that all is well until there is some last minute evidence that in fact, the evil will continue unabated). Formula one hundred percent. If you've seen films like 'Secret Window' or 'Taking Lives' or other similar pseudo-mind benders (sorry, other titles don't come to mind at the moment), then you're in for nothing new if you watch 'Hide and Seek.' In any event, De Niro didn't over act and Dakota Fanning did a fine job creeping me out.

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