Hide and Seek
In this psychological thriller, widowed father Richard Goodman (Robert De Niro) desperately tries to prevent his disturbed, 9-year old daughter (Dakota Fanning) from slipping into insanity. Concerned by her inability to cope with her mother's death, Richard discovers that his little girl is spending time with a creepy imaginary friend -- who has vengeance on his mind.
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spooky - brandywerezak
an amazing psychological thriller, Richard Goodman tries to help his daughter cope with the death of her mother. Every min will leave you wondering if her new friends are here to play or are here for other things.
if you love a great story line and super twists, zip this movie and keep the hallway light on.Standard Chills In A Passionless Thriller - revsdd
My first reaction as this movie began was that Robert Deniro is way too old to be playing father to Dakota Fanning. That stuck with me all the way through the movie and made this really difficult to accept. It was, however, only one problem when there were in fact many problems. Fanning played Emily, a young girl whose mother apparently commits suicide as the movie opens. To get her away from the memories, her dad David moves them from New York City into a small country town, where mysterious (and increasingly violent) things begin to happen. First, there's mysterious writing that appears in the bathroom, then the family cat is drowned, ultimately a murder is committed. It all seemed to coincide with the appearance of Charlie - an apparently "imaginary" friend of Emily's. There's an attempt to build mystery around the identity of Charlie. As David and Emily arrive in their new home, there's a vague suggestion of some supernatural presence, then the finger seems to be pointed at Emily having knowingly done the evil deeds herself, then a strange and somewhat creepy neighbour is introduced as a potential suspect. Unfortunately, it's all pretty standard, cliché type stuff for this kind of movie. Then comes the "surprise" twist with maybe 20-25 minutes left to go - the only problem being that it didn't surprise me for even a second. It was easy to predict what the mystery of Charlie was going to turn out to be. Setting the unsurprising part of the surprise twist aside, mind you, that twist did allow for a decent enough last 20 minutes that did have a fair amount of suspense, although they were again routine chills. In addition to the routineness of the whole thing, the movie wasn't helped by the acting. The movie definitely wasn't an award winner and all the actors played their parts as if they fully realized that fact, with little passion. When all is put together, I wouldn't categorize this movie as bad , but rather as sadly disappointing.Loved It! - WildAlbedo
This is a great psychological thriller. It was a little slow building, but kept my interested all the way through and had an ending that I would never had expected. The acting could have been a little better, but all around this is a must see especially if you are into movies that get you hooked and then completely spins you around with an ending never to be expected.
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spooky - brandywerezak
an amazing psychological thriller, Richard Goodman tries to help his daughter cope with the death of her mother. Every min will leave you wondering if her new friends are here to play or are here for other things.
if you love a great story line and ...Standard Chills In A Passionless Thriller - revsdd
My first reaction as this movie began was that Robert Deniro is way too old to be playing father to Dakota Fanning. That stuck with me all the way through the movie and made this really difficult to accept. It was, however, only one problem when there were ...Loved It! - WildAlbedo
This is a great psychological thriller. It was a little slow building, but kept my interested all the way through and had an ending that I would never had expected. The acting could have been a little better, but all around this is a must see especially ...