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Hide and Seek

2005

John Polson

Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Elisabeth Shue ...

5.4

15,778

Mystery. Horror A widowed father (De Niro) desperately tries to break through to his nine year old daughter (Dakota Fanning) when she creates a creepy, maniacal imaginary friend named Charlie with a terrifying vendetta. Imaginary friends can seem so real.

	Author	Review
United States	Connie Ogle Miami Herald	"Its frights are not that chilling or original, its secrets more run-of-the-mill than astounding"	NEU
United States	Derek Elley Variety	"A routine haunted child psychothriller gussied up with A-list casting"	NEU
United States	Janice Page Boston Globe	"Ignore the hype. You won't find anything startling or memorable in the derivative 'Hide and Seek'"	NEG
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"De Niro gives a crafty performance, and director John Polson maintains a pleasantly low-key suspense. But the ending is a disappointment"	NEG
United States	Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times	"Unless you're a connoisseur of movies that are so bad they're good, 'Hide and Seek' is one game you're not going to want to play."	NEG
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"As cliche-ridden horror films go, Hide and Seek builds a pretty darn good mousetrap."	POS

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