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Release Date:
28 January 2005 (USA) moreTagline:
Come out come out whatever you are morePlot:
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 synopsisAwards:
1 win & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(16 articles)
Wrong Turn 3 preview, Trick ’R Treat star added to East Coast Fango con! (From Fangoria. 1 June 2009, 8:51 AM, PDT)
Trailer for new J-Horror Hide And Seek
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Fluff n' stuff. (spoilers) moreCast
(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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Rated R for frightening sequences and violence.Parents Guide:
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101 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Taiwan:PG-12 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:16 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 | USA:R | Ireland:18 (DVD/VHS release)Fun Stuff
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Famke Janssen said she wouldn't have done this movie had Robert De Niro not been attached moreGoofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Emily is laying on her bedroom floor, she draws a picture of her and Charlie at the window, but she draws herself with blonde hair, the actress's natural hair color. moreMovie Connections:
Featured in Hide and Seek: Do You Want to Play? The Making of 'Hide and Seek' (2005) (V) moreSoundtrack:
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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.