Taylor Cole Hide and Seek is an amazing film that questions the safety and sanctity of family. It follows David Calloway, played by Robert De Niro, and his daughter Emily, Dakota Fanning, who move suddenly after wife and mother Alison, played by Amy Irving, commits suicide. Once they move strange things begin to happen that revolve around Emily. For example, David wakes up at the same time each night, the time his wife died. He found his wife in the bathtub at this time, so every night he wakes up, he goes to the bathroom. Since moving, every time he goes to bathroom at this time, there is writing on the wall in blood and something in the bathtub, like, at one point, a dead cat. He always asks Emily who did it and she always replies, "Charlie". However, no one knows who Charlie is. In the end, we find out that David is Charlie and that David has a multiple personality disorder. The cast of this move is phenomenal. For being so young, Fanning does a phenomenal job at portraying this girl who is so lost and confused. She has no idea what to do because her dad is two different people. She does a great job at showing the stress this puts her under. De Niro also has a stunning performance. Waking up night after night to horrific scenes in the bathroom must be terrifying and De Niro does a perfect job at exemplifying that.The editing in this movie makes it obvious to the watcher that De Niro is Charlie if you re-watch the film. In one scene, David puts a tea kettle on the stove and walks away from it. He goes to his office when he hears Emily yell. He walks back into the kitchen and his tea kettle is overflowing and boiling over. David had only put the tea kettle down a few seconds before. He goes up to Emily's room and asks why she yelled. She replies with, "Charlie just left". After re-watching the film, you realize the tea kettle boils over so quickly because David is Charlie. David has no recollection of when he becomes Charlie. This movie is incredibly creepy and dark. It's a favorite of mine because it truly confuses you and makes you think. However, the premise of the movie is a bit of a stretch. It seems strange to think David could commit these terrible acts and not leave any clues behind that it's him. At the end, David realizes he is Charlie and then turns into Charlie. Suddenly, every aspect of David that he had is gone and doesn't come back.Hide and Seek is an incredibly well edited film that offers an original, thought-provoking plot. The editing in this film is phenomenal and adds so much to the story. The performances by the two main characters really makes this story believable. However, the plot itself is a little hard to believe. The plot is supposed to be believable. Instead of a dark, creepy story, sometimes, because of the plot, it becomes comedic.

blanche-2 I'm not a particular fan of horror films, but this one starred Robert De Niro so I thought I'd give it a go. This is horror, mixed with suspense.The minute I saw that these people had a cat I thought this was going to be one cliché after another.The story is, an unhappy woman (Amy Irving) kills herself, leaving behind her husband and her beloved daughter Emily (Dakota Fanning). The father David is a psychologist and decides the best thing to do is to move upstate to a quieter setting with no reminders of their past lives.Emily is sullen and quiet and exhibits disturbing traits: an imaginary friend, not so disturbing in itself, but this friend is destructive, leaving some mean lipstick messages on the walls. Emily mangles a visitor's doll, openly resents a new friend of David's (Elizabeth Shue), destroys one of her own beloved dolls, and horrible drawings begin to appear. David half-believes Charlie exists and becomes suspicious of the next door neighbor, for one.What saved this film from being a run of the mill horror film was the ending, which was actually pretty good. The DVD I had also showed some of the alternate endings. The theatrical one for me is the best, though I think they're all making the same point.

LeonLouisRicci Horror and Extreme Horror Violence (read splatter) Fans were Universally Outraged, or at the Least Disappointed in this Psychological Picture with an All Star Cast and a Promising Premise. It is a Deliberately Paced (read pay attention) Movie that seems Better after its Over and the Events are Replayed in the Mind, then it was upon First Viewing.Dakota Fanning, Continuing Her "wise beyond years" Career as a Pre-Teen Haunted by the Suicidal Death of Her Mother as She is Intrusted with Her Father Played by Robert De Niro Playing a Psychologist.Things do Add Up Eventually and it is Tension with a Capital T as Things Unfold Creepily and it is Dakota's Acting that Keeps all the Other Actors on Their Toes and Really does Steal the Show. That is a Fear that Most Adult Actors, somewhat unfounded, have in Working with Children. But here the Myth is Manifested.Slightly Above Average and is Worth a Watch for the Child Star and De Niro's Against Type Attempt at Something Different.

Funky Monkey This film was a really great horror movie, even though the cat dies. The actors had been chosen perfect for the roles they were given. Robert De Niro had the film unstoppable,it was as if he lost his identity which obviously was the intention. To conclude Dakota Fanning made the film more thrilling, what I mean by this is that she looked normal and it was like she knew what to do even though she was incredibly scared. Overall the film is extremely entertaining and the plot was done really smart to make everything seem OK when everything was definitively not. " Come out come out whatever you are" Great film hope you enjoyed my opinion.