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Hide and Seek (2005)
Director: John Polson
Movie review
From Time Out London
Not content with ‘Godsend’, Robert De Niro stars in another hokey horror thriller about a creepy kid. Dakota Fanning digresses from her cute blonde stereotype to play sinister, ashen-faced brunette Emily, whose father David (De Niro) decides a remote house adjoining spooky woods is just the place to get over her mother’s death. But Emily’s mysterious new friend ‘Charlie’ starts daubing threatening messages on the walls, drowning the cat, and worse. Is Charlie Emily’s traumatised alter ego?Don’t answer that. In fact, don’t even think about it because if you do, you’ll guess the ending of this film, rendering the preceding hour or so practically pointless. Fanning’s performance is strong, and there’s some dark comedy in Emily’s perpetually doom-ridden countenance, humorously ignored by cooing locals. And De Niro, of course, could do this in his sleep. But the traditions of the genre are upheld so loyally, and the conclusion signalled so clearly, that this could almost be mistaken for an unscary spoof.
Author: AS
Time Out London Issue 1801: February 23-March 2 2005
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- Niyo said...
- Posted on Oct 28 2007 11:43 i agree with rachie onyl that i the double headed dakota picture thingy should lead on to a sequal
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- Rachiiiieeeee :] said...
- Posted on Sep 10 2007 15:34 Ace film. Just don't understand the ending. Is De Niro dead. && Why is emily in the secure unit? :s
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Cast & crew
Director: John Polson
Producer: Barry Josephson
Cast: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Dylan Baker, Elizabeth Shue, Amy Irving full cast
Genre(s): Horror, Thrillers, Drama
Duration: 101 mins
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