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06/24/06
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Hide and Seek (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 152
Fresh: 19
Rotten:133
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Consensus: Robert De Niro and especially Dakota Fanning have earned some praise for their work in Hide and Seek, but critics have called the rest of the film derivative, illogical and somewhat silly.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Thriller
Synopsis: Dakota Fanning and Robert De Niro slug it out for top acting honors in this creepy psychodrama. After his wife is found dead in the bathtub, Manhattan psychologist David Callaway (De Niro) decides to take his traumatized child, Emily... [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Dylan Baker
Director: John Polson
Reviews for Hide and Seek
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Top Critic
The film also cleverly gives us not one but two leading ladies (Elisabeth Shue and Famke Janssen) so we can have fun guessing which of them won't make it to the final reel.
02/26/05
De Niro continues his long slide into mediocrity with yet another charmless psycho-thriller.
02/08/05
Top Critic A film in which no character ever turns on the lights, because if they ever did, we could see exactly what was happening, and how stupid it really is.
02/07/05
Besides a nice sense of visual style, there's nothing to this creepy-child thriller.
01/30/05
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09/12/08
Top Critic The movie starts out as one thing and suddenly jumps the tracks into something else. Then there's the question of credibility that this abrupt switch invites.
03/01/07
A tawdry cocktail of red herrings, cheap psychology, and shameless horror-movie tropes.
10/06/06
This movie has more red herrings than an Agatha Christie novel combined with the aquarium downtown. The real question is, 'How did this stinker attract such a big name cast?'
09/25/06
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05/26/06
No es lo suficientemente buena para sorprendernos y, en consecuencia, nos manipula.
05/03/06
Shameless in its appropriation of incidents and atmosphere from earlier horror movies, with De Niro giving one of the emptier performances of his latter-day career.
02/07/06
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01/17/06
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Top Critic The best way to tell when things are getting bleak is to check Dakota Fanning's face. When she starts to look like a poached egg, that's when you better hide.
11/18/05
The 'surprise' ending in Hide and Seek is not only unreasonable, but also downright unoriginal.
06/28/05
A lame showcase for DeNiro’s monotonous blankness and the hysterics of Fanning.
06/20/05
What starts out as a promising take on a very serious issue is minced into another standard Hollywood offering.
06/16/05
Hide and Seek may be the most extreme illustration yet of the fears a father faces about his daughter's potential suitors. It's sheer stupidity.
06/12/05
Latest News for Hide and Seek
April 22, 2008:
Pacino, De Niro Take Lumps for Recent Choices 
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino might be among the greatest living American actors -- but have they forgotten why they started acting in the first place? More...
April 19, 2006:
Russell Crowe Has a "Tender" Side
Notorious tough guy Russell Crowe has climbed aboard an indie flick entitled "Tenderness," in which he'll work with a pair of teens and fellow Aussie John Polson, the... More...
November 23, 2005:
Thriller Director Tries a Little "Tenderness"
John Polson, the filmmaker who last directed the Robert De Niro / Dakota Fanning thriller "Hide and Seek," will soon step back behind the cameras, says Variety. Mr.... More...
June 16, 2005:
De Niro and Streep Sign Up for "First Man"
Variety indicates that Robert De Niro ("Hide and Seek") and Meryl Streep ("Adaptation") will co-star in Disney's "First Man." Screenwriter Diane... More...
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