January 31, 2005
Hide And Seek
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
Here's the premise of the movie:
David's wife dies. He moves Emily and himself to upstate New York to help Emily get over the trauma of the death of her mother. While in this new house, Emily goes into the woods and makes a new friend, Charlie. Scary things happen.
I figured out who Charlie was the minute Elisabeth Shue's character died (and that's not a spoiler because it's in the trailer). I turned to Janice after the death and told her my theory. Sure enough, I was correct.
At first, the movie is kind of entertaining because you're sitting in a dark theatre and the music is going and you're very immersed in what's going on on-screen. But once you get out of the theatre and all the stimuli is gone and you really start to think about the movie, you start to find things that make no sense and the whole thing just falls apart.
However, Dakota Fanning acted the SHIT out of her part. That girl is talented. She's what saves the movie from getting 5 pitchforks.
Don't see this movie in the theatre. Don't rent it either, unless you've got nothing better to do. But don't say I didn't warn you.