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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 5

Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning, as Dr. David Calloway, the father, and Emily, as his pre-adolescent daughter, create characters that seem, within the extremes of their situation, convincing and sympathetic.

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Cast & Crew

John Polson
Director
Robert De Niro
As David Callaway
Melissa Leo
As Laura
Dylan Baker
As Sheriff Hafferty
Famke Janssen
As Katherine
Dakota Fanning
As Emily Callaway
Brendan Sexton III
As Store Clerk (uncredited)

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Hide and Seek is a psychological horror film that follows the story of David Callaway, a widowed psychologist played by Robert De Niro, and his nine-year-old daughter Emily, played by Dakota Fanning. After Emily's mother dies from an apparent suicide, David decides to move with his daughter to upstate New York to try and help her come to terms with her grief. However, things take a dark turn when Emily starts to play with an imaginary friend named Charlie. As Charlie's games become increasingly disturbing, David begins to suspect that there may be something sinister at play. Is Charlie just a figment of Emily's imagination, or is there something more malevolent at work? The film explores themes of grief, trauma, and mental illness as David struggles to understand his daughter's behavior and protect her from the unknown forces that seem to be threatening their lives.

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