I appreciated director John Polson’s ability to capture the feel of upstate New York, enjoyed Ari Schlossberg’s clever script, and thought De Niro and Fanning gave characteristically fantastic central performances.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 15, 2025

Hide and Seek is a silly exercise on bad horror films that starts promisingly enough, but quickly erodes into a movie that has more laughs than thrills.

| Nov 18, 2019

Older teens may enjoy; too creepy for kids.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 24, 2010

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.

| Mar 1, 2007

A tawdry cocktail of red herrings, cheap psychology, and shameless horror-movie tropes.

| Oct 6, 2006

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?'

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 25, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 1, 2006

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.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 7, 2006

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 6, 2005

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.

| Original Score: C | Nov 18, 2005

The 'surprise' ending in Hide and Seek is not only unreasonable, but also downright unoriginal.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 28, 2005

A lame showcase for DeNiro's monotonous blankness and the hysterics of Fanning.

| Original Score: D | Jun 20, 2005

What starts out as a promising take on a very serious issue is minced into another standard Hollywood offering.

| Original Score: D | Jun 16, 2005

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.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jun 12, 2005

He buys a house that's far too large for a single parent and his child, obviously selected just because huge, 19th-Century style houses are scarier than two-bedroom condos.

| Apr 23, 2005

Hide and Seek goes off the rails when the secret is brought into the light because it feels like a cheap gimmick, and not an original one at that...

| Original Score: D+ | Apr 13, 2005

De Niro gives an intriguing performance....thills, suspense, scares and surprises...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 9, 2005

A highly polished turd, perhaps the shiniest money can buy... by now the only way De Niro can shock us is by maybe appearing in a movie that isn't a total embarassment.

Full Review | Mar 5, 2005

Hide and Seek is a technically slicker paranoid thriller than director John Polson's previous Swimfan, but its esteemed posture makes it even trashier.

Full Review | Mar 1, 2005

The film grows more comic as it's supposed to be scary.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Feb 27, 2005