Hide And Seek [DVD]

Nach dem Tod von Frau und Mutter ziehen der Witwer David Callaway und seine Tochter Emily in eine neue Nachbarschaft. Emily erfindet daraufhin einen imaginären Freund namens Charlie, mit dem sie Verstecken spielt. Aber die Erfindung nimmt unerwartete beängstigende Folgen an. Emilys Vater und ihre Ärztin müssen sich die Frage stellen, wer oder was Charlie wirklich ist..smaterial:4 Alternate Endings; Audio commentary; Making Of Hide And Seek; 14 Deleted Scenes; Pre-Vis Sequences;
Dakota Fanning–the elfin star of Uptown Girls, The Cat in the Hat, and Man on Fire–trades in her blond locks for a semi-gothic brunette do in Hide and Seek. Fanning plays Emily, a young girl whose mother commits suicide. To help Emily through the trauma, her father David (Robert DeNiro), a psychologist, takes her to an isolated house in upstate New York. But instead of healing, Emily gets dark circles under her eyes, mutilates her favorite doll, and develops an imaginary friend named Charlie. In no time at all, things get spooky and David suspects this imaginary friend isn’t so friendly. Hide and Seek owes a lot to The Shining, but whether the creepiness is borrowed or not, there’s a decent dose of it (though the twist at the end is unlikely to surprise many viewers). DeNiro does his job with professional gloss, but Fanning carries the movie; she’s got the kind of charisma that goes beyond acting ability–that ineffable glow that makes an audience want to watch her. –Bret Fetzer, store