Hide and Seek is a 2005 American psychological thriller film starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning.

Albert Hughes was initially set to direct, making his debut as a solo director, but left due to creative differences.

Rotten Tomatoes cited praise for De Niro and Fanning for their performances, though its consensus called the film "derivative, illogical and somewhat silly".

[citation needed] Following his discovery of the body of his wife Alison in a bathtub after her apparent suicide, Dr. David Callaway, a psychologist, decides to move with his 9-year-old daughter Emily to upstate New York.

When a family friend, Dr. Katherine Carson, comes to visit David, Emily reveals that she and Charlie have a shared desire to upset her father.

Once David realizes the truth, he becomes completely consumed by Charlie, leading him to murder the local sheriff, who arrives to investigate the neighbor.

One Final Game: Emily is shown seemingly in a new apartment bedroom, and Katherine's actions mirror that of her mother's at the beginning of the film.

The next cut is of Katherine locking the door from the outside, revealing this assumed apartment bedroom is actually a hospital room in a children's psychiatric ward.

Emily's Fate (International theatrical ending): Same as above in the psychiatric ward, but without the Hide and Seek countdown.

"[5] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

[7] Paul Arendt of BBC Movies gave the film two stars out of five, commenting that "Robert De Niro continues his long slide into mediocrity with yet another charmless psycho-thriller.

"[8] John Monaghan of Detroit Free Press gave the film a scoring of two out of four, saying, "The second half gets downright silly as the country home turns into a slaughterhouse.

What could have been a Sixth Sense-style intelligent thriller heads straight for the drive-in, though it's still handled with considerable skill.

"[9] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two stars out of four: "There was a point in the movie when suddenly everything clicked, and the Law of Economy of Characters began to apply.

"[10] According to the New York Times the film was hampered by budgetary restrictions[11] and the Toronto Sun said it was one of De Niro's worst.