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Actors: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Elizabeth Shue
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Hide and Seek |
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The major attraction in this thriller is the cast: Robert De Niro plays David Calloway, a recently widowed psychologist trying to get on with his life after his wife's suicide. He is concerned with the well-being of his young daughter, Emily (Dakota Fanning), who is traumatized by her mother's death. Deciding it would be best to start over in a new location, David moves the two of them from Manhattan to a bucolic small town.
Once they move into a lovely, rambling home, they being to meet the locals, including the realtor who found them their house, the sheriff and their next-door neighbors. David even meets an attractive woman whose niece is the same age as his daughter. Emily, however, doesn't seem to be letting go of the past. The taciturn child begins to talk about an imaginary playmate named Charlie. At first Charlie seems rather benign, but his actions become increasingly hostile. David surmises Charlie is Emily's alter ego, whom she has dreamt up to express hostility about her mother's absence. He even has Emily's therapist from the city come up for a visit, in the hope that she can figure out why Emily has conjured up Charlie. Soon, though, David begins to worry that Charlie may be a neighbor, the realtor, the sheriff or even a magical being. David realizes he must confront Charlie -- no matter who or what he is -- if Emily is going to get better.
--Elana Starr, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Hide and Seek |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on present day Earth
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- figuring out if it's all real or imaginary
Horror film?
Yes
Kind of Horror Story
- madman who likes to slice
Family Relations
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Forests?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- mansion
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie
- fearful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- touching of personal anatomy
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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