i wasn not impress with hide and seek . if you have see secret window or any of the recent horror equal thriller with ending of an identical twist and you will understand how tired and utterly formulaic this have become . hide and seek lack imagination anyways because the viewer be ask to be confound by a series of disconnected scare tactic such a thing jump of closet and the last minute awareness of the culprit before the death of an unsuspecting victim and and above all and modern horror thriller filmmaker determine to creep you out with some weirdo kid . all the while and however and the story be very thin represent that of a father and his young daughter cop with the gruesome death of the wife or mother who supposedly slit her wrist in the bathtub where she bleed to death . however and we be lead to believe that in fact and her death be no accident . and the weird little girl and her mysterious and elusive friend charlie and seem to be behind the whole thing a they taunt the father who just seem to want to get on with thing . something like the omen and if you will . but and it doesn not end that way and of course . instead and a cast of pretty good actor star in a film of cheap trick and an even cheap end ( include the infamous last scene where you think that all be well until there be some last minute evidence that in fact and the evil will continue unabated ) . formula one hundred percent . if you have see film like secret window or take life or other similar pseudo mind bender ( sorry and other title do not come to mind at the moment ) and then youre in for nothing new if you watch hide and seek . in any event and de niro do not over act and dakota fanning do a fine job creep me out .