when i first saw the preview for hide and seek and i think that it be just another creepy kid movie . but after go to see it with a clear mind and i be pleasantly surprise . the movie be well craft and suspenseful with incredible performance from the cast . dakota fan play a scarred young girl who develop a dangerous imaginary friend name charlie . her father ( dinero ) move with her to a remote place out of the city for a new start after his wife suicide . i love the first hour of this movie . the character show true depth and the effect of what fan character have see be wonderfully show . the neighbor be introduce and seem very creepy . okey and now to the second hour . why . why . the writer have so many way to go and why do they do the second personality end . for those who hadn not see it and the dad be charlie . it not even the lazy routine end that bother me and it that they have so many other choice . one and the couple who lose their child . the father saw him speak to his daughter . when he go over to their house and he talk to the neighbor wife who break down and say that her husband do something bad . what be that about . also and the neighbor who be return a key at 3am who seem very suspicious . with any of these ending and they could have scar audience with the modern fear of kidnapping and child abduction . but no and they go with the alternate personality . this movie leave the audience want their money back and wonder why they do not see earnest go to the beach instead . the writing be inconsistent and leave loose end with the neighbor story . i suggest watch the first hour and then leave or change the channel ( if youre watch it on tv ) .