H & S's resemblance to The Shining is undeniable. It's predictable, overly dramatic without cause and, worse of all, at a climactic moment near the end of the film, it actually has a character utter the title of the film in an apparent homage to bad lines from '80s action movies. Hide and Seek is an insulting entry into the psychological drama genre. There is a twist, but you can probably guess it without thinking too hard. He tries to get her to admit that Charlie doesn't exist, but soon real people start dying and David realizes there might be a real Charlie after all. As events escalate and violence ensues, David realizes that his daughter may have much deeper psychological issues. This only enrages Charlie, who tells Emily that Elizabeth may be trying to replace her mother. David tries to help his daughter by introducing her to another girl about her age, the niece of a pretty neighbor named Elizabeth Young (Elizabeth Shue). Soon Charlie starts to misbehave and act out in some violent ways, including a disturbing re-creation of the mother's suicide. Callaway tries to reach out to her, but Emily isolates herself and spends her time with an imaginary friend named Charlie. Shortly after moving there, Emily's detachment only grows further.
The traumatic experience turns Emily close to catatonic and, against the wishes of fellow psychiatrist friend Katherine (Famke Janssen), David decides to pack up and move out of the chaos of the city to a small town in upstate New York. One night after tucking Emily in and telling her she loves her, Alison commits suicide. Their daughter is Emily (Dakota Fanning). De Niro stars as David Callaway, a New York psychiatrist married to Alison (Amy Irving).
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