The film "Playing hide and seek": reviews of the audience about the film

A heightened interest in the theories of psychoanalysis that swept the foreign world in the late 1960s was reflected in the film industry. A series of films appeared, with the light hand of film critics called "Freudian". The basis for the plot of such films was all kinds of deviations of mental development, and the disclosure of the image of the heroes was transformed not into a psychological study of mental qualities, but into a psychiatric analysis of fractures.

In line with current trends

It's no wonder that the projects of the horror genre were happy to exaggerate this topic. The film "Playing hide and seek" (reviews about the film is a confirmation), albeit not in direct form, but continues to study one of the violations, namely, the line of split personality. Director John Paulson, a famous master of short films, one of the organizers of the festival Tropfest, received for his debut "full meter" is not particularly flattering reviews of the public. The rating of the tape by IMDb version was only 5.90. The film "The Game of Hide and Seek" critics' reviews also were not extolled to the skies, out of 155 official reviews only 20 were written in a positive way, and 135 - in a negative key.

The plot of the picture

The film "Hide and Seek", the actors and roles of which were selected each other during the casting by producer Barry Josephson, contains an intriguing plot. The protagonist, the children's New York psychologist David Kalaway (Robert De Niro) and his daughter Emily (young Dakota Fanning), 11 years old, suffer a terrible loss - the death of their beloved wife and a caring mother. To distract the child, the father buys a country house and takes away the daughter from terrible memories. However, a hasty relocation does not bring them coveted comfort. David notices the daughter of all the symptoms of a progressive mental illness. The girl has a fictional friend Charlie, who has an evil temper that accuses David of dying of his mother and prompts Emmy to harm his father in every way. The chaos of frightening, with an admixture of mysticism, incidents (after real crimes) suddenly acquires a logical explanation. So, in the majority of cases, preserving the intrigue, briefly describe the storyline and characterize the film "Game of Hide and Seek" reviews of viewers.

Intriguing trailer

Especially disappointed film "Game of hide and seek" reviews received from the townsfolk, encouraged by viewing the trailer. They expected a lot from the project of John Paulson. Rural backwoods, a lonely lantern on a dilapidated porch, drawing a forest nearby and a gloomy cave is the ideal prologue for horror. The behavior of the hero De Niro, whose wife made a successful attempt at suicide, gives hope for the presence of the spirit of the deceased, and the young Dakota Fanning with eyes the size of a saucer is an ideal sacrifice. For completeness of a set of intriguing components - the presence of some malicious entity, spying on new tenants and periodically arranging obscurantism. After such an entertaining commercial, only the most skeptical individual did not put the film "Playing hide and seek" in the list of required tapes. Reviews about the trailer of every second user were enthusiastic.

Disappointment after the premiere

Unfortunately, after the premiere of the cinema, most viewers left disappointed. The film "Game of Hide and Seek" reviews compared to the anticipated comments on the trailer received restrained. Many kinogurmany, leaving reviews on the tape, noted that in the creation of John Paulson once again a good idea did not find a deserved decent incarnation. It seems that 97 minutes for the director is too much. The maestro of the short meter could not withstand the tempo and sank to platitudes. Almost all the story of the tape was reduced to mockery of the unfortunate heroine of Dakota Fanning. To all the creators, trying to save a deplorable situation, shot four alternative finals, in some countries the picture was shown with an original ending, in others - with an alternative ending. The picture is the first case in the history of the film industry, when the finished tape was distributed without a culmination. She was brought separately to the cinema on the day of the premiere. The existence of alternative final shots, perhaps, was the reason that the film "Game of Hide and Seek" reviews from reviewers got diametrically opposed.

Subjective opinion

Among all the variety of comments and reviews, there are also positive opinions about the picture "Playing hide and seek". Reviews of the audience about the film, written in a neutral or positive manner, note that the tape is removed professionally and qualitatively, but it failed to escape from the framework of typical thrillers for one-time viewing. In this genre, the film is not bad. While watching, the starter will often start from fright, but the connoisseur of horror will not be shocked by the "original culmination". "Fishka", on which the narrative is built, has recently been used repeatedly in similar projects and has already become one of the well-known cinematographic stamps. It is not easy to predict, but it is no longer surprising.

Artist of the main male role

Fortunately for the creators, the film "Playing hide and seek" the actors - the performers of the main roles were pulled to a decent level. It could not have been otherwise, because the main male role in the film was played by the charismatic Robert de Niro. Repeated winner of the "Oscar" and "Golden Globe" for a long creative career played a lot of diverse roles. The greatest popularity among the paintings in his filmography is "The Godfather-2", "Awakening", "Once Upon a Time in America", "Glorious Guys" and "Casino." Most of the characters embodied in the screen actor are complex individuals with a contradictory character, striving, first of all, to understand themselves. In the asset of the artist there are well-known film masterpieces and paintings that have remained undetected, remarkable only by participation in the production of the master of scenic art. Unfortunately, the "Game of hide and seek", according to the assessment of the world's critics, refers to the latter. Although the identity of the character De Niro - David Kollway - was subjected to detailed psychiatric analysis by specialists, as evidenced by several publications in the media.

The main star of the film

But what really amazes the viewer during the viewing, it's a realistic, adult-like professional game still very young Dakota Fenning. The girl began her career with episodic roles in a number of well-known television series, her debut is the tape "I am Sam". For participation in the drama, the seven-year-old baby was awarded the Guild of Film Actors. A year later, Dakota had already starred in Steven Spielberg's "Stolen" project. By this time, her account had several rave reviews from famous film critics. In the same period, the popular talent is filmed in three film projects: "24 hours", "Stylish piece" and "Hansel and Gretel." Before taking part in the production of "Hide and Seek", the girl has time to gain experience in the criminal drama "Wrath". Many authors, contributors, analyzing the "Game of hide and seek", it seemed that the little girl, accurately figuring out the smallest details of her character's character, had faithfully built an actor's performance. Many experts called not De Niro, but Dakota the main star of the thriller, basing his statement on the fact that it, in fact, holds the whole film. The spectator was simply horrified when he saw in the eyes of the heroine Fenning that horror, then glimpses of insanity.

Instead of concluding

In short, the film "Playing hide and seek" (reviews of the audience about the film confirm this) can be recommended for viewing for the sake of this young, but worthy talented performer. And in other respects, according to the experts of the film industry, the film is an ordinary "scarecrow", which will certainly tickle the viewer's nerves, but will be forgotten literally in a couple of days.