A Life Most Ordinary

Hide and Seek (2005)

It was painfully predicatable. If you have ever watched a movie even the slightest bit similar you would be able to guess the "Plot Twist" almost instantly.

The worst part though was watching everything that transpired after that "twist" had the movie just twisted and then had Mini-Me come in with a chainsaw it would have made for a better watchign experience. The DVD came with 4 Alternate endings...a couple of which would have made the film better, but most that were terrible and one that would have made blooper reels.

Strike that the worst part was listening to the directors comentary on the Alternate Endings. It was like listening to a couple of idiots describe the intricate differences between Periwinkle and Carolina Blue...we can see that they are different and perhaps in certain situations one is better than the other, but in no way does it merit a long discussion of how clever you are for offering two colors.

Dakota Fanning was fantastic as always...If she doesnt get ugly ala Macauley Caulkin we could see this girl in movies for like 60+ years.

Robert DeNiro once again proved that your talent as an actor in no way keeps you away from the really terrible scripts.

This movie was what it was. People that barely pay attention to movies might like it, those that do pay attention will probably find it confusing.