This weekend I saw "Hide & Seek" starring Robert DeNiro and Dakota Fanning. For a horror movie, it is pretty scary. The first hour of the film effectively sets up the lives of the two main characters. The mood is veryh eerie, which is hard to establish in horror movies. That said, all things are falling into place. Fanning plays the daughter of a woman that commits suicide. Her father, played by DeNiro, brings Fanning to a small country home to get away from the grief of losing a loved one. Immediately, Fanning begins talking about someone by the name of Charlie. Charlie may or may not be an imaginary friend. Eventually, scary things start happening. The final act of the film takes us down the wrong road. It is a surprise, but I saw it coming. It makes very little sense and is a huge disappointment compared to the rest of the movie. Regardless, it is worth the price of admission and the actors deliver their performances spot on.
I also saw the Oscar nominated "Million Dollar Baby" starring Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, and Morgan Freeman. This story of a female boxer is better than I had originally thought it would be. I still think "Sideways" deserves the Best Picture Oscar, but "Million Dollar Baby" should not be forgotten in other categories. The final act is hard to swallow, but it is an important movie.
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