Summaries

Summary: A widower (DeNiro) suspects his 9 year-old daughter (Fanning) has come up
with an unexpected way of dealing with her mother's death through a terrifying "imaginary"
friend.

 As a widower tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide, his
daughter finds solace, at first, in her imaginary friend.

—IMDb Editors

 Hide and Seek revolves around a widower and his daughter. They move to upstate
and Emily soon creates an imaginary friend named Charlie... but this act takes an
unexpected and terrifying turn, where her father and doctor start to worry about Emily's
gruesome habits.

—ek025

 A psychologically traumatized young girl started to act differently after her mother's
suicide. She behaved aggressively and strange then claimed that is Charlie - someone
doesn't exist - is the one who did it. Father trying to do live changes to cope with this hard
situation to both.
 After her mother commits suicide in the bathtub, Emily Callaway is taken to live
upstate in new surroundings to forget her traumatic past. Psychologist David, her father,
learns that his daughter has a new friend, the enigmatic, never to be seen, imaginary (or
not?) Charlie. A deadly game of hide-and-seek ensues. Who is Charlie? And what is
troubling David in his dreams?

—RavenGlamDVDCollector, ElectricLadyLand

 After his wife commits suicide, David Callaway and his daughter, Emily, move
upstate to find peace and "restart" their lives. But when mysterious and dangerous things
start happening, and Emily makes a new friend named Charlie, David and Emily's doctor,
Katherine, begin to worry. Now, David and Emily must find a way out of this mess...if they
are to survive.

—jmfirecracker

 After the sudden death of his wife, David Callaway takes his traumatized daughter,
Emily, away to find peace and to start their life again in a new home. Emily fails to settle in
well, with David becoming concerned as Emily identifies with Charlie. Someone who David
has never met before, but who likes to play Hide and Seek.

—FilmFanUk

ast (in credits order) verified as complete  

 Robert De Niro ... David Callaway

Dakota Fanning ... Emily Callaway

Famke Janssen ... Katherine

Elisabeth Shue ... Elizabeth

Amy Irving ... Alison Callaway

Dylan Baker ... Sheriff Hafferty

Melissa Leo ... Laura

Robert John Burke ... Steven

Molly Grant Kallins ... Amy

David Chandler ... Mr. Haskins

Stewart Summers ... Doctor

Jake Dylan Baumer ... Disturbed Boy

Rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Josh Flitter ... Little Boy (uncredited)

Alicia Harding ... Waitress (uncredited)

James McCaffrey ... Charlie (uncredited)

Rose Pasquale ... Gas Customer (uncredited)

Brendan Sexton III ... Store Clerk (uncredited)