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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1987 DVD Release: 10/09/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 35 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 12 Genres: Thriller, Comedy Thriller See Also: Hiding Out

Hiding Out, a surprisingly entertaining and engaging action comedy, directed by Bob Giraldi, takes the implausible idea that an adult man could enroll in high school and pass as a student and makes it real. Andrew (Jon Cryer) is a stockbroker hunted by a professional killer. He flees to stay with his sister and her teenage son Patrick (Keith Coogan). Andrew shaves off his beard, cuts his hair, and enrolls in Patrick's high school, pretending to be 17 years old. Cryer does a great job of convincingly playing both ages, and Coogan shines as the teenage son. Director Giraldi has great visual style and gives the film an energy that makes it both enjoyable and believable. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide

Jon Cryer - Andrew Morenski
Keith Coogan - Patrick/Morenski
Annabeth Gish - Ryan Campbell
Gretchen Cryer - Aunt Lucy
Oliver Cotton - Killer

A stockbroker on the run from the mob goes back to high school in this comedy, which gets a simple, but presentable, treatment for its release on DVD. Hiding Out has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Surround; the dialogue is in English with no multiple-language options, though closed captions for the hearing impaired have been included. The film's original theatrical trailer has been included as a bonus. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide