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Hook

Play trailer 1:55 Poster for Hook PG 1991 2h 24m Kids & Family Fantasy Adventure Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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37% Tomatometer 138 Reviews 76% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
When his young children are abducted by his old nemesis, Capt. Hook (Dustin Hoffman), middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning (Robin Williams) returns to his magical origins as Peter Pan. Peter must revisit a foggy past in which he abandoned Neverland for family life, leaving Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts) and the Lost Boys to fend for themselves. Given their bitterness toward Peter for growing up -- and their allegiance to their new leader, Rufio -- the old gang may not be happy to see him.
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The look of Hook is lively indeed but Steven Spielberg directs on autopilot here, giving in too quickly to his sentimental, syrupy qualities.

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Catherine Dunphy Toronto Star Dec 19
It's not fair to kids. With all his technical flair, Spielberg has created the equivalent of the 70-year-old with dyed hair, troweled makeup, in tie-dyes and high tops. And in doing that, messed with Neverland. Spielberg is old enough to know better. Go to Full Review
Jay Scott Globe and Mail Dec 19
3/4
Spielberg does to us precisely what he does to Peter Banning -- he engineers a return to our childhoods, to experiences both pleasurable and painful. Go to Full Review
Anthony Lane Independent on Sunday Dec 19
The result is his most sentimental film, because unlike E.T. it refuses to take up residence within a child's mind, preferring to stay outside and fantasise about it. Condescension is no way to treat a fable. Go to Full Review
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Terri Jul 15 A family favorite from the past. Took the grandkids. Loved it! See more Matthew H @Harrmaw 1d I admit that I might not be an "objective reviewer" as this film is very nostalgic to my childhood. But this film has a very high rewatchability. My kids now request this and on rewatch I’m very unclear on why Stephen Spielberg thought this wasn’t a good film. Unpopular opinion, Robin Williams is at his best here. Dustin Hoffman as Hook really does breathe life into this believable villain. This movie is exactly what it strives to be: a really fun imaginative retelling and spin off of a timeless children’s story. See more 5d How can you trust any of these reviews when this masterpiece gets a rotten rating? It's 2025 and if you show this to your kids they will absolutely fall in love. This is the Harry Potter of the 90's. Dustin Hoffman nails this role! See more Dec 21 The fact that this movie got canned by critics remains to be one of my biggest gripes in Cinema to date. The movie is truly a huge sprinkling of Spielberg magic with a truly triumphant score by John Williams and a cast delivering rememberable performances across the board. The messages it conveys are simple yet wholly relevant. Not a perfect movie and nor does it try to be but what you get is a treat for the entire family with great call backs to the animated Disney Classic. By the end of this movie you will indeed fight. you will crow and you will fly with excitement. 4/5 See more Ishmael C @CedarCove Dec 19 This is one of my favorite movies, great story, great acting, great directing. There is no way I will ever agree to the rating being so low here, whoever scored it lower than a 3 doesn't know anything about movies. See more paul @briGoose Dec 18 reading other comments and ratings, why on earth are they so low? its at least a 70%rating.... Whoever are leaving ratings ...dont seem to know what their talking about. The movie starts off with peter a father, a useless one, busy with his work and not his family and always messing up, missing kids plays and games and dissapointing his own family. Later flying over to the UK to see family, they meet Wendy and the others...one night when they go out, the kids get kidnapped, and to save them peter has to go to never never land. When he gets there hes gotta revive his past memories and figure a way to save his children from Hook and the pirates. He goes on an adventure and goes full a full tier of emotions....its a brilliant storyline, brillinat acting and with a very good cast. I honestly love this movie, our kids love it aswell, and again I dont get why its so low on its rating See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis When his young children are abducted by his old nemesis, Capt. Hook (Dustin Hoffman), middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning (Robin Williams) returns to his magical origins as Peter Pan. Peter must revisit a foggy past in which he abandoned Neverland for family life, leaving Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts) and the Lost Boys to fend for themselves. Given their bitterness toward Peter for growing up -- and their allegiance to their new leader, Rufio -- the old gang may not be happy to see him.
Director
Steven Spielberg
Producer
Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Gerald R. Molen
Screenwriter
James V. Hart, Malia Scotch Marmo
Distributor
TriStar Pictures
Production Co
TriStar Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 11, 1991, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$116.3M
Runtime
2h 24m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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