Hook

3.50
    Hook
    1991

    Synopsis

    The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland.

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    Cast

    • Dustin HoffmanCaptain James Hook / Captain Crochet (voice)
    • Robin WilliamsPeter Banning / Peter Pan
    • Bob HoskinsWilliam Smee / Sweeper in Kensington Gardens
    • Julia RobertsTinkerbell
    • Charlie KorsmoJack 'Jackie' Banning
    • Amber ScottMaggie Banning
    • Dante BascoRufio
    • Caroline GoodallMoira Banning
    • Isaiah RobinsonPockets
    • Arthur MaletTootles

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Washington Post

      Spielberg and Co. have finally made their Disney movie -- or better yet, their film version of a theme park at Disneyland. It's sort of like "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "It's a Small World" rolled into one. It's a helluva contraption, and certainly one to be marveled at. It gives good ride.
    • 80

      Orlando Sentinel

      It's a lot of fun to watch - over two hours of thrills, spills, elaborate sets and special effects, all tied together by a pleasingly varied (and lighter than usual) musical score by John Williams.
    • 67

      Entertainment Weekly

      Hook is jam-packed with ''entertainment value,'' enough to give you your money's worth, and to guarantee (in all probability) that Spielberg earns his. Yet something has clouded this director's vision... The problem isn't that Spielberg has lost his gift for fantasy. It's that he no longer seems to know (or care) about anything else.
    • 60

      Los Angeles Times

      For very much like Peter, it has clearly gotten harder for this director to break free of the lure of material things and believe in simple magic. And whatever problems his Hook has, there are none that making the film on half of its budget wouldn't have cured.
    • 50

      Chicago Sun-Times

      Poignancy. Lessons to be learned. Speeches to be made. Lost marbles to be rediscovered. Tears to be shed. The conclusion of Hook would be embarrassingly excessive even for a movie in which something of substance had gone before.
    • 50

      Variety

      Hook feels as much like a massive amusement park ride as it does a film. Spirited, rambunctious, often messy and undisciplined.
    • 40

      Austin Chronicle

      Hook has you marveling at the nuts-and-bolts work of producers and assistant directors, but never at the intrinsic imaginativeness of the story. It's as if Spielberg calculatedly set out to make a perennial classic -- certain folly if ever there were.
    • 40

      Empire

      How did such a dream project on paper turn out so wrong. It should remain one of the great mysteries of cinema. The less said about this one, the better. For Spielberg completists only.

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