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Hook (1991)

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Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 38
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 27

The look of Hook is lively indeed but Steven Spielberg directs on autopilot here, giving in too quickly to his sentimental, syrupy qualities.

Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 4

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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Movie Info

Steven Spielberg filters J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan through a distinctly 1990s sensibility in Hook. Peter Pan has become Peter Banning (Robin Williams), a 40-year-old mergers and acquisitions lawyer with a permanent scowl on his face and a cellular phone in his belt. Banning has lost any memory of being Peter Pan, and he is also in danger of losing his wife Moira (Caroline Goodall) and two children, Jack (Charlie Korsmo) and Maggie (Amber Scott). Peter and his family travel to London to visit

PG, 2 hr. 16 min.

Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Steven Spielberg

Written By: James V. Hart, Nick Castle, Malia Scotch Marmo

In Theaters: Dec 11, 1991 Wide

On DVD: Mar 21, 2000

TriStar Pictures

Hook Trailer & Photos

Cast

Robin Williams
Peter Banning/Peter Pan
Dustin Hoffman
Captain James Hook
Julia Roberts
Tinkerbell
Bob Hoskins
Smee
Maggie Smith
Granny Wendy Darling
Caroline Goodall
Moira Banning
Charlie Korsmo
Jack Banning
Amber Scott
Maggie
Laurel Cronin
Liza
Phil Collins
Inspector Good
Arthur Malet
Tootles
Isaiah Robinson
Pockets
Jasen Fisher
Ace
Raushan Hammond
Thud Butt
James Madio
Don't Ask
Thomas Tulak
Too Small
Alex Zuckerman
Latchboy
Ahmad Stoner
No Nap
Bruce Armstrong
Lost Boy in Play
Wayne Aten
Umpire
Dante Basco
Rufio
Brad Blumenthal
Jim
Andre Bollinger
Lost Boy in Play
Tony Burton
Bill Jukes
Glenn Close
Gutless
Jan Cobler
Secretary
David Crosby
Tickles
Mary Bond Davis
Prostitute
Ruth de Sosa
Secretary
Ryan Francis
Young Peter
Lauren Friedler-Gow
Lost Boy in Play
Stephanie Furst
Mermaid
Kevin Gasca
Lost Boy in Play
Bogdan Georghe
Lost Boy
Ren� Gonz�lez
Lost Boy
Alyson Healing
Lost Boy in Play
Michael Hirshenson
Umpire
Jacob Hoffman
Little League Player
Maxwell Hoffman
5 Year Old Peter
Rebecca Hoffman
Jane in Play
Jewel Newlander Hubbard
Peter Pan in Play
Brenda Isaacs
Secretary
Shannon Marie Kies
Mermaid
Zoe Koehler
Lost Boy in Play
Goeff Lower
Brad
Don McLeod
Mime/Shadow
Adam McNatt
Lost Boy
Kim O'Kelley
Prostitute
Gwyneth Paltrow
Young Wendy
Randi Pareira
Prostitute
Beverly Polcyn
Prostitute
Jeannine Renshaw
Drama Teacher
Kim Robillard
Toothless Crippled
Kelly Rowan
Peter's Mother
Regina Russell
Mermaid
Francesca Serrano
Lost Boy in Play
Margie Takeda
Lost Boy in Play
Nick Tate
Noodler
Cameron Thor
Ron
Ray Tveden
Man in Stands
Nick Ullett
Pirate Jailer
Matthew Van Ginkel
Baby Peter
Jeannine Wagner
Pianist
Stuart White
Chauffeur
Scott Williamson
Coach
Brett Willis
Lost Boy
Don S. Davis
Dr. Fields
Gary Epper
Growing Pirate
Mike Runyard
Screaming Pirate
Jane Jenkins
Janet Hirshenson

Critic Reviews for Hook

All Critics (41) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (13) | Rotten (27) | DVD (19)

Hook is overwhelmed by a screenplay heavy with complicated exposition, by what are, in effect, big busy nonsinging, nondancing production numbers and some contemporary cant about rearing children and the high price paid for success.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

No matter how much cash Hook earns, it will take more than pixie dust to fly this overstuffed package into our dreams.

May 12, 2001 Comments (8)

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

Big, splashy, energetic, one-size-fits-all Hollywood entertainment.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Hal Hinson

Washington Post

Top Critic

The exposition is so underlined and re-underlined, you could teach yourself to fly waiting for something to happen.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

Here we get the uncanny suspicion that Hook was written and directed according to the famous recipe of the country preacher who told the folks what he was going to tell them, told them, and then told them what he had told them.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

A clumsy mishmash of a comedy.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Scott G. Mignola

Common Sense Media

"Peter Pan" redo has its moments with Hoffman and Williams.

May 25, 2007 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

muddled but fascinating

September 19, 2004 Comment

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

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Audience Reviews for Hook

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Steven Spielberg, what have you done? You've made a fool of everyone.Okay, maybe it's easy to make a fool of someone as silly as Robin Williams; but Dustin Hoffman? HOOK just isn't worth your time.

June 14, 2011

Alexander Diminiano

Super Reviewer

I hated this movie, ruined Peter Pan for me, if you haven't seen it, I beg you to not ever see it, Spielbergs worst of al time in my opinion.

August 15, 2011

Brad Wright

Super Reviewer

Hook Quotes

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1. Peter Banning/Peter Pan: I want to speak to a grown-up!
2. Rufio: All grown-ups are pirates.
3. Peter Banning/Peter Pan: [puzzled] What did you say?
4. Rufio: [smiling] We kill pirates.
5. Peter Banning/Peter Pan: I am not a pirate. More specifically, I am a lawyer.
6. Rufio: Kill the lawyer! [the Lost Boys roar in agreement]
7. Peter Banning/Peter Pan: I'm not *that* kind of lawyer!
– Submitted by Kris R (14 days ago)
1. Captain James Hook: I beg your pardon? You must be joking. Haha! It would seem Peter Pan has a real problem with *heights*.
– Submitted by Mary L (16 days ago)
1. Peter Banning/Peter Pan: What is this? Lord of the Flies preschool?
– Submitted by Christina S (40 days ago)
1. Smee: See how greatly the men favor you, Sir?
2. Captain James Hook: The puling spawn, how I despise them.
– Submitted by Matt T (5 months ago)
1. Smee: I've just had an apostrophe.
2. Captain James Hook: I think you mean an epiphany.
– Submitted by Aaron F (5 months ago)

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