Hook
When his young children are abducted by his old nemesis, Capt. Hook, middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning returns to his magical origins as Peter Pan and comes back to Neverland, reclaims his youthful spirit in order to challenge Capt. Hook.
3 June 1958, Los Angeles, California, USA
30 January 1951, Chiswick, London, England, UK
2 October 1949, Calistoga, California, USA
24 September 1927, Lee-on-Solent, England, UK
20 August 1984, Corona, California, USA
31 May 1943, Dayton, Kentucky, USA
5 May 1957, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
21 October 1956, Burbank, California, USA
23 April 1983, Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 October 1984, USA
26 October 1965, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
13 September 1927, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 January 1977, Los Angeles County, California, USA
14 June 1990, California, USA
14 May 1944, Modesto, California, USA
September 19, 2004
muddled but fascinatingOctober 17, 2003
Also-ran Spielberg at best, a would-be blockbuster that no one likes at worst.January 02, 2011
A clumsy mishmash of a comedy.January 01, 2000
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.May 11, 2013
You just have to appreciate its creative angle toward Peter Pan and his world.January 01, 2000
Big, splashy, energetic, one-size-fits-all Hollywood entertainment.May 12, 2001
No matter how much cash Hook earns, it will take more than pixie dust to fly this overstuffed package into our dreams.May 25, 2007
"Peter Pan" redo has its moments with Hoffman and Williams.January 01, 2000
The exposition is so underlined and re-underlined, you could teach yourself to fly waiting for something to happen.August 18, 2014
In the end, Hook isn't great or terrible, but it's both - a film that has some wonderful moments, and some really awful onesMay 20, 2003
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.