Hook

1991 "What if Peter Pan grew up?"
6.8| 2h21m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 11 December 1991 Released
Producted By: Amblin Entertainment
Country: United States of America
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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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PodBill Just what I expected
Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
skjellgren It still is up there among one of my favourites. I get happy everytime I see it. And it's been quite a few times throughout the years. When I get older myself and see my own children growing up, I find new perspectivs in this movie, and myself, every time! Not to speak about the setup of all these fantastic actors. Wonderful, more of this kind, please!
cinemajesty Movie Review: "Hook" (1991)Based on James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) books, director Steven Spielberg fulfills himself another childhood picture dream by telling the classic story of a sword-fighting 10-year-old boy called "Peter Pan" in the imaginative land of "Neverland", firstly brought to wide U.S. audiences with the animation classic from Walt Disney Pictures, releasing inn February 1953, before presenting abroad to a European Premiere audience at the Cannes Film Festival, out-of-competition, in its 6th edition in May 1953.Director Steven Spielberg must have been that enchanted to risk the highest budget of his career to that date of holiday season 1991/1992 with fellow producers Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall handling 70 Milion U.S. Dollars, when Spielberg's own production company Amblin Entertainment, founded in 1981, teams up for one-time world-wide motion picture presentation with Columbia affiliate TriStar Pictures, bringing in Holywood stars as Dustin Hoffmann in heavy as splendid costume as "Captain Hook" in his 60s, when leading character Peter Banning, growing to be a successful, non-stop broker in London's financial center, given face by star-power as comic-talent indulging Robin Williams (1951-2014), armed with a cellular phone, whose character finds himself back in "Neverland" as a 40-years-old adult going back in dark-green costume to fight nemesis Captain Hook, meeting lovable characters portrayed by professional as moments of magic-sharing Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell and Bob Hoskins (1942-2014) as match-making "Hook" side-kicking first boatsman "Smee", all presented in extraordinary sound-stage construction work and visual effects orchestrated by Academy-Award-nominated supervisor Eric Brevig and associates alongside with first steps into digital image integration at Lucasfilm Ltd. affiliate "Industrial, Light and Magic" (ILM), when John Williams' fantasy-intriguing score compositions seem to rescue the slightly-dust-spreading movie of being an emotional fall-out especially for Internet-spoiled children, who suffer under out-of-balanced sensualities these days.Nevertheless, this enjoyable no-offense nor emotionally-challenging motion picture prevails after an enduring 135-Minute-Final-Cut by thanks to Spielberg's fellow editor Michael Kahn seems the intended target group of 8 to 12 year-old boys-less-girls, who want to come to the movie houses with their parents, in reminiscence of seemingly one in a life-time Spielberg-Movie-Experience with "E.T.-the Extra-Terrestrial" of presumingly 148,000,000 reprising U.S. moviegoers in one of the greatest attendance in motion picture history against 30,000,000 ten years later to modest attendance with ticket prices up to 43 % raised in average worldwide box office reception against season 1981/1982.Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC
micheledirienzo When I was 6 (in 2002), my father gave me this movie's videotape. I loved it and I love it now, after hundreds views. Peter Pan became my hero, like Robin Williams. I loved this story and I became to write thanks to it. I knew the Peter Pan's fable but not this new version. This ipotetica sequel. Genious.
andrew-repko "You know you're not really Peter Pan, don't you? This is only a dream. When you wake up, you'll just be Peter Banning - a cold, selfish man who drinks too much, is obsessed with success, and runs and hides from his wife and children!"Everyone has watched Hook many times. Many do not understand what the movie is truly about. Its about Peter Pan, once a hero and leader, who became a terrible father, husband and person. And receiving one final life lesson from his own Father. Yes, Hook is Peter Pan's father, don't believe me, go watch the movie again and try to convince me what I'm about to tell you isn't true. In a way, Hook is the father to all of the lost boys. He's the authority figure in their lives that prevents them total anarchy, especially Peter Pan. Young Peter was an arrogant jerk, he even cut of Hook (his father's) hand and fed it to a crocodile. Hook did whatever he could to keep PP in check, but it was time for Peter to grow up, when it was time Hook allowed him to leave Neverland and become a man. What happens next Hook could have never believed. PP once an arrogant boy, has turned into and awful father, who is obsessed with work and ignores his family. As soon as Hook was able to help correct his parenting mistake, he seized his opportunity. He "kidnapped" or as I see it, babysat Pete's kids. He knew he needed to show Pete that he needed to care about his kids and nothing helps like a lesson in losing your kid. That was the first of many lessons ol Captian Hook provided Peter. He forced Peter to fight for his kids, and when he arrived in Neverland, Hook was more disappointed in Peter then ever. Hook contemplated taking his own like, because he was so disappointed in how Pete turned out. If Hook wanted to harm Peter or his kids he had more then ample chances to do so, but that was never his plan. He simply told him "Fly up and touch your kids hand and go home" virtually saying, if you love your kids you will find a way to get to them. Peter failed miserable, what a weenie. After Hook release Peter and hoped that Tink could help him find his old self, Hook stepped in a raised Peters kids. He was every bit the father to them, that Peter never was. Hook showed up for Jack and help put Maggie in her place when it needed to be done. Hook even gave Jack some sweet threads and a dope wig and hat. During the great war at the end of the movie, Hook kills Rufio, and I know what you think, only a bad guy would kill Rufio. But the way I see it, Rufio was a terrible influence on the Lost Boys and they needed a new leader once Peter went back. This led to Peter naming Thud Butt the leader of the lost boys, more on this later. You may even say, that Hook was trying to kill PP during their "battle" seen. That battle was Petey's final test, to prove to his dad he's ready to be the good father Hook was. Hook could have ended them a bunch of times, even dropping that line from the top enforcing to Peter what this whole thing was about. It was about Pete not being there for his kids, not caring for his wife and most of all caring too much about his work. Hook was never the best man, but he expected more from his kids, Wendy specifically called Pete a Pirate in the beginning of the Movie and shortly thereafter, Hook intervened. So once Hook realized at the end, when Peter showed Mercy on him after he listened to his kids, that Peter learned his final and greatest lesson. Hook decided to disappear and please, save me the "crocodile ate him" Hot takes. That croc was dead.Other great things about this movie. The Thud Ball by Thud Butt, that was totally dope. I'm glad he pulled it off two different times. Thud Butt was the perfect replacement for Rufio. Rufio was a war driven tyrant, whereas Thud Butt was a pacifist he preferred not to use swords. Making him the leader of the lost boys was part of Peter fulfilling his father, Hook's legacy. Neverland needed peace, not war and Thud Butt was the person they needed. This movie has some glaring plot holes as well. How the Heck old is Peter Pan? He has to be at least 100 years old. When he ran away as a baby (Baby's can't runaway, that crap made no sense) he immediately wen to Neverland. There is no indication on how much time passes in Neverland compared to the real world, But when he first meets Wendy and fam, he's roughly Wendy's age. In this movie Wendy is in her 90s, I'm assuming Peter was living in neverland at lease 30-50 years just get to the age he was when he left. But its hard to tell. His age however may play a role into him forgetting his past.I'll leave you with compliments about Hook from his closest confidant, Smee. "Good Mooooooooooooorning, Neverland! Tie down the main mast, mateys, 'cause here he is, the cunning kingfish, the bad barracuda! A man so deep, he's almost unfathomable. A man so quick, he's even fast... asleep! Now, let's give him a very big hand, 'cause he's only got one. I give you, the steel-handed stingray, Captain James Hook!"I mean come on, this movie is named after Hook and not Peter.