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Hook

1991

Steven Spielberg

Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins ...

6.3

50,449

Fantasy. Adventure. Kids Peter Pan (Robin Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy's granddaughter. Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) kidnaps his children, and Peter returns to Never Land with Tinkerbell (Julia Roberts). With the help of her and the Lost Boys, he must remember how to be Peter Pan again in order to save his children by battling with Captain Hook once again.

	Author	Review
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"It does leave the viewer with a glow, and along the way it has magical moments, even if it's not fully magical as a whole"	NEU
United States	Mike Clark USA Today	"Peter Pan is the boy who wouldn't grow up, and Hook is the movie that grows unbearable once a grown-up Peter arrives in Neverland"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A lugubrious retread of a once-magical idea (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"The film is too much; yet the charm of the Barrie original has not been entirely lost."	NEU
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"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."	POS
United States	Bilge Ebiri Rolling Stone	"As an action movie or a take on the Pan mythology, however, it never gets off the ground."	NEG
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"The film is huge and impressive-though (...) it stubbornly and disappointingly remains at anchor (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"'Hook' is jam-packed with 'entertainment value' (...) What’s missing from 'Hook' is any sense that Spielberg, as an artist, remains in touch with the essential current of everyday experience."	NEU
United Kingdom	Brian Case Time Out	"The sets are variable but often unpleasant on the eye (...) Duff"	NEG
United Kingdom	John Ferguson Radio Times	"Although the sentimentality gets a little sticky at times, this remains rousing entertainment (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas 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 (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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