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starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smithdirected by: Steven Spielberg
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302453355
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302453356
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: March 21, 2000
Running Time: 141 minutes
Sales Rank: 10072
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 1991
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Steven Spielberg's deeply flawed but sporadically fun and moving update of the Peter Pan legend stars Robin Williams as the grown-up Pan, a corporate-takeover type who must embrace his old identity in order to save his kids from Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman). The stars put on a good show, including Hoffman's read of Hook's hysterical personality, Julia Roberts mini-turn as a tiny Tinker Bell, and Maggie Smith's touching performance as the aged Wendy. The visual contrast between the adult Pan's bustling outside world and the insulated fantasy of Neverland is striking, but Spielberg's ideas about the Lost Boys--politically correct in their ethnic diversity, energetic on skateboards--are contrived and cheapening. On the plus side, the story's theme about adults finding their innocence again through their children is very touching (though some people have found it cloying). If you can look beyond the glaring problems, there's plenty to like here. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great moral
Hook was a movie that reminded me of what life should be about. Having fun and not pushing the ones you love aside for business. It was an enchanting revisit to a place we all forgot about when we grew up, even Peter Pan.
Rating: - Film resonates with contemporary lifestyle
I saw Hook for the first time, years after it's release. With its premise, and musical score, it certainly was an emotional atmosphere for a story that still resonates with busy families,and those where one parent or both are absorbed in work. It's a relevant metaphor even though it is a fairy tale. Great, playful and endearing accomplishment by Spielberg and a complimentary cast that clearly had chemistry. The movie was a bit long, and some of the sets/effects clearly were not as sophisticated as ... Read More
Rating: - Yes, there are a thousand and one flaws over which one can complain, but this is a movie that gets in your heart
I remember being amazed with this movie as a young child. As I grew older, I was amazed to learn that this movie had been scorned by critics as was considered "bad". Now I do not claim to be an expert on what is good or bad with movies beyond what the basic girl knows and what I like, but I still cannot see anything wrong with this.
Yes, part of me hates the idea that someone would take Barry's Peter Pan and ruin everything about him by making him grow up. Yet that just so happens to ... Read More
Rating:  - I believe in you, Peter Pan.
Without a doubt 1991's HOOK is my favorite movie of all time.
Granted, if you are a 40-something year old about to view Hook for the very first time you may have trouble truly enjoying, or even understanding it.
The tale of Peter Pan(Robin Williams), the boy who ran away to Neverland; always wanted to have fun and never wanted to grow-up! But what happens when indeed he has grown and he's been away from Neverland for years. Now he must return to Neverland to save his two ... Read More
Rating: - The absolute best movie...ever!
As of this writing, I am 22 years old. When this hit theaters, I was but a small child. I saw it in theaters, bought the VHS the day it came out and DVD the day it came out. Through seeing hundreds and hundreds of movies, this movie tops my list as my favorite movie of all time. Of course, I'm a huge Peter Pan fan and Steven Spielberg, but it is a great movie. Everyone always wanted to know WHAT IF Peter Pan grew up. Underlying theme of the movie is no matter how old you get, age doesn't change ... Read More
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