Hook

For those familiar with J.M. Barrie's wonderful literary creation, it's an intriguing question, and a great movie premise. The real standout here is Dustin Hoffman, who's a surprisingly good Hook but is given woefully little to do other than snarl and rant. ... Full Review

Disappointment, then, is understandable for anyone expecting something more meditative than a spirited, sometimes mawkish adventure film.....There are pleasures like that throughout Hook....What's most puzzling about the film itself is its title, and its stance as a re-imagining of the Peter Pan story.....It's tempting to blame the casting of Julia Roberts as Tink....parts of Hook feel so hastily Spielbergian, so saturated with an overbearing John Williams score, so eager for uplift to counter the story's d ... Full Review

No, Hook is not nearly as bad as its reputation suggests. So there is something of a missed opportunity in Hook , but much of what remains is quite charming. Its true that Hook displays a less sophisticated, less wizardly Spielberg. ... Full Review

What's most puzzling about the film itself is its title, and its stance as a re-imagining of the Peter Pan story.....There are pleasures like that throughout Hook....Disappointment, then, is understandable for anyone expecting something more meditative than a spirited, sometimes mawkish adventure film.....It's the film's most intriguing idea:....But if this is indeed the worst movie he's made.... ... Full Review

In short, it's a wonderful movie that a lot of people just plain don't like. In a desperate attempt to save the glamorous war that Hook so desperately wants, he grants Peter three days to get into shape. Hook is a movie you either love or hate. ... Full Review

Captain James Hook (Dustin Hoffman) is bored without his adversary in Neverland....it's a good reserve.....Curmudgeons are sure to overreact to any number of the story's obvious shortcomings.... ... Full Review

Still, Hoffman gets the job done and makes for a fairly interesting Hook. While it's not his worst movie, Hook has to stand as one of Spielberg's most disappointing. Music sounds particularly good. Overall, the acting really is quite good. ... Full Review

Except for Hoffman's performance, the movie is so frenetic, so bursting with movement and rowdiness and special effects, so drenched in gooey, mythic sentiment about the child within, that nothing in it quite gels. Julia Roberts, in particular, suffers from his obsession with technical bravado. ... Full Review

The best performance comes from Bob Hoskins, as Hook's sidekick Smee. Now an attorney blathering endlessly into his mobile phone, he's barely aware of wife Caroline Goodall and kids Charlie Korsmo and Amber Scott. ... Full Review

Spielberg and Co. have finally made their Disney movie -- or better yet, their film version of a theme park at Disneyland. It's hard to be elated about a machine, and that's what "Hook" is -- an $80 million Happy Thought machine. ... Full Review