Hook

Ok so admittedly I was not always a massive fan of the Steven Spielberg film, Hook, to the extent that I know some people are for the simple fact that the Hook character used to terrify me when I was younger. But asides from that it is a great family film and as usual Robin Williams is the perfect actor to play peter pan. I think I would even go as far as to say he is my favourite kids film actor off all time.

The film for me is not just a typical child’s fantasy fairy tale its so much more from the broken relationship between child and parent to a parents struggle with identity. For a children’s film it has an incredibly strong message for both young and old. Never let go of the real you and remember life is an adventure! Nobody can deny they would love to go back to being a kid again, no work or worries. The film captures this perfectly and for me a real all round fantastic family film.


I doubt everyone will agree with me as originally when the film was released it received generally negative feedback from film critics. Criticising that from the "unbalanced story structure" to the point made that the film would "only appeal to the baby boomer generation." Im not too sure why the film was  so badly received by critics but then maybe I am a little one sided as I enjoy the film so much.

There are two scenes in this film that are my favourites. One is a scene I always remember perfectly as the crocodile clock falls onto Hook in a climatic moment of defeat, eating him whole. I just remember loving this scene as a kid and laughing my socks of because of it (and as a kid I mean I still do).

The other scene that stands out to me is when Peter finally finds his happy place, his son being born, enabling him to fly again. It is the moment in the film where Peter Banning is history and Peter Pan is back.

Here is the scene for you guys to enjoy as well J

Fact File

Release Date: Apr 10, 1992
Run Time: 144mins
Age Rating: U
Genre: Adventure, fantasy, comedy
Lead Actors: Robin Williams as Peter Pan, Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook and Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell
Award Wins: BMI film music award, Golden Screen award and young artist award
Review: American Film critic, Roger Ebert, said "the crucial failure of Hook was its inability to re-imagine the material, to find something new, fresh or urgent to do with the Peter Pan myth. Lacking that, Spielberg should simply have remade the original story, straight, for the 90s generation."


Plot summary
Peter pan has grown up into a big time businessman concerned with nothing but his work. Until his is forced to remember his adventurous childhood when Captain Hook returns from his past and kidnaps his children.
In order to rescue his children he is to return to Neverland and remember his childhood, reclaim his youth and challenge his old enemy.