purportedly steven spielberg be not happy with the end product of hook . i be at a loss to know why because i think it an absolutely charm fantasy and use his own peculiar take on the peter pan story and extend it . robin williams a peter banning be a hard driving lawyer with a wife and two child caroline goodall and charlie korsmo and amber scott respectively . he be an orphan kid who marry the granddaughter of wendy darling who be sir james m. barrie inspiration for the peter pan tale . but it all real and robin williams doesn not know he peter pan who leave never never land for reason you will discover in the film . but he leave one nasty enemy there in captain hook and hook capture his child to lure him back to never never land where hook can take vengeance upon him . spielberg get some great performance out of his cast which also include julia robert a the elfin tinkerbell and maggie smith a the aged wendy . but steal the film completely in one bravura performance be dustin hoffman . captain hook be one of those fabulous role where the actor can just feast on the scenery and can just go to town with it . it a role that it be impossible to overact in . i doubt if dustin hoffman ever enjoy himself more in make a film . hook get five oscar nomination in the technical category and but sad to say do not win anything in 1991. i be surprise that one of arnold schwarzenegger terminator film beat hook out for best visual effect and this one be clearly superior in that department if anything . robin williams have his inning a well and try to remember his past a peter pan and get back into pan like behavior to defeat captain hook . a to why he leave never never land in the first place . let just say he take one too many trip outside his domain and something happen to him that happen to all young men at some point . hook be a great piece of family entertainment from steven spielberg and dustin hoffman fan will really enjoy it .