History YMMV / Hook

** Also the "Boo Box" scene, with Hook randomly knowing one of his pirates (Creator/GlennClose playing a male) bet against him capturing Pan's kids and sentencing him to get locked in a chest with some nasty-looking scorpions. The Boo Box is never mentioned again, and seems to just be a demonstration of Hook's nasty temper.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Moira is the woman who got Peter Pan to give up Neverland and become an adult, all so he could be with her. She's also Wendy's granddaughter, giving her an interesting connection to the original mythos. Sadly, she's there entirely to be Peter's SatelliteLoveInterest, and we know very little about her beyond being a devoted mother. We barely get any insight into her reactions to her children being ''kidnapped'', and we never actually know if she knows she's married to the real Peter Pan.

** Jack is pretty extreme about his father's supposed neglect. This is especially clear with the baseball game, where Peter makes every effort to be there and even sends a co-worker ahead to tape it, clearly showing that he does care about it. Peter missing Jack's games might be something that happens far too often and Jack, being a child, [[AgeAppropriateAngst doesn't necessarily understand that his father does unconditionally love him]] Even so, a lot of people think that Jack's efforts to become one of Hook's pirates (emotional manipulation aside) has Jack blatantly ignoring a lot of obvious red flags. This includes the fact that the pirates shoot somebody for trying to steal second base during a mock baseball game, or the fact that Jack's sister Maggie is also in danger. Peter may have needed to learn about being a better father, but Jack really wasn't helping his case.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: For some, Peter's children don't get enough focus. Mostly because it's just one scene between Hook and Jack, and all of a sudden Jack has forgotten his father the next time we see him. The children are OutOfFocus for a good portion of the film where Peter focuses on his training and reconnecting with the Lost Boys. This might be why many viewers find Jack UnintentionallyUnsympathetic, as seen below.[[note]] At the same time, if you pay attention, you can understand why it only took a few scenes for Jack to forget about his father. It's clear that spending too much time in Neverland or the 'real' world makes you start to forget, and Maggie even says as much. Hook just helped the process along.[[/note]]

** On one hand, Jack is ''way'' too over the top about his father's supposed neglect. This is especially clear with the baseball game, where Peter makes every effort to be there and even sends a co-worker ahead to tape it, clearly showing that he does care about it. On the other hand, it's implied that Peter missing Jack's games might be something that happens far too often and Jack, being a ''child'', doesn't necessarily understand that his father does unconditionally love him -- a weak spot that Hook can exploit to turn him to his side.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: In-universe, Jack's drawing, which sets off alarm bells for Moira.

* AcceptableTargets: Jack describing Peter's work as a lawyer causes Wendy to reply "Peter, you've become a pirate!" Later, when Peter tells the Lost Boys he's a lawyer, not a pirate, they still don't have any qualms about killing him and he says, "I'm not that kind of lawyer!" (Note that to them adult = pirate; they don't actually know what lawyers are but figure it must be bad too since he's an adult). Even Peter himself tells a couple of [[EvilLawyerJoke lawyer jokes]] at a dinner party; "There are some things even rats won't do." Several of the references indicate Peter is probably a corporate lawyer with a specialty in hostile takeovers... forcing companies to sell themselves to rivals when they don't want to. So referring to him as something equivalent to a pirate is at least more accurate than the standard lawyer joke.

* VindicatedByHistory: Although it was a critical disappointment at the time of its release, the film is generally looked at more positively today. As with many other films, it's referenced occasionally in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' -- complete with Rufio's death -- which has also helped renew interest in it. Then Creator/DanteBasco himself started reading it. It definitely has gained a certain nostalgic value for the '90s kids who grew up with it.

* VindicatedByCable: Although it was a critical disappointment at the time of its release, the film has done quite well on cable, especially on ABC Family/Freeform. As with many other films, it's referenced occasionally in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' -- complete with Rufio's death -- which has also helped renew interest in it. Then Creator/DanteBasco himself started reading it. It definitely has gained a certain nostalgic value for the '90s kids who grew up with it.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Before being properly introduced, HOOK had made a few television appearances as a background extra. Most notably, he was a member of Wrestling/{{MJF}}'s campaign team during his Wrestling/JonMoxley feud.

** Also the "Boo Box" scene, with Hook randomly knowing one of his pirates (Creator/GlennClose playing a male) bet against him capturing Pan's kids and sentencing him to get locked in a chest with some nasty-looking scorpions. The Boo Box is.nevet mentioned again, and seems to just be a demonstration of Hook's nasty temper.

** With Creator/{{Disney}} increasingly adapting their [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon animated classics]] to [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes live-action]] in the new millennium, ''Hook'' may be based on the [[Literature/PeterPan original Barrie story]] instead of the [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan 1953 Disney animated film]], but it still mostly works as a BroadStrokes sequel to the Disney film, and as such could be considered the "first" live-action remake of a Disney animated classic, long before [[Film/PeterPanAndWendy the real article]] came into existence. Not to mention that ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' and especially ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' have identical setups of "Protagonist of beloved fantasy story grows up to forget their childhood adventures/companions but is forced back into that world in order to become a 'whole' adult."

** With Disney increasingly adapting their animated classics to live-action in the new millennium, ''Hook'' may be based on the original Barrie story instead of the Disney film, but it still mostly works as a BroadStrokes sequel to the Disney film, and as such could be considered the "first" live-action remake of a Disney animated classic. Not to mention that ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' and especially ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' have identical setups of "Protagonist of beloved fantasy story grows up to forget their childhood adventures/companions but is forced back into that world in order to become a 'whole' adult."

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* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: Creator/DustinHoffman was apparently on set two months before he needed to be, just so he could get completely immersed in the role.

* LawfulNeutral: Peter Pan. The premise of the movie is that he left Neverland, got married, had children, forgot who he used to be, and became a boring lawyer. When he's forced to return to Neverland, his completely opposite attitude from [[CloudCuckooland everyone there]] and [[TheWonderland the whole place itself]] makes his stay extremely awkward, until, of course, he regains his memories and former personality, depicted as very much ChaoticGood.

** Creator/GlennClose has a cameo as a ''male'' pirate (the one that gets thrown in the "Boo Box" just before Peter first confronts Hook). Cut to 2011, when Close plays a [[SweetPollyOliver woman masquerading as a male butler]] in ''Albert Nobbs'', a role that got her sixth Academy Award nomination (third for a Best Actress).

** Creator/GlennClose has a cameo as a ''male'' pirate (the one that gets thrown in the "Boo Box" just before Peter first confronts Hook). Cut to 2011, when Close plays a [[SweetPollyOliver woman masquerading as a male butler]] in ''Albert Nobbs'', a role that got her nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.

* ShockingMoments: Hook casually impaling Rufio on his sword is a ''brutally'' shocking moment, especially since there's no cheap get-out and Rufio promptly ''dies.'' The film hadn't been going out of its way to avoid death up to this point (the pirate casually getting shot during the baseball game, for example), but until now viewers would have assumed that the Lost Boys at least had PlotArmor just in order to avert the DeathOfAChild. Nope! Although no other Boys die before it's over, Rufio's brutal death really does raise the stakes quite a lot.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Between a myriad of frustrating script and characterization issues and its often twee, maudlin sentimentality, this is considered one of Steven Spielberg's weaker '90s efforts, one of his worst "genre" films, and an average ''Peter Pan'' film in general by critics. But the spectacular production values and the lead performances, ''especially'' Dustin Hoffman's, save it from being bad or boring for its fans, many of whom grew up with it.