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Hook Review

For Families provided by Common Sense Media

OK for kids 8+

A clumsy mishmash of a comedy.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that the pirates and some situations in this movie may frighten sensitive viewers. Two children are abducted by a villainous storybook pirate and threatened with death. The pirate Hook kills, displays comic suicidal tendencies; tries to seduce children into hating their father.

  • Families can talk about the popularity of Peter Pan.
  • Why is it a classic story?
  • Families may want to use this as an opportunity to introduce the book.

The good stuff
  • message true0

    Messages: A father yells at his children, breaks promises, puts work before family, but learns the value of his loved ones in the end. The Lost Boys are a racially diverse lot.

  • rolemodels true2

    Role models: Not an issue

What to watch for
  • violence false3

    Violence and scariness: Some sword fighting. Hook runs his blade through a valiant young boy, killing him.

  • sex false0

    Sexy stuff: Not an issue

  • language false3

    Language: A few isolated instances of mild language.

  • consumerism false0

    Consumerism: Not an issue

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue

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