It was on an interview with the Kermode & Mayo Film Review programme, back when he was promoting Lincoln, that director Steven Spielberg admitted that Hook was the film of his that he had the most problems with. ... “I felt like a fish out of water making Hook,” he continued. “I didn't have confidence in the script.

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According to Den of Geek, Spielberg later said: “Julia probably went through the most trying times of her life [during filming]. “And it was simply bad timing for all of us that she happened to start on Hook at that low point.”

Is Hook a bad movie?

Hook is over all a good film that I would recommend to people. It's not at all a bad film, it has good drama in it along with great comedy. Most people love the dinner scene between Peter and Rufio, mine is Captain Hook explaining to Peter's kids why parents don't love children.