Hook

The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland.

Critics greeted Hook with a collective shrug on release, finding Spielberg too dependent on lavish production design and too quick to wallow in sentiment at the expense of genuinely reimagining the Peter Pan story. Audiences were warmer, and John Williams' score has since earned a strong reputation — but the critical divide between those who found emotional heft in its themes of lost childhood and those who saw only expensive theme-park spectacle has never quite closed.