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Summary: Rescue of stranded aliens leads to charming comedy
Review: A group of aliens arrives in a Florida retirement community to rescue their colleagues who have been cocooned and settled beneath the sea. The aliens unzip and zip on their human costumes - the initial unveiling, witnessed by the boat captain, is beautiful and worthy of an award - and stash their rescued buddies in the compound's swimming pool. The retirees, after swimming in the pool, experience personal rejuvenation: they make love like teenage boys, eat like athletes, and Don Ameche's Olympian diving performance is memorable in itself. And then the retirees, now in on the secret, are asked to choose between attaining immortality by leaving with the aliens - or living our their lifespan on earth with their surviving loved ones.
Wonderful, heartening and heartbreaking, inspiring film, directed by Ron Howard, and soooo beautifully cast.
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Summary: A Cute Movie!
Review: Cocoon directed by Ron Howard (Who was an actor in the TV shows The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days) is a cute sci-Fi/fantasy/comedy movie that is about elderly people living in a retirement home who discover a nearby house with a swimming pool and when they decide to go for a swim they discover the pool is filled with mysterious cocoons and soon after they start acting like they are much younger and more energetic. The Cocoons belong to a group of extraterrestrials that includes Brian Dennehy and Tahnee Welch (daughter of Raquel Welch). The Elderly people in the retirement home include Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley and husband and wife Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy and the movie also stars Steve Guttenberg who plays the owner of the boat chartered by the aliens. This is a cute movie and I highly recommend it!
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Summary: DVD available in germany
Review: Cocoon shows that good movies dont need violence. It is also great to see older actors with such wonderful caracters. Cocoon is different and does not follow the usual hollywood schemes. Do you have enough of violent movies with stupid stories, look at Cocoon!
Strange that a DVD for zone 2 is available in amazon.de, but still nothing released in the US.
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Summary: The Amazing Old Codgers
Review: COCOONS is a film about extraterrestrials who visit Florida to rescue some comrades lost during an earlier journey. They rent a large house with a pool next to a retirement community. The swimming pool is used by the newcomers to store some large cocoons which have magical qualities providing instant youth to those who submerge themselves in the pool's waters. Eventually this amazing fact is discovered accidentally by three of the neighboring old codgers (Hume Cronyn, Don Ameche and Wilfred Brimley) and from that point on life among the senior set is changed forever. Brian Dennehy plays the part of the leader of the crew from outer space and the rest of the supporting cast includes Jack Gifford, Steve Guttenberg, Tawnee Welch and Tyrone Power Jr.COCOONS received Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Don Ameche) and Visual Effects. The main competition for Oscars in 1985 came from OUT OF AFRICA. Ron Howard has directed some other excellent movies including A BEAUTIFUL MIND.
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Summary: Forever Young
Review: For most of Ron Howard's career as a director, a majority of his work lands in the "feel good" cinema category. It is only recently, that Howard has been tackling darker subjects. One of the best films, from his early in his filmograghy, is 1985's Cocoon. This lighthearted fantasy proved that getting older can be a good thing. When a group of aliens comes to Earth, on a secret mission, their strange behavior as humans, causes a group of senior citizens to become curious. As it turns out, the alens have special powers that cause the retirees to feel rejuvinated and stops the aging process. The cast is what makes the story work. Don Ameche, who won an Oscar for his role here as Arthur Selwyn, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, his real life wife, Jessica Tandy, Brian Dennehy as the alien leader Walter, Gwen Verdon, Jack Gilford, Maureen Stapleton, and Herta Ware, all make the sci-fi elements, that much more compelling. Heck, even Steve Guttenberg playing boat skipper Jack Bonner, who helps the aliens with their mission, gives a solid performance here. The film uses special effects sparingly to enhance the story. Sure, things can get a bit schmaltzy at times, but thanks to Howard's recipe it never goes overboard. Cocoon has something for all age groups to enjoy. The extras on the DVD are pretty good. The audio commentary with Howard offers some nice gems about what it was like to work with a cast brimming with some true stars of Hollywood's golden age. The behind-the-scenes featurette and the underwater training footage was originally part of the publicity for the film's release. We also get a look at how the special effects were created, profiles of Ron Howard and the cast, the theatrical trailer, TV spots, and a still gallery. Viewers can watch the movie, in either the full screen, or widescreen anamorphic format. Cocoon is timeless. And given the youth obsessed culture in which we live, it's a nice change of pace, that's worth a peek on DVD.
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Summary: Forever Young
Review: For most of Ron Howard's career as a director, a majority of his work lands in the "feel good" cinema category. It is only recently, that Howard has been tackling darker subjects. One of the best films, from his early in his filmograghy, is 1985's Cocoon. This lighthearted fantasy proved that getting older can be a good thing. When a group of aliens comes to Earth, on a secret mission, their strange behavior as humans, causes a group of senior citizens to become curious. As it turns out, the alens have special powers that cause the retirees to feel rejuvinated and stops the aging process. The cast is what makes the story work. Don Ameche, who won an Oscar for his role here as Arthur Selwyn, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, his real life wife, Jessica Tandy, Brian Dennehy as the alien leader Walter, Gwen Verdon, Jack Gilford, Maureen Stapleton, and Herta Ware, all make the sci-fi elements, that much more compelling. Heck, even Steve Guttenberg playing boat skipper Jack Bonner, who helps the aliens with their mission, gives a solid performance here. The film uses special effects sparingly to enhance the story. Sure, things can get a bit schmaltzy at times, but thanks to Howard's recipe it never goes overboard. Cocoon has something for all age groups to enjoy. The extras on the DVD are pretty good. The audio commentary with Howard offers some nice gems about what it was like to work with a cast brimming with some true stars of Hollywood's golden age. The behind-the-scenes featurette and the underwater training footage was originally part of the publicity for the film's release. We also get a look at how the special effects were created, profiles of Ron Howard and the cast, the theatrical trailer, TV spots, and a still gallery. Viewers can watch the movie, in either the full screen, or widescreen anamorphic format. Cocoon is timeless. And given the youth obsessed culture in which we live, it's a nice change of pace, that's worth a peek on DVD.
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Summary: Great Movie, Great Soundtrack
Review: I can't add anything to the other reviews, except to say this movie has an EXCELLENT soundtrack by James Horner. The fantastic music definately adds to the movie's excitement and emotion. In fact, it's so good I'd also recommend buying the soundtrack CD.
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Summary: This boring movie chewed up two hours of my life!
Review: I hate this movie so much the thought of it makes me want to cry. I tried to give it a chance, I waited and waited for something cool to happen. It finally did and it was called ENDING CREDITS. I wish aliens would come take away anyone who had anything to do with unleashing this movie on an unsuspecting public. This movie makes me want to commit suicide.
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Summary: One of the greats
Review: I remember going to Movie Gallery with my mom and seeing Cocoon on the shelves a few years ago. I asked her if it was good and she said no. There's a lot of movies that I really like that she hates. I read about it and I wanted to see it. When I did, I wondered why she didn't like it. It was about an alien family that kept mysterious eggs in a swimming pool while they stayed here on earth. Some old people found out after swimming in the pool while the eggs were in it, that it made them feel young again. All the actors did a great job acting young as did the wives who liked it at first but later got tired of their husbands wanting to go everywhere and do everything. Some of the lines from the film were hilarious and it even had some suspense in parts. It kept me interested because I wanted to see if the old guys got caught in the pool after promising the aliens they wouldn't get anywhere near them and to see how the movie ended. The ending sequence had some great special effects; especially for a film that came out in the mid 80's. If you like comedy movies with a touch of sci-fi or if you like laughing at all, I definitely recommend getting this movie. In my opinion, it's a classic.
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Summary: I love it!
Review: I saw it when I was 8 and still love it until today.The story is funny,touching,and heartwarming.One of the best 80's movies.Worth watching over and over.
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