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Cocoon
Directed by
Ron Howard
PG-13
1985
1h 57m
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6.7
82%
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When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.
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Cast of Cocoon
Steve Guttenberg
Jack Bonner
Tahnee Welch
Kitty
Brian Dennehy
Walter
Don Ameche
Arthur Selwyn
Wilford Brimley
Benjamin Luckett
Hume Cronyn
Joseph Finley
Maureen Stapleton
Mary Luckett
Jack Gilford
Bernie Lefkowitz
Jessica Tandy
Alma Finley
Clint Howard
John Dexter
Linda Harrison
Susan
Gwen Verdon
Bess McCarthy
Herta Ware
Rosie Lefkowitz
Barret Oliver
David
Tyrone Power Jr.
Pillsbury
Mike Nomad
Doc
Jorge Gil
Lou Pine
James Ritz
DMV Clerk
Charles Rainsbury
Smiley
Wendy J. Cooke
Alien
Pamela Prescott
Alien
Dinah Sue Rowley
Alien
Gabriella Sinclair
Alien
Cyndi Vicino
Bank Teller
Russ Wheeler
Doctor
Harold Bergman
Reverend
Ivy Thayer
Waitress
Fred Broderson
Kirk
Mark Cheresnick
Salvatore
Bette Shoor
Realtor
Mark Simpson
Coast Guard First Class BM
Robert Slacum Jr.
Coast Guard Second Class BM
Rance Howard
St. Petersburg Dectective
Jean Speegle Howard
Woman
Charles Voelker
Leader, New Yorkers Dance Band
Irving Krone
Jasper
Clarence Thomas
Policeman
Ted Science
Policeman
Jim Fitzpatrick
Dock Worker
Tracy Roberts
Bar Patron
Charles Lampkin
Pops
Cocoon Reviews
Variety
Emanuel Levy
An amiable, life-affirming fantasy-comedy about the rejuvenation of crotchery oldsters whose main distinction is offering roles to senior actors like Don Ameche (who won an Oscar), Hume Cronyn, and Jessica Tandy
New York Times
Janet Maslin
It has no real competition as this season's reigning fairy tale.
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Chase Burns
If you came back to Earth to retrieve your ancestors only to find out Wilford Brimley stole their mana, would you be chill about it?! I wouldn't!
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Director Ron Howard brings a quality of gentleness and whimsy to the performances, but basically this is a highly calculated project brought in by those two old pros, producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...decidedly hit-and-miss...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Pollack
"Cocoon" really is a pretty enjoyable film; it's optimistic, and filled with warmth and love.
Hartford Courant
Malcolm Johnson
From the very start, "Cocoon" wraps us in a spell.
Miami Herald
Bill Cosford
This is a great deal of performing talent in one small space, and Howard, whether by innate good sense or blind good luck (I'd like to think it's the former), doesn't waste a moment of it.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"Cocoon" is one of the sweetest, gentlest science-fiction movies I've seen, a hymn to the notion that aliens might come from outer space and yet still be almost as corny and impulsive as we are.
Tampa Bay Times
Kelly Scott
Cocoon is special, and it is certainly more endearing than most movies you are going to see this summer.
Arizona Republic
Marsha McCreadie
The most improbable success of a film, implausible not in the sci-fi, special effectsy way that is so common nowadays, but in the fantastic melange of themes, personalities and even settings it incorporates.
Los Angeles Times
Sheila Benson
The movie is about treasure. Treasure wasted: the experience of our older people. Treasure reclaimed: the fealty of a captain for his crew.
San Francisco Examiner
Barbara Shulgasser
How often do you see a movie with aliens so friendly they will join you for a hand of gin rummy? Did the Blob ever play cards with Steve McQueen?
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
A lot of directors are deft: Howard is deft and tasteful, and his instinct for handling actors -- when to let them go and when to rein them in -- is remarkable.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Rick Lyman
Though the film is impressive in most details... Cocoon is most compelling for the tone of tearful hope that Howard has been able to create.
Chicago Tribune
Gene Siskel
Listening to Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn and Wilford Brimley talk about anything except most of today's movie scripts is an automatic pleasure.
Salt Lake Tribune
Terry Orme
It's a rarity these days to see a movie about people over 60, and this talented cast takes the opportunity and runs with it.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
George Anderson
In a season dominated by vaguely disappointing films, "Cocoon" is a real crowd-pleaser.
Austin American-Statesman
Patrick Taggart
It's a spare-parts movie, really, with huge debts owed to E.T., Starman, and the Spielberg segment of Twilight Zone, the Movie. It's too easy to get a handle on this picture.
Variety
Cocoon weaves a mesmerizing tale.
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