Cocoon

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Cocoon

PG-13,

1985,

1h 57m,

Fantasy

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82%

49 Reviews

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60%

50,000+ Ratings

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60%

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Oscar-winning fantasy in which the residents of a Florida rest home get a new lease of life when they stumble across an alien "fountain of youth" in a disused holiday home. Unbeknown to them, aliens have been using the swimming pool in the house to store their cocooned brethren, giving the waters a powerful, rejuvenating quality.

Critics Consensus

Though it may be too sentimental for some, Ron Howard's supernatural tale of eternal youth is gentle and heartwarming, touching on poignant issues of age in the process.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Nov 12, 2023

3/4

"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.

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Rick Lyman

Philadelphia Inquirer

Nov 12, 2023

4/4

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.

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Joe Pollack

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Nov 12, 2023

"Cocoon" really is a pretty enjoyable film; it's optimistic, and filled with warmth and love.

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Rick Chatenever

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Nov 12, 2023

Even the heartrending "E.T." was basically old-fashioned melodrama in a new sci-fi wrapping; this one, in contrast, manages to be quite provocative at the same time it's thoroughly entertaining.

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Robert W. Butler

Kansas City Star

Nov 12, 2023

3.5/4

Mr. Howard has a terrific sense of humor, compassion for his characters, and a willingness to look beyond the obvious for revelatory details and touches. “Cocoon” is a first-class example of popular moviemaking.

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Malcolm L. Johnson

Hartford Courant

Nov 12, 2023

From the very start, "Cocoon" wraps us in a spell.

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Harry W

Mar 7, 2019

A fairytale for senescents

Jan 27, 2019

The best inspiring sci-fi movie ever made!

Kylo S

Dec 25, 2018

What a lovely film this is. Yes it's cheesy in a lot of it but it's fun and really moved my soul the first time I watched it. Well filmed with a great score this had all the right pieces and it was a masterpiece. Only complaint for me is that the Oscar went to the wrong actor, Wilford Bremley really shoulda won his role was more powerful and moving than Amache's was. He won it just as a way of respect for his career.

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Anakin R

Nov 24, 2018

Metaphor for the baby boomer generation. So if you had the chance to take 30 people into space and live forever you would choose all the old people from a home and not your daughter or granson and instead leave them behind thinking you are dead? Selfish old beggers.

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Kylo S

Nov 19, 2018

A very good easy watch sci-fi comedy. If not a classic very close to one

Poe M

Oct 28, 2018

Although not a well-known movie, this movie is really good, with a captivating story, a cast and other special effects. Highly recommend.

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Synopsis

Oscar-winning fantasy in which the residents of a Florida rest home get a new lease of life when they stumble across an alien "fountain of youth" in a disused holiday home. Unbeknown to them, aliens have been using the swimming pool in the house to store their cocooned brethren, giving the waters a powerful, rejuvenating quality.

Director: Ron Howard
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck, David Brown
Screenwriter: Tom Benedek
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, SLM Production Group, Zanuck/Brown Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 1985, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $75.9M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: Surround

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