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Cocoon: The Return

1988, Movie, PG, 116 mins

Cocoon: The Return: Review

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This sequel to 1985's hugely successful COCOON picks up five years later, as the first film's elderly couples (Brimley and Stapleton, Cronyn and Tandy, Ameche and Verdon) return to Earth with the alien Antareans to check up on their families and friends. Back home, the old folks have a chance to exhibit their vigor, the men engaging in a game of basketball and the women heading off to try on the latest fashions and undergo makeovers at health spas. Subplots abound, including one involving some nasty government efforts to experiment on one of the Antareans' cocoons. Perhaps the film's greatest achievement was to reassemble (with the exception of Brian Dennehy) the large cast from the 1985 movie. The veteran actors are all once again in fine form, and its good to see them on the screen. Unfortunately the script isn't worthy of the cast. For the most part, the film focuses on a choice the old folks have to make--should they stay on Earth with its joys and pains or return with the aliens to immortality? Each character weighs the dilemma, and each has at least one breast-beating soliloquy on the subject, as COCOON II goes for poignancy in attempting to deal with the weighty issues raised in its funnier, more-upbeat predecessor. It's a commendable effort, but the result is a pretty dreary movie. leave a comment
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