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Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return

Comedy · Science Fiction · 1988

The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?

Movie details

Cocoon: The Return

“Journey to the most wonderful place in the universe... home.”

1988 Comedy · Science Fiction 1h 56m

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6.5 / 10

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The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Daniel Petrie

Written by

Stephen McPherson · David Saperstein

Don Ameche

Don Ameche

Art Selwyn

Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley

Ben Luckett

Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Sara

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Joe Finley

Jack Gilford

Jack Gilford

Bernie Lefkowitz

Steve Guttenberg

Steve Guttenberg

Jack Bonner

Barret Oliver

Barret Oliver

David

Court is in session

Put Cocoon: The Return on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.