Cocoon

Name: Cocoon
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Released: 1985-06-21
Duration: 1 h 57 min
Rating: 6.70
Cast: Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Wilford Brimley

– When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves en..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.70 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 57 Minutes

Release Year:

1985

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

Styles:

Wife And Husband Lead Actors, Offbeat, Semi Serious, Light, Feel Good, Humorous, Emotional, Touching, Sentimental, Captivating

Story Timeline:

1980s, 20th Century

Producing Country:

USA

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Genre:

Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama

Editor's Pick for:

Date Night, Kids

Cocoon (1985) - Trailer

Release Date:

21 Jun 1985

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Directed by:

Ron Howard

Story Written By:

Tom Benedek, David Saperstein

Main Actors:

Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Wilford Brimley

Plot:

A group of aliens return to earth to retrieve cocoons containing the people they'd left behind from an earlier trip. These cocoons had been resting at the bottom of the ocean. Once retrieved, they stored these recovered cocoons in the swimming pool of a house they'd rented in a small Florida town. Their mission is hampered by a number of elderly people from a nearby retirement community who had been secretly using the pool, and who discover unusual powers from within these cocoons.

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations.

Production Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

77%

Metacritic:

65%