The old age pensioners that left at the end of the first film come back to Earth 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 stay back on Earth?
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Title: Cocoon: The Return (1988)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Don Ameche | ... | Art Selwyn | |
| Wilford Brimley | ... | Benjamin 'Ben' Luckett | |
| Courteney Cox | ... | Sara | |
| Hume Cronyn | ... | Joseph 'Joe' Finley | |
| Jack Gilford | ... | Bernard 'Bernie' Lefkowitz | |
| Steve Guttenberg | ... | Jack Bonner | |
| Barret Oliver | ... | David | |
| Maureen Stapleton | ... | Marilyn 'Mary' Luckett | |
| Elaine Stritch | ... | Ruby Feinberg | |
| Jessica Tandy | ... | Alma Finley | |
| Gwen Verdon | ... | Bess McCarthy Selwyn | |
| Tahnee Welch | ... | Kitty | |
| Linda Harrison | ... | Susan | |
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Tyrone Power Jr. | ... | Pillsbury - Antarean |
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Mike Nomad | ... | Doc |
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Art, Ben and Joe are back! So are their wives and good friend Bernie in their first adventure since their last! Five years since the senior citizens blasted off into space with the Antareans return to earth because their alien friends have to collect the rest of the cocoons in the ocean, believed to be in danger from an earthquake. Ben and Mary visit their family, while Art and Joe visit Bernie, who's still hangin' on. Art, Ben and Joe had forgotten what it was like on earth and immediately begin to feel their weaknesses, except for Art's wife who's pregnant! Meanwhile in the ocean, a biologist company snatched a cocoon out of the ocean and are doing research on it... Written by Dylan Self <robocoptng986127@aol.com>
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23 November 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$17,500,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$18,924,919Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$25,024,919Company Credits
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Art Selwyn: [about his wife, Bess] That's me, Doctor! How is she?
Doctor: She's fine, considering her age. And the fact that she's six weeks pregnant.
Ben Lucket: [Chuckles, and to Art says] Why you smutty ol' devil.
Doctor: [Shaking Art's hand who's babbling "Pregnant?"] Very impressive, Mr. Selwyn. This one's definitely going in the books.
[Art is gladly congratulated by his friends]
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The film takes place in 1990. See more »Goofs
When Bernie tries to hang himself, the rope is in front of his left ear in close-ups and lower, around his neck, in the longer-distance shot. See more »Quotes
Doctor: Mr. Selwyn?Art Selwyn: [about his wife, Bess] That's me, Doctor! How is she?
Doctor: She's fine, considering her age. And the fact that she's six weeks pregnant.
Ben Lucket: [Chuckles, and to Art says] Why you smutty ol' devil.
Doctor: [Shaking Art's hand who's babbling "Pregnant?"] Very impressive, Mr. Selwyn. This one's definitely going in the books.
[Art is gladly congratulated by his friends]
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The original Cocoon was touching, sweet, optimistic, and heartfelt. Most of the wonderful ensemble cast reunited for this sequel, but sadly, something went awry.
You learn nothing about what they've seen during five years spent with the aliens . Further, it seems like everything the characters accomplished the first time around was repealed in this story. Their desire to join the aliens in the first place was predicated on a variety of factors, but each of those reasons is dissected and trashed this time out. Suddenly, there is conflict and suffering during a brief one-week visit. Characters get sick, everyone argues, nobody seems happy. As if that isn't bad enough, a tragic suicide attempt is played almost like a joke. Since when is suicide funny? Steve Guttenberg's character was integral to the first movie, but now he's just written as a clownish buffoon. The grandson's teen angst is annoying.
There are a few notable moments, however. One scene between Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn is deeply touching. The plight of a captured alien being studied is properly sympathetic. But scenes like these are intermingled with a menagerie of subplots which dart around between serious and comedic.
This sequel wanders too far afield from the spirit of its predecessor. The result is gloomy and disappointing. See the original, instead.