Cocoon: The Return

19881988
PGPG
1h 56min

Steve Guttenberg, Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox, Jessica Tandy, Hume Cronyn, Tahnee Welch, Jack Gilford, Maureen Stapleton, and Gwen Verdon in Cocoon: The Return (1988)

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Adventure Comedy Mystery

The seniors return 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?The seniors return 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?The seniors return 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?

Director
- Daniel Petrie
Writers
- David Saperstein(characters)
- Stephen McPherson(story)
- Elizabeth Bradley(story)
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Awards
- 4 nominations

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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... —Dylan Self <robocoptng986127@aol.com>

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Taglines
- This holiday season, journey to the most wonderful place in the universe... home.
Genres
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Brian Dennehy is seen at the end of the film, reprising his role as Walter the alien leader. Dennehy agreed to reprise his role from the first film as a favor to his castmates, and accepted no payment for doing so.

Goofs
The color of Ben's hair changes from white to gray throughout the film.

Quotes
Ruby: Most people our age are a pain in the ass.
Bernie: Most people our age are *dead*.

Crazy credits
Half of the clips shown through the end credits are scenes from the first film.

Alternate versions
All UK versions are cut by 1m 5s to heavily edit Bernie's attempted suicide by hanging in order to achieve a 'PG' rating.

Connections
Edited into Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon (2019)

Soundtracks
You Make Me Feel So Young
Written by Mack Gordon & Josef Myrow
Performed by Frank Sinatra

Top review

7/10

A worthy follow up to the original

After I enjoyed the first Cocoon so much I decided that the sequel could not be too bad. For the most part, the Cocoon: The Return remains a generally enjoyable film even if most of the magic remained in the original. In this one, the elderly friends return back to earth to catch up on everything that had missed out on while they were away. The biggest problem when they get back to earth is that all of the special protection from illness and aging that they had with the aliens eventually wears off, and if they don't get back to their planet with the aliens quickly, some of them may die. Overall, an enjoyable and harmless sequel to the original. If you liked the original you will most likely enjoy this sequel. ***1/2 out of *****.

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Release date
- November 23, 1988 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Cocoon 2
Filming locations
- Miami, Florida, USA
Production companies
- Zanuck/Brown Productions
- Twentieth Century Fox
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Budget
- $17,500,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $18,924,919
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,568,143
- Nov 27, 1988
Gross worldwide
- $25,024,919

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Runtime
- 1h 56min
Color
- Color
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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