Cocoon

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

Cast

Steve Guttenberg

as Jack Bonner

Tahnee Welch

as Kitty

Brian Dennehy

as Walter

Don Ameche

as Arthur Selwyn

Wilford Brimley

as Benjamin Luckett

Hume Cronyn

as Joseph Finley

Maureen Stapleton

as Mary Luckett

Jack Gilford

as Bernie Lefkowitz

Jessica Tandy

as Alma Finley

Clint Howard

as John Dexter

Reviews

Wuchak

_**Discovering the "fountain of youth"**_ On the surface "Cocoon" (1985) is about elderly folks at a retirement home in Florida unknowingly finding the "fountain of youth" via a pool on an adjacent property. A peculiar group of people rent the property to store boulder-like objects they take from...

Filipe Manuel Neto

**It deserves to be remembered nowadays.** I think the 80's were, maybe, the golden age of alien movies. Between comedies or horror films, the quality is quite satisfactory and there is plenty to choose from. This film is, however, one of the least known, perhaps due to the light way in which eve...

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