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Cocoon: The Return

1988

Daniel Petrie

Steve Guttenberg, Jessica Tandy, Don Ameche, Tahnee Welch ...

5.1

3,546

Sci-Fi. Drama. Fantasy. Comedy The Antareans return to Earth to rescue the cocoons of their people on the ocean floor which are now endangered by seismic activity. They bring with them the old-age pensioners who use the opportunity to visit their friends and family again. But before they can get to them the cocoons are accidentally discovered by oceanographers and the Antareans inside handed over to the military. So the old-age pensioners hatch a plot to rescue them.

	Author	Review
United States	Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times	"'Cocoon: The Return' is the best kind of sequel: It doesn't merely cash in on the success of the original but actually continues its story in new directions"	POS
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"'The Return' is a pleasant if superfluous invasion of your local theaters"	NEU
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"'Cocoon: The Return' is so tired, in fact, that it can barely recapitulate the winning formula of the original hit"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"The central weakness of 'Cocoon: the Return' is that the film lacks any compelling reason to exist. Yes, it is a heartwarming film."	NEU
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"Depressing as it is dull as it is dumb."	NEG

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