Review – Cocoon

Yeesh, what a bummer of a movie. It starts out okay. Space aliens return to Earth to recover comrades lying in suspended animation off the coast of Florida. Unfortunately for them, they store the cocooned aliens in a swimming pool that’s also being used by some old folks from a nearby rest home. The cocoon water acts like a fountain of youth. Rejuvenated oldster high jinks ensue. But as the plot drags on, we get more and more dwelling on the dying process, plot points made all the more depressing by the subsequent deaths of many of the cast members. As with so many Hollywood productions of this ilk, shorter would have been smarter. Mildly amusing