connorwayne Review of Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return (1988)

Good sequel ...just missing a little more

[7/10 · 30 November 2012]

I mainly rated the movie a 7 due to the (once again) excellent acting of the majority of the cast and the strictness of the story to the original. So many movie sequels fail due to lose of the original story but this film extends it nicely! Courtney Cox's addition into the cast (though small) was a good decision. A major problem though is the 3rd story within about David (now much older) and Grandfather Ben, which could be good but they ruin it by not going farther in and just half-heartedly putting it in there. Another large problem is the fact that Ron Howard was not able to direct this film and it shows! Also Welch's performance in this sequel has her character change to that of something you wouldn't recognize to the Kitty in the first film...which totally throws off some of the movie. The ending though couldn't have been done any better and it ends the 2 film series nicely!