Rated PG-13
Starring Don Ameche, Wilfred Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton, Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Tawhnee Welch
Directed by Ron Howard
The Story:
An alien race (Dennehy, Welch) return to Earth to bring home 20 of their own they had to leave behind centuries earlier. They charter a boat from a local Florida captain (Guttenberg) and put them in a swimming pool to revive them. However, a group of local senior citizens (Ameche, Brimley, Cronyn) have been breaking in to use that pool. When the regenerative powers of the pool have an unexpected fountain of youth quality, the group comes back with the aliens blessing, but things are going to get bad in a hurry.
It's been a long time since I've seen this one.
First things first, it holds up pretty well from start to finish.
The acting is great, and the assembled cast is wonderful.
Ron Howard pulls together a great cast of actors and gave them plum roles in their careers.
Just because they are getting older, that doesn't mean they still can't act, and the cast pulls it off wonderfully.
Don Ameche won a Best Supporting Actor award for his role. It's a great performance, but after all these years, he really has probably the least screen time of all the actors.
The special effects are a bit on the cheesy side, but there really aren't a whole lot of them.
It was nice to revisit the film, and it was fun to watch again.
Final Grade: B
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: It's probably been over 20 years since I last saw it. Still pretty good, but not quite as good as I remembered.
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