Aliens which put Cocoon that were left along years ago in the sea in a pool of hired house find out that some people were swimming in the pool without their knowledge. The aliens ask the people to go with them as reward because they helped to keep cocoons safe. Cocoons were left in earth because stupid accident.
Director Ron Howard brings a quality of gentleness and whimsy to the performances, but basically this is a highly calculated project brought in by those two old pros, producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown.
An amiable, life-affirming fantasy-comedy about the rejuvenation of crotchery oldsters whose main distinction is offering roles to senior actors like Don Ameche (who won an Oscar), Hume Cronyn, and Jessica Tandy
