- Release date: 1982
- Runtime: 109 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon ... See all
- Director: Mark Rydell
- Plot: The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea -- whom they haven't seen for years -- feels she must be there for Norman's... Read more
User Reviews
Walter and Norman are one and the same
Sep 21, 1999
Dan Grant
Sep 21, 1999Dan Grant
On Golden Pond is a film that proved to me that acting is a beautiful thing when it comes from some of the veterans and the greats. I have always had the opinion that most acting from the 60's and... Read more at imdb.com
Really great!!!
Feb 17, 2000
Elizabeth
Feb 17, 2000Elizabeth
I really enjoyed "On Golden Pond". I wanted to see it, because Henry Fonda won his only Best Actor Oscar for it. Since I'm a Henry Fonda fan, I thought I should watch the movie the Academy considered his best.... Read more at imdb.com
Warm, reflective, touchingly basic human drama, with Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn offering treasured performances in their twilight years.
Mar 19, 2002
gary brumburgh
Mar 19, 2002gary brumburgh
"On Golden Pond" is simply an old-fashioned testimonial to long-lost youth and facing one's mortality, and, in its simplicity, becomes a life-affirming valentine to those who feel that time has become the enemy - a seemingly ageless, universal perception. If... Read more at imdb.com
Lovely, Lovely, Lovely
Oct 15, 2000
Gavin Thomson
Oct 15, 2000Gavin Thomson
This film is just so nice to watch. The plot is fairly simple, as is the direction. The script just serves as the frame for Hepburn and Fonda.To say their performances are out of this world is probably the wrong... Read more at imdb.com
Veteran actors prove they can still hack it on Golden Pond.
Jul 22, 2000
Ian Harrison
Jul 22, 2000Ian Harrison
Mark Rydell's On Golden Pond was a surprise hit in 1981, finishing third in box office grosses after Rocky III and E.T. Such an occurrence was unheard of in Hollywood, considering the key players in the film, Henry Fonda and... Read more at imdb.com
Wonderful, if depressing
Sep 14, 2003
Idocamstuf
Sep 14, 2003Idocamstuf
I had never seen this movie before. I have always wanted to see it mainly because I knew it was the last big movie for all three of the leading actors. The film turned out to be a heartwarming, but... Read more at imdb.com
Surprisingly Entertaining
Sep 16, 2003
iwatcheverything
Sep 16, 2003iwatcheverything
I was expecting a very boring movie. All I thought about this was a couple of old people sitting around talking at some cabin. I was way off. This film is quite the opposite. Things do happen that make this... Read more at imdb.com
A treasure
Jan 09, 2000
Minty-5
Jan 09, 2000Minty-5
Cinematically, "On Golden Pond" is a breathtaking movie. The enveloping surrounds of the woods, the shimmering gold of the pond at dark, the loons, the details of the water plants. Rarely I have seen such a eye captivating piece of... Read more at imdb.com
Life goes on , on Golden Pond
Apr 22, 2006
seasounds1
Apr 22, 2006seasounds1
Many of us may wonder what it is like when you finally have to face the realities of getting old . The kids are now adults the summer cottage just does not hold the same value as before . Years... Read more at imdb.com
Henry Fonda saves his best for last
Jul 20, 2002
SmileysWorld
Jul 20, 2002SmileysWorld
Oh,the numerous memorable characters Henry Fonda brought to the screen over the years.His most memorable came in his final film,On Golden Pond. This film brought to light two important realizations for me.Family togetherness is one of the most important things... Read more at imdb.com
Critics Reviews
commonsensemedia.org
The opening sequence sets the reflective, elegiac tone of this heartfelt movie, winner of three Academy Awards.
Norman and Ethel spend summers at Golden Pond, but this year they'll come to know their grown daughter, a teen visitor, and each other a little better.
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The New York Times
There's little that happens in On Golden Pond that isn't thoroughly predictable from the start, but the film is blessed with so much star power
Gorgeously photographed by Billy Williams , On Golden Pond is a wonderful valedictory for Henry Fonda , who died not long after the film's completion; Katharine Hepburn has less to do, but few can do so much with so little.
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Urban Cinefile
Curiously, the affliction which isn't unlike those that besiege the wretched Regan in The Exorcist, seems to escape the attention of every-one in On Golden Pond.
Father and daughter had issues; they were never close and Jane hoped that working together for the first time on what would certainly be his last film would help resolve their problems.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Viewed simply as a stage plot, ON GOLDEN POND is so predictable we can almost hear the gears squeaking.
ON GOLDEN POND is a treasure for many reasons, but the best one, I think, is that I could believe it.
That is a good scene.
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DVD Talk
It's not a bad film, and certainly it's one that has found a place in many viewers' hearts, but it's one that needs viewers to supply a great deal of their own meaning, rather than creating it on its own.
The DVD Video On Golden Pond appears here in an anamorphic widescreen transfer at the film's original aspect ratio of 1.85:1.
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News
Comebacks Galore at the Golden Globes
chicagotribune.com –
1982-02-01
Hollywood loves nothing so much as a comeback.On Saturday at the Beverly Hilton, it got one: The 39th Golden Globe Awards annually one of Hollywood's tackiest evenings returned to respectability. ... Full Article
OK, "On Golden Pond" weighs in at No. 22. It's hard to resist Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda together. But there is an even more heartbreaking example of the septuagenarian love story in Leo McCarey's 1937 classic "Make Way for ... Full Article
On Golden Pond (1981) Director: Mark Rydell Average user rating 1 review Movie review From Time Out Film Guide Generation gap tearjerker with Fonda and Hepburn as a septuagenarian married couple visiting their lakeside New England bungalow for their 48th... ... Full Article

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