On Golden Pond (DVD 2000)

In this delightfully heartwarming film two cinema legend's ,Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda, are matched up for the first time ,with spectacular results .Hepburn and Fonda play an elderly,bickering married couple coming to terms with age .They are celebrating his 80th birthday when their estranged daughter (played by Henry's real life daughter Jane) turns up out of the blue with a new fiancee' and his 12 year old son in tow . The daughter and her dentist boyfreind plan to go on vacation to Europe and leave the 12 year old boy with the old couple .First off the boy is rude and unappreactive of the efforts of Katherine Hepburns character to welcome him ,but towards the end he slowly warms to them and by the end doesn't want to leave .In between this time there are some worrying sequences dealing with senile dementia and some funny sequences that will have you laughing . So sit back with some popcorn and enjoy the oscar winning performances of the leads and laugh at the subtle humour .Overall a brilliant feelgood movie complete with sparkling perfomances by all involved .Enjoy .

This is one of my absolute favourite films. Oscar winning performances by Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda portray the poignancy of an ageing couple, tormented by fear of death and losing each other, coping with the onset of infirmity, yet feistily hanging on to their independence. The love-hate relationship with their daughter, Jane Fonda, and the experience of coming face to face with the younger generation in the shape of her partner's teenage son left with them for a brief stay are beautifully written. It is common knowledge that the real-life estrangement of Jane and Henry Fonda served to underscore their portrayal and their reconciliation left the whole film crew in tears. Unmissable. Oh, and the music is charming, too.