On Golden Pond (1982) movie review - Sneak Previews with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 2019
- This is the original review of On Golden Pond by Siskel & Ebert on "Sneak Previews" in 1982. All of the segments pertaining to the movie have been included.
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Breaks my heart to hear Gene say he thinks this movie may have taught him how to handle old age.
I loved this movie when it first came out. Now, as a son being sole caregiver to his mother with dementia, it hits home. Brilliant performances and a great script. It's a movie that more young people should watch to learn.
I completely agree. It bothers me that my friends find it "too slow". Wonderful movie in every way should be seen by all.
@@spencer10182 I was about 17 years old when it first came out. Even then many in my age group just thought it to be an "old people" movie, which was and still is a shame.
@@mrnocal Fortunately it was a huge box office hit and got Henry Fonda his long awaited Oscar. And yes it is so much more than an old people movie. It can inspire anyone at any age to have strong relationships with loved ones and how we can learn to have love and empathy for our elders. I wouldn't say it's a good film for small children due to the language, it was pretty heavy for a PG even in the early 80s but for teenagers and up it is a definite must see.
As a kid, I loved horror films. Someone told me to go watch "On Golden Pond." I didn't think it would be my kind of movie, but I loved it.
I had never seen Katherine Hepburn or Henry Fonda in any movies before this either. They certainly deserved the Oscars they won.
And that scene where Jane finally calls her father "Dad" for the first time..... One of the most emotional moments in film history.
Me too, parents took me to theater when I was about 8. And I loved it then (was always an old soul) and love it even more now.
This film will always be in my top 10. It's an absolute jewel.
Amazing that Jane’s role here is basically portraying her real life with her father
"I think I learned more about how to handle old age."
My heart broke when I heard that and thought "Yeah, you don't have to worry about old age, Gene." 😭
Amazing to see Henry Fonda near the end of his life. I had seen many of his earlier films and loved them. Now to see him here, you see the long career and life he had and led.
Henry Fonda finally won the Oscar for this one and Katherine Hepburn won an unprecedented fourth Oscar. No other actor or actress has yet to equal this.
I heard no one can understand how he never won for the grapes of wrath and watching it i dont either he was flawless
I loved the movie. I actually loved the part where the kid was there. He, at first, wasn't into fishing and spending time with the old man, but quickly enough, the idea grew on him, as the two went fishing together. It is obvious that this guy, with his father's parents dead, probably never had any real grandparents (it is never mentioned if his mother's parents are still living), so he could consider the old man his grandfather. I know that spending time with my grandfather was nice and we had great times together before he died. On Golden Pond, for me, was one of the best films ever done. I enjoyed it.
This film makes you want to visit Golden Pond
as i'm getting close to the age of the main characters,there's one thing I've learned-it's time to bury the hatchet when you realize you're not going to live forever.
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Wonderful movie. Feel like the Jane and Henry portrayed their real life with each other.
This movie was all the rage before it hit the theatres and when it was playing, and then again when it was up for Oscars. I finally saw it on HBO, thought it decent, but I wasn't head over heels for it.
It wasn't really my kind of movie (maybe it will be soon), but I appreciate the performances and the heart that beats inside it.
It is a very slow moving movie, which I can understand may turn off some people, even though I cherish it, it does play at a very slow pace. But even so it is good you can appreciate some things in it. Fonda was wonderful in his last and only Oscar winning role and Katharine Hepburn and his daughter Jane were almost equally as good.
Deserving of an oscar.. (which it got.)
I think a lot of critics at the time were pretty hard on this movie; I certainly remember reading Pauline Kael's pan of the movie, accusing all 3 of the principal actors of exploiting themselves, etc. While I think she overstated the point, it's sort of a point, after all. We bring our knowledge of these very famous people to the story, rather than letting the story tell itself.
On Golden Pond was good.
Steely Dan, Throw Out your Gold Teeth, both volumes
On Golden Pond was released in 1981, not '82.
It was released at the very end of 1981, but didn’t go into wide distribution until 1982. They usually aired their reviews when it was playing in a majority of theaters nationwide.
Really like this movie
😏 It's a classic
Gosh, they both seem to completely miss the point of the film. If you get rid of the "kid" you have no movie. Amazing how dumb critics can be.
Cobra shouldve won the Oscar in 1940 for GoW instead of Jimmy Stewart, who should've win in 1939 for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
I love Fonda. I believe he is the consummate American actor and a lot of personal.baggage went into this movie. That helps.it hold up a little better and Gene was right..Hepburn really grounds the story. That scene with Jane & Henry on the dock though, that's a great scene.
Fonda notCobra. !Lol
@@maxthepupp COBRA!!!!
Henry Fonda's last great film.
This movie is all :rolleyes:
Aka Joe & Jill Biden
Siskel is always so cold and cynical. Never liked his persona.
It was like watching paint dry!
I absolutely cherish this film but I do acknowledge that it is slow paced and does require patience to view.
I thought this movie was annoying. Everyone in it was so disagreeable. Their words and the way they said them gave me an unpleasant vibe.
@Dean F. You sound like a brainwashed liberal who believes all the liberal media lies about Trump.
Meh, it was well intentioned and despite being close to death's door, Henry Fonda does give a great performance. But aside from that, this movie is too mawkish for me and at times it comes off like baby's first Ozu film. Honestly, I can see why nobody talks about this film anymore, despite it being the second highest grossing film of 1981.
@@hamzarouri8454 Ozu ? This film isn't even good enough to say that it's an inferior imitation of Ozu. This movie was straight off the assembly line.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Lol, yeah maybe I was being too generous.
@@hamzarouri8454 I just saw it after avoiding it for years. A complete waste of time.
This movie stinks on ice. Incredibly stagey, every moment calculated in order to generate a particular emotion, and it's all soft peddled. Yes, I know this is a stage play so you can't avoid a certain measure of sterility but still, everything seemed to be wrapped up in a neat little package. I am sorry to generalize but this film highlights the problem with American cinema, it's afraid to be natural and chaotic as real life.