On Golden Pond

1981

Action / Drama

26
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 87% · 45 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 37288 37.3K

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Plot summary

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.

Director

Mark Rydell Photo
Mark Rydell

Top cast

William Lanteau Photo
William Lanteau as Charlie Martin
Doug McKeon Photo
Doug McKeon as Billy Ray
Katharine Hepburn Photo
Katharine Hepburn as Ethel Thayer
Henry Fonda Photo
Henry Fonda as Norman Thayer Jr.
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811.51 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 1
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 49 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by greatbritain1989 8 / 10

Perfect characterisation of relationships and contains all the simple pleasure that time forgot

There is a film like this very rarely and indeed it works like we actually do know the Thayers. Indeed we can most certainly relate to Henry Fonda while Katharine Hepburn is more then an incredible actress. In this film the mix of drama and comedy from her as a character shows why she won that record breaking fourth Oscar statuette.I'll just say the story in a nutshell. Jane Fonda and her father did not get along. Jane, however wanted one last chance for a close bond to her father and bought the rights to the play "On Golden Pond." In the film the Oscar winning performance by Henry Fonda (his only in a career spanning decades.) Jane fully deserved her Oscar nomination for her exceptional (and of course very realistic performance.) In the actual film the chemistry of Hepburn and (Henry) Fonda is perfect. This film really to try to put into words is a really touching gem that makes you feel so uplifted. Your spirits soar and any relationship that can be amended and is anywhere near as strong in the film (From Hepburn and Fonda) shows us what acting can do.Oscars abound, critical praise and very likely the last of the old fashioned melodramas (Mainly because acting has moved on a generation from these sorts of films.) The sentiment and feel is perfectly placed and the storeys clicked so much like the Fonda Father- Daughter relationship. It is a warm intelligent character based film that i would advise everyone to see at once!
Reviewed by Xstal 7 / 10

The Cantankerous Curmudgeon...

There's a rather grumpy chap called Norman Thayer, as he's got older he's become quite a purveyor, of snide and sneering comments, of complaining, grieving laments, like a rusting, buckled, beat up, old conveyer; with his wife they've settled down on golden pond, a place that they both love, and are so fond, then daughter Chelsea passes by, with her new partner by her side, and a young lad that they leave there, and then they're gone; it takes a while for the curmudgeon to develop, a liking for the boy, and to envelop, but the ice quite quickly thaws, as they fish for trout with jaws, at the end you'll feel refreshed, and full of hope.As much as I love Henry Fonda, and he is spectacular in this, it's his daughter who bowls me over, she always does, although Katherine Hepburn should take some credit too.
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