Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

bombersflyup On Golden Pond was a showcase of great acting, great characters of age. A bit fluffy at times, but pleasant.Katherine Hepburn in particular was wonderful. Chelsea was a bit annoying and maybe in the right, but not likable. The kid, while not annoying only really retracted from the good in the film, as all the best moments were of Ethel and Norman. The plot is supposed to be about a daughter's relationship with her father, but Jane comes for her father's birthday and they just argue, she leaves for a while leaving the kid there, the kid forms a bond with him, Jane comes back and now they will just get on because she wants them too. Nothing was resolved, the ending was silly. If the entire film had of been just Ethel and Norman, I think I would of loved it.

JohnHowardReid Although it won a whole swag of awards, this is actually a rather conventionally constructed stage play in which a delightfully testy old codger in Act One turns out to have a heart of gold in Act Three. Henry Fonda handles this role with both acumen and style – quite overwhelming the rest of the cast with the exception of young Doug McKeon who stands up to him most convincingly. Henry's more celebrated sister, Jane Fonda, uses the film mainly so show off her somewhat aged figure. Poor taste, I call it! Fortunately, Hepburn is always reliable Hepburn. On the other hand, Dabney Coleman is boorish, but fortunately he is not in the film all that much! Rexford Metz's helicopter photography and the 2nd unit work are excellent. On the other hand, Mark Rydell's direction is as dull as usual. I'm hoping that one of these days I'll get a nice surprise. Unlikely! He won the world's top Best Director award for this one, so he's unlikely to change his style. As one of his contemporaries said to me: "What does it matter how clumsy and lead-footed it looks in a cinema? If what you're doing looks good on TV, go for it!"

Rob Starzec Seeing that this was one of the last films for both Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn, I was a little disappointed that this film marked the end of their acting careers. What is disappointing is not their ability in the film - they both won Oscars, rightfully so for Fonda, not so sure for Hepburn's fourth Oscar - but rather the fact that each of them had amazing movies such as 12 Angry Men for Fonda and The African Queen for Hepburn, yet they ended their careers on this simple and cheesy melodrama about aging.First, let's talk about what is done well - Henry Fonda's great performance as a senior citizen. We get all the humor we can get about an old man through Fonda's performance - he doesn't sound like himself at all, he'll make harsh jokes every now and then based on sexuality or race, he's extremely forgetful. But most of all, from a few key scenes we can clearly see that Thayer is afraid of death hitting him soon, even though this contradicts what he says throughout the movie. It is nearly heartbreaking (but also pretty cheesy) when his daughter confronts him towards the conclusion of the film about never acting as a true friend to her like he has been acting around Billy, who is Chelsea's soon-to-be stepson. It is a great moment to analyze whether their relationship has failed in the past based on gender or simply because Fonda's character was not a good father to Chelsea.Sadly, Fonda's performance along with that climactic moment about repairing his relationship with Chelsea are the only things of merit/interest for this film in my eyes. The main story is about Chelsea and her new fiancé Bill leaving Bill's son, Billy, with Chelsea's parents while they take a trip. What a weird decision to leave a thirteen year old kid alone with two elderly citizens whom he just met and is not even related to. Best parenting ever. While it is a delight to see Billy become friends with Norman, their "journey" is not that exciting at all except for when Norman and Billy become stranded on a rock in the middle of the pond after an accident.To put it simply, with actors of this particular caliber, their final movie could have been a lot stronger, but instead they starred in a decent melodrama at the end of their careers, not quite reaching the greatness of movies we come to expect from Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn.2.5/4.0

jmeltdown I tried to watch this movie after hearing nothing but good reviews. Wow, I wish that I could rewind time and tell myself to go count grass blades out in the yard. Everything in this movie was about as hard as sandpaper. The friend of the child in the movie, Dave Hone, was a very odd kid. He didn't fit in the movie and was always saying thing that were not true. He said his favorite wrestler in the movie was a man named Rowdy Roddy Python. That person is close but not the same. Save yourself some time and just play with a pencil or eraser. And in the middle of the movie when the boat crashed into a rock, if you slow it down you can see something very funny. The rock is actually a very large tube sock filled with matchbox cars. Not goo effects at all.