On Golden Pond

2001 "A very rare modern day live TV drama with two legends."
6.6| 1h40m| PG| en
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Character-driven story about an elderly man coming to terms with his age, and the nearing of death; a middle-aged woman attempting to enter into a father-daughter relationship with her dad, whom she has never known closely; and a young teenager dealing with parental divorce. Ethel and Norman Thayer are an old couple living "On Golden Pond". Their daughter, Chelsea, is 42 years old, and has never been married. She is dating a 45 year old dentist, and brings him up to Golden Pond to meet her parents. Her boyfriend, Bill, has a 14 year old son named Billy, who comes along. Young Billy has been virtually raised by his mother, who is newly divorced from his father. The troubled child is left with the elderly Thayers for some time, as his father and Chelsea take off for a tour of Europe.

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Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Sean Richard McCarthy Well worth watching! The acting it great. However, this "live" re-make does not come close to giving me the emotional experience the original did! Example (POSSIBLE SPOILER): In the original movie, the boy is the the main influence in Norman's life. He is the one who helps him come to terms with his age and destiny. In this re-make, his is kind of on the side line. This is worth watching, and very entertaining, but falls short of the original! But what do you expect? I don't think entertainers ever say "Hey Joe, that movie was pretty stupid, let's re-make it!"
vicwinklepleck One of the worst live productions I have ever had the displeasure to watch. Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer did a good and fine acting job, but the production needed to be left alone. If I was to give this production any rating, it would have to be 3 due to the acting abilities of this production.
bekayess It's great to see a live play on television again...especially this play, with theatre/movie/TV legends Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. And Julie even gets to sing. . .Personally, the couple reminds me of my 60ish parents. . .but beyond that, this is a wonderful treat for us baby-boomers who sort of grew up with live/live-on-tape TV, who also love live theatre. Julie is beautiful and emotional and real. Plummer is morbid and hateful and opinionated. . .and how many times have we heard "bull-s**t" on network TV. . .at last, TV has grown up.
i_ate_your_tots Chris and Julie... together again. And Julie is still as beautiful as ever. This movie was very cute! It was done live and there were FEW mistakes! The movie had the odd boring patches, but all in all was pretty wonderful. I recommend it if it comes on TV again. Out of 10, I rate is 7.