On Golden Pond

Year: 1981

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Rydell

Review

stylistically and tonally it reminded me of “ordinary people.” the performances were somewhat scattered in my opinion. henry fonda would be really spot on and in the pocket one moment, and then would over-act the next. i found the same to be true for hepburn and the rest of the cast. i think this one gets a bit overrated because the two fondas were airing their dirty laundry a bit in the film. interesting side note: i saw mark rydell (the director) at sxsw during his screening of “even money.”