BBB
(out of 5)
Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda play an aging couple who have never fully reconciled his differences with their daughter (Jane Fonda). They get their chance when she leaves her husband’s son with them for a few weeks and comes back from her vacation to find the young boy having developed the relationship with old Henry that she never had. This prompts some dramatic exposition, and Ernest Thompson’s intelligent screenplay (based on his own play) brings it out with genuine humanity and warmth. Hepburn is at her most energetic, ornery and feisty despite the passing of time, while Fonda is a crotchety old fogey with a golden heart at his core. Lovely stuff, not particularly challenging, but lovely all the same.
IPC Films, Incorporated Television Company
United Kingdom/USA, 1981
Directed by Mark Rydell
Screenplay by Ernest Thompson, based on his play
Cinematography by Billy Williams
Produced by Bruce Gilbert
Music by Dave Grusin
Production Design by Stephen B. Grimes
Costume Design by Dorothy Jeakins
Film Editing by Robert L. Wolfe
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