The Blue Lagoon

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The Blue Lagoon

R,

1980,

1h 44m,

Romance/

Drama/

Adventure

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13%

24 Reviews

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53%

50,000+ Ratings

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53%

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Seven-year-old cousins Emmeline (Elva Josephson) and Richard (Glenn Kohan) survive a shipwreck and find themselves marooned on a beautiful island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Under the tutelage of a fellow castaway, Paddy Button (Leo McKern), the two learn the basics of survival. When Paddy dies, however, the now adolescent Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard (Christopher Atkins) are on their own to discover sex, love and loneliness in a tropical paradise.

Critics Consensus

A piece of lovely dreck, The Blue Lagoon is a naughty fantasy that's also too chaste to be truly entertaining.

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Michael Blowen

Boston Globe

Apr 28, 2018

The Blue Lagoon is closer to Robinson Crusoe Goes Club Med than to its original source. It's a fantasy island conceived at poolside in Beverly Hills and executed by tourists to the Fiji Islands. Shallow water, indeed.

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Judith Martin

Washington Post

Feb 6, 2018

There have come to be certain conventions of the genre, and it's an annoyance that The Blue Lagoon keeps violating them.

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Gary Arnold

Washington Post

Oct 17, 2017

"The Blue Lagoon" is a plump sitting duck, waiting to be roasted by sarcastic spectators.

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Larry Wegner

OUT FRONT Magazine (Denver)

May 8, 2023

The Blue Lagoon is a lovely story, but even more, it's a story about love.

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Ginger Varney

L.A. Weekly

Jan 4, 2021

Yes, the cinematography by Nestor Alamendros leaves you breathless, but the content makes your kids the same old stupid.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Aug 31, 2020

5/10

There's a goofiness surrounding the whole ordeal, primarily due to the scripting and acting; the dialogue is mediocre and the performances aren't terribly convincing.

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Jan 27, 2019

The best romance movie ever made!

George S

Aug 16, 2018

we all love fairy-tales, more or less.

Finn W

Aug 14, 2018

I do not understand why nobody practically liked this movie. As it is possible classics like this will be classed with 9% while horrible movies like Sharknado has 85%. The Blue Lagoon is one of the best classics of the 80's, and one of the best rumors ever. Of course it's far from the best movie ever, but still pretty good. Gathering too much. I just did not like the ending.

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Luke M

May 17, 2018

This movie was so excellent and endearing. The people giving it bad reviews (including the critics) are being ridiculously immature. This is EXACTLY why the USA is looked at as having a bunch of prudes. I loved it because it shows a REALISTIC version of how two teens that know nothing about their bodies, sex, etc....discover how to do things. Of course they "discover" it quicker than in real life, its a movie and it would be 20 hours long if it was drawn out. Yes, they run around naked, they are on an island ALONE, who would they wear clothes? Its realistic. Also, everything, from how he discovers masturbation, to how to breastfeed their child is so realistic and I love it. To me, thats what made the movie endearing. I thought that Christopher Atkins acting was better than Brooke Shields, but he was older and she was only 15. I imagine that that movie wasn't easy to film for a lot of reasons. This is honestly one of my fav films. I really liked Return To The Blue Lagoon, but I LOVE this one.

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Kylo S

Dec 6, 2017

Captivating, visual and romantic, this wonderful movie portraying the true innocence of childhood when individuals are far away from civilization grow from children to teenagers. I was captivated all the way to its tragic end.

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Draco R

Nov 17, 2017

"The Blue Lagoon" is about eye candy, plain and simple

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Randal Kleiser

Director

Brooke Shields

Emmeline

Christopher Atkins

Richard

Leo McKern

Paddy Button

William Daniels

Arthur Lestrange

Elva Josephson

Young Emmeline

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Synopsis

Seven-year-old cousins Emmeline (Elva Josephson) and Richard (Glenn Kohan) survive a shipwreck and find themselves marooned on a beautiful island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Under the tutelage of a fellow castaway, Paddy Button (Leo McKern), the two learn the basics of survival. When Paddy dies, however, the now adolescent Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard (Christopher Atkins) are on their own to discover sex, love and loneliness in a tropical paradise.

Director: Randal Kleiser
Producer: Randal Kleiser
Screenwriter: Douglas Day Stewart, Henry DeVere Stacpoole
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Romance, Drama, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 4, 1980, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 14, 2010
Runtime: 1h 44m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby A
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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