Description:Two young children are the sole survivors of a shipwreck in a time when sailing was the only way of travel. They are stranded on a tropical island, a real paradise. Together, Richard and Emmeline have to survive, which is quite easy as there are no dangerous animals on the island. Years later, the two teenagers are living in a self-coTwo young children are the sole survivors of a shipwreck in a time when sailing was the only way of travel. They are stranded on a tropical island, a real paradise. Together, Richard and Emmeline have to survive, which is quite easy as there are no dangerous animals on the island. Years later, the two teenagers are living in a self-constructed hut, strange emotions start influencing their relationship. Although they had no grown-ups to educate them for all that time, the behaviour of the two always stayed in a very civilized way. Nature takes its course, and Emmeline gets pregnant, totally unaware of the fact that a child is growing inside her. On the night their boy is born, Richard finds out about the origins of the drums they hear from time to time from the forbidden side of the island... (more)(less)
"The Blue Lagoon is the dumbest movie of the year.
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
has a nonsensical glaze that contributes to the inadvertent merriment.
- Janet Maslin, New York Times
The only thing blue about the movie is the sea, and the way you'll feel after wasting your time on this dose of 'tasteful', TV commercial-style, nudity.
- Time Out
It's pornography for people who like to go to book burnings; a sex fantasy as chaste as your 3rd grade piano teacher.
- Rob Vaux, Flipside Movi"
"January 16
"I have a funny feeling in my stomach."
"Me too."
"My heart is beating so fast."
"Mine too."
This is the most laughably bad movie I've ever seen. I get that they have the social mentality of a kid, but they are just unlikable characters. Pretty much everything in this movie comes of as unintentionally funny and is very predictable. This is the kind of movie that is good for making fun of with friends.
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