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Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)

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Reviews Counted:20

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Rotten:20

Average Rating:1.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: In this sequel to the 1980 original, Richard and Emmeline, the two teens from the first film, and their infant son, set out to sea in a boat. The parents die, but the infant is rescued by a passing... In this sequel to the 1980 original, Richard and Emmeline, the two teens from the first film, and their infant son, set out to sea in a boat. The parents die, but the infant is rescued by a passing ship. Before long, plague breaks out on the ship, and a young woman and her infant daughter take the baby boy and wind up on the very same island where the boy was born. The days become years as three stranded castaways, make a life for themselves. When the woman dies, the two now grown children (Milla Jovovich and Brian Krause) must learn to cope. Their life together is blissful, but not without physical and emotional challenges. [More]

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Brian Krause, Lisa Pelikan, Peter Hehir

Starring: Milla Jovovich, Brian Krause, Lisa Pelikan, Peter Hehir

Director: William A. Graham

Director: William A. Graham

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Even the soft porn is a total yawn.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
08/03/09
Total Film

A movie whose best features are its lush tropical vistas has evident limitations.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
07/31/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Return to the Blue Lagoon is a pointless spinoff of the 1980 hit, which was itself a remake of a 1949 British pic.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/26/09
Variety Staff
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Variety

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02/18/07
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

Like a sex education film made by semi-liberated nuns, the movie keeps its sticky truths hidden beneath a veneer of leering cleanliness.

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02/09/06
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06/25/05
Emanuel Levy
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EmanuelLevy.Com

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04/13/05
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

No review available.

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01/05/04
Nicolas Lacroix
Nicolas Lacroix
EnPrimeur.ca

Not even teen lust can justify watching this film.

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11/04/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

No review available.

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08/21/03
John Esther
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly

No review available.

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07/25/03
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

The Fijian background looks pretty, but there's no escaping the fact that the tropical flowers and trees seem smarter and more appealing than the people.

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05/20/03
Caryn James
Caryn James
New York Times

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11/15/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

No review available.

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08/24/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

No review available.

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07/30/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

No review available.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Just say no.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Up until now, I thought it was pretty near impossible to feel nostalgia for The Blue Lagoon. But darned if life isn't full of surprises.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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They had to wait over ten years to make a sequel to Randal Kleiser's Blue Lagoon (which is itself a remake of a 1949 British movie) because they had to wait for a generation who wouldn't remember how really awful the 1980 film was.

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01/01/00
Kathleen Maher
Kathleen Maher
Austin Chronicle

The sincere idiocy of this film really has to be seen to be appreciated -- not that I think there is any need for you to see, or appreciate, it.

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01/01/00
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Chicago Sun-Times
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