Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
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0% of critics liked it
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46% of users liked it
(15,353 ratings)
This sequel to the surprise box office hit The Blue Lagoon (1980) mimics its predecessor's romantic adventure formula of a lush tropical locale inhabited by scantily clad, nubile teens discovering their sexuality. Spotted adrift in a boat with his deceased parents Richard and Emmeline, a baby… More This sequel to the surprise box office hit The Blue Lagoon (1980) mimics its predecessor's romantic adventure formula of a lush tropical locale inhabited by scantily clad, nubile teens discovering their sexuality. Spotted adrift in a boat with his deceased parents Richard and Emmeline, a baby boy is rescued by a passing ship. Adopted by the widow Hargrove (Lisa Pelikan), infant Richard is soon at sea again after he, his new mother and her baby daughter Lilli abandon ship in the face of a cholera epidemic. Washing ashore on the same island populated by the first film's heroes, Hargrove protects and raises her young charges until a disease also claims her life. Years pass and both Richard (Brian Krause) and Lilli (Milla Jovovich) become young adults. While Richard discovers his manhood by racing a lagoon shark and spying on the island's dangerous natives, Lilli becomes a woman with her first period. Eventually their raging hormones lead the two into each other's arms. Marriage and a pregnancy follow, but Richard and Lilli's union is threatened by the arrival of a ship carrying a lovely captain's daughter (Nana Coburn) with eyes for the loincloth-clad Richard. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- William A. Graham
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1991 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Return to the Blue Lagoon is a pointless spinoff of the 1980 hit, which was itself a remake of a 1949 British pic.
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, Time Out
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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Caryn James, New York Times
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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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
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.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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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Cast
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Milla Jovovich
as Lilli
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Brian Krause
as Richard
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Lisa Pelikan
as Sarah Hargrave
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Courtney Phillips
as Young Lilli
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Nana Coburn
as Sylvia
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Emma James
as Lilli-as an Infant
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Jackson Barton
as Richard-as an Infant
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Brian Blain
as Captain Hilliard
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Peter Hehir
as Quinlan
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Pita Degei
as Chief
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John Dicks
as Penfield
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Annabel E. Graham
as Baby
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Garette Ratliff Henson
as Young Richard
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John Keightley
as LeStrange
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John Mann
as 1st Captain
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Gus Mercurio
as 1st Mate
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Mikaele Nasau
as Lone Cannibal
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Alexander Petersons
as Giddens
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Wayne Pygram
as Kearney
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Todd Rippon
as Gullion
- Liz Mullinar
- Courtney Barilla
- David Gallagher
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John Turnbull
as Dawes
