Return to the Blue Lagoon

Return to the Blue Lagoon, which was produced and directed by reliable TV veteran William A. Graham, who should know better, might make it with junior high audiences. The Fiji locales are gorgeous and the Basil Pouledouris score unashamedly lush. Read full review

The movie is occasionally cutesy. That's the worst of it. You can't call it gross, but it is cutesy. Read full review

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

Granted, you don't expect much from a movie like this: azure seas and honey-dripped sunsets, perhaps, a little titillation and a few wicked laughs. But Robert Steadman's photography lacks the imagination of Almendros' work on The Blue Lagoon, and the rare erotic moments are no match for the dumbness of Leslie Stevens' script. [03 Aug 1991, p.C3]

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

A half-sequel, half-remake of the Brooke Shields surprise hit from 1980. Once more, a pair of tanned teens have fun in the sun on the beach, though with less nudity, more discreet sex, and an increase in environmental consciousness. [31 Jul 1991]