1980 · adventure · drama · romance
The Blue Lagoon
Directed by Randal Kleiser1h 44m1980
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?
Our read: The Blue Lagoon (1980) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded adventure · drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured adventure / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- redemptive
- tender
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