Nominations 1991 Golden Raspberry Awards Nominee: Worst Director - William A. The site's consensus reads: "Despite its lush tropical scenery and attractive leads, Return to the Blue Lagoon is as ridiculous as its predecessor, and lacks the prurience and unintentional laughs that might make it a guilty pleasure." Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "B" on scale of A+ to F. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rare approval rating of 0% based on 31 reviews, and an average rating of 2.7/10. The film exceeded the original for how negatively it was reviewed. The film was a box-office bomb on a budget of $11,000,000, it made less than $3,000,000 in the United States. The film was shot on location in Australia and Taveuni, Fiji.
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Richard camouflages himself with mud and hides in the muck meanwhile, Lilli worries about his disappearance.
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One night, Richard goes off to the forbidden side of the island, and discovers that a group of natives from another island use the shrine of an impressive, Kon-Tiki-like idol to sacrifice conquered enemies every full moon. They then get into an argument regarding privacy and their late mother's rules.
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Richard awakens in the morning with an erection and suffers a nasty mood swing, which he cannot explain. Lilli awakens in the morning with her first menstrual period, just as Sarah described the threshold of womanhood. His penchant for racing a lagoon shark sparks a domestic quarrel Lilli thinks he is foolhardy, but the liveliness makes Richard feel virile. Richard lets Lilli win the child's game Easter egg hunt and dives to find Lilli an adult's pearl as her reward. Both their bodies mature and develop and they are physically attracted to each other. They live in a house on the beach and spend their days together fishing, swimming, and exploring the island. Six years later, both Richard and Lilli grow into strong and beautiful teenagers. Together, the children survive solely on their resourcefulness and the bounty of their remote paradise. Sarah is buried on a scenic promontory overlooking the tidal reef area. She cautiously demands the children never to go to the forbidden side of the island.Įight years later, when Richard and Lilli are about 10 and 8 years old, respectively, Sarah dies from pneumonia, leaving them to fend for themselves. They grow up and Sarah educates them from the Bible, as well as from her own knowledge, including the facts of life. Sarah tries to raise them to be civilized, as the orphaned boy Richard was born and raised by young lovers on this same island. The trio arrive at a beautiful tropical island in the South Pacific.
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Sarah angrily beats Kearney to death with a harpoon and dumps his body overboard. After days afloat, Kearney, a sailor who has been sent with them, tries to kill the boy because of his excessive crying. Sarah Hargrave, a widow, and two young children are cast off from the ship they are travelling on because the ship's crew are infected with cholera.