Brilliant and touching

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Someone already mentioned that the movie is imbecilic with breathtaking scenery; scenery you can watch in documentaries, screen savers. I don't get how could Brooke Shields get this role and not Alexandra Paul or Elisabeth Shue, late Natasha Richardson, Helen Hunt, Julia Campbell etc etc.

not more. only an escape from every day universe far away. beautiful location. seductive scenes of grow up. beautiful young people, tension, reinvent of the history of humanity, romanticism, adventure, flavor of the pages of Jules Verne and dreams with open eyes of the first ages. few drops of controversies. and a decent/predictable script. not more. not new. but useful for special days and evenings and afternoon. first I saw it in 1987. under the Communist regime. on the video player. and I was fascinated. it was more than a movie - it was magic. after few decades, it seems to me be far to be remarkable. or good film. or credible. but, for the emotion of a young man at 11 years who was me in 1987, I admit - The Blue Lagoon is a must see. once in life. at the best age.

Two kids (cousins!) become stranded on an island with a fat old drunk who yells a lot. Eventually the drunk dies and they're left to fend for themselves. As the kids become teenagers, they turn into Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields. It's at this point that the movie becomes what it's famous for being: two attractive teens discovering sex in the wild. Most people are either going to think this is a story of innocent love unhindered by societal conventions or they'll see it as a cheap piece of exploitation. I'm trying my best to view it as the former but the cynic in me finds it hard to deny that the latter is probably the only reason this was green-lit in the first place. For the record, if you haven't seen it, the nudity does not only come from Atkins and Shields (or her adult body double in some scenes) but from the pre-teen children playing the younger versions of their characters as well.Judging the movie on its technical merits, it's pretty hard to deny that the gorgeous island scenery and the nice score are big pluses. But the story is paper thin and the acting is atrocious. There is potential for a good movie here, if it were treated as a realistic story of two kids struggling to survive while also dealing with growing into puberty with no adults around to guide them. But director Randal Kleiser is more focused on flesh peddling and the single most insipid romance to ever hit the screen. As it is, we're left with a curiosity that isn't a good film at all but will hold a salacious appeal for some viewers.

This DVD review was sponsored by www.DaaVeeDee.com - This is one of those movies that is perfectly entertaining, especially for teenagers or couples who are up for a different twist on romantic comedy. In a way it's good for reflecting on the basic wants and needs in every person's life, without all the clutter of our sheltered society. It's also a good film to view with your kids as they enter teenage hood, helps understand some of the mood changes and different emotions that one goes through, as much boys as girls. The setting of the film is on a remote island, so it really brings things down to basics. All in all, the film is probably very under-rated and well worth the affordable price! This review was made possible with the help from www.DaaVeeDee.com