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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasReturn 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.
- The movie is occasionally cutesy. That's the worst of it. You can't call it gross, but it is cutesy.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA movie whose best features are its lush tropical vistas has evident limitations.
- 40Time OutTime OutLike a sex education film made by semi-liberated nuns, the movie keeps its sticky truths hidden beneath a veneer of leering cleanliness.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertReturn to the Blue Lagoon aspires to the soft-core porn achievements of the earlier film, but succeeds instead of creating a new genre, no-core porn.
- 30Austin ChronicleKathleen MaherAustin ChronicleKathleen MaherThe sequel is not as bad as the original, but it doesn't have to be much to accomplish that small feat and it isn't.
- 25The Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe travelogue-style photography is soothing, the bodies are pretty and the music isn't offensive, but feature-length movies can't survive on the ingredients for a standard airline commercial.
- 25Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonReturn to the Blue Lagoon, which doesn't star Brooke Shields or that blond guy, makes the original Blue Lagoon look like Citizen Kane.