Review of The Blue Lagoon (1980) by Jay Scott for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) — 28 Apr 1992
The Blue Lagoon is the dumbest movie of the year. It could conceivably have been made interesting, if any serious attempt had been made to explore what might really happen if two 7-year-old kids were shipwrecked on an island.
But this isn't a realistic movie. It's a wildly idealized romance, in which the kids live in a hut that looks like a Club Med honeymoon cottage, while restless natives commit human sacrifice on the other side of the island.
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This review of The Blue Lagoon (1980) was written by Jay Scott and published by The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on 28 Apr 1992.
The Blue Lagoon has generally received mixed reviews.
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