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. 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. One for pervs and frustrated holiday-makers only.In 1897, Mrs. Krause’s enthusiasm and Jorovich’s pouting irritate after five minutes, so you’re left with the sun, sea and sand - very nice, but highly annoying if you’re stuck in Dear Old Blighty. Jorovich’s adolescent curves, (he chases sharks, she weaves mats).
Exactly the same.ĭividing the camera work between lingering shots of the breathtaking Fijian scenery and lingering shots of Ms. Sarah dies, the brats turn out beautiful, there’s the inevitable bit of salty rough and tumble and true lurve wins out over unkind civilisation. he’s adopted by young widow Sarah (Pelikan), who’s already got a baby girl and (surprise!) all three end up ship-wrecked back at Blue Lagoon island.Ĭue “amusing” growing-up years where the young Richard (Ratliff) and Lilli (Barilla) ask their mother embarrassing questions about boys, girls, baby-making etc.
They are discovered in “Return” by a passing schooner, but only the baby’s alive. Brooke and Curly-Top, if you remember, were last seen with gurgling infant floating blissfully out to sea in a wooden dinghy. And now, 11 years later (hope you weren’t holding your breath), it has been deemed fit to make a sequel and - yes! - it’s exactly the same.Įxcept it’s not Brooke Shields. Home to wind-swept palms, shell-strewn beaches, the occasional bone-jangling native ritual and, “memorably”, the dappled young bodies of Brooke Shields and that curly-headed bloke as they discover the wonders of adulthood - ie.