The Blue Lagoon
First screened in July 2025

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Director: Randal Kleiser. Cast: Brooke Shields, Christopher Atkins, Elva Josephson, Glenn Kohan, Leo McKern, William Daniels. Screenplay: Douglas Day Stewart (based on teh novel by Henry De Vere Stacpoole).

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Photo © 1980 Columbia Pictures

In Brief: Lensing more pretty than interesting. Clear intent to celebrate and mourn a shame-free life, but—it's complicated.

VOR: ②  The aspects that understandably discomfit people also confer a kind of value; there's some bravery in its misguidedness. Mostly it's dull?

Grade: C–

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Academy Award Nominations:
	Best Cinematography: Néstor Almendros

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