Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012 TV Movie) User Reviews

two models on a beach

[SnoopyStyle · 5/10 · 29 July 2015]

Emma Robinson (Indiana Evans) is a popular sweet girl. Her partying friend Lizzie tries to push her to date the hot quarterback. Dean McMullen (Brenton Thwaites) is the angry school outcast. The class goes to Trinidad to do humanitarian work or more like a privileged Caribbean vacation. They go on a party yacht. The police breaks up the party. Emma falls off the boat. Dean jumps in after her. Dean cuts the line not wanting to get in trouble with the cops. They are lost in the ocean and lands on a desolate island.

Dean is a real jerk and a true idiot. He is a horrible character. He could be an interesting quiet introspective outcast. Instead, he is really annoying and fully deserves his outcast position. It doesn't help that he's the reason that they're stranded. He caused the whole thing. The movie needs him to save her to start their adventure. On the positive side, it's two beautiful people on a desert island. The time back home is actually more interesting and a bit more compelling. The last act has some good melodrama. Neither of the actors are terribly good although I can't blame anything on their performance. They did what the movie needs but nothing more.

How can this movie have only 0.3 less than the original Blue Lagoon.

[Julian_Tyler · 4/10 · 12 September 2020]

How can this movie have only 0.3 less than the original Blue Lagoon!? Blue Lagoon (The Original) is criminally underrated. If anybody is seeing this I would hope they would give the Original a fair rating as this Film, which is basically Garbage, has a 5.5 and the Original Blue Lagoon currently has a 5.8. This movie is at least a 4 when compared to the Original which deserves at least a 6.5 minimum. The Acting and script in the Original is incredible.

A Formula Film with a Touch of Subversion

[SentinelPrime · 14 January 2014]

Okay, I am a little bit embarrassed to be reviewing this film, but I read some other reviews, and I wanted to point out some elements I noticed.

I caught this movie by accident one morning when I happened to have a day off. I was just flipping channels when it came on. When I saw what it was, I decided to leave it on while I did other things.

What surprised me about the film was the arc for Indiana Evans' character, Emma. While much of the movie was silly, the dialog between the two leads seemed honest in the context of the story and the characters. They actually talked to and got to know one another. Also, unusual for a Lifetime movie, Emma actually takes joy and pleasure in her own sexuality. That the character (not the actor) is a teenager makes for a slightly subversive moment in an otherwise formulaic film.

Emma is also the one who misunderstands Dean when they return home, which is nice, as often men are portrayed as misinterpreting signals, and instead Emma misunderstands Dean. Emma and her sister also have a great moment that passes the Bechtel test, in that they do not talk about the men in their lives, but each other.

The movie has problems, but the acting is not one of them. I think the two leads are quite good with the material, and they make their characters work despite some obvious holes in the plot. The movie's island scenes were also beautifully filmed. The eponymous lagoon is particularly lovely.

Not a spectacular film, but it had a few surprises.

not bad, not a masterpiece

[a-j-g-ritsema · 7/10 · 28 June 2012]

I like castaway stories. I like BL: TA, although it is not as good as The Blue Lagoon (1980), and definitely not a masterpiece like Cast Away (2000, with Tom Hanks). In my view, the BL: TA has the following shortcomings: 1) The scenes with the parents searching their kids are too long. 2) What do they eat in the island? We see a bit but not enough. 3) The castaways should have lost weight, burned by the sun, get long hair / beards, etc. – as in Cast Away (2000). Or we should see a scene in which the castaways find one or more boxes with useful artifacts like matches, scissors, cutlery, solar cream etc. (in the 1980 version they get stranded with various things – no solar cream of course, since that story is placed around 1900). 4) The film should have some nude scenes as in the 1980 version. 5) They become castaways in a very unrealistic way. There is no island like this near Trinidad, and if there were one, castaways would probably be rescued within a few days (Moreover, such a small island cannot have a black panther or a waterfall). If someone had asked me to rewrite the script, I would have advised to start the film at an airport, where the two star-actors enter a plane as passengers. They don't know each other but the girl notices the boy as a "snob". The plane crashes in the Pacific (as in Cast Away). On their island, the teenagers tell each other about themselves and their relatives, with scenes as in the film, but shown in retrospect. The castaways find out that they are very different, so that they do not fall in love at once. Nonetheless, BL: TA has various enjoyable scenes. I like to see how the teenagers slowly fall in love during their exile. The scenes after homecoming are interesting as well. In Cast Away those scenes are very different – in that film the main personality cannot re-discover his destiny – but I like the scenes in BL: TA as well. The girl seems to be no longer in love with the boy – quite understandable.

Horrible portrayal of Trinidad

[sheens311 · 1/10 · 2 July 2014]

I came across this movie on HBO and unfortunately viewed it. Let me say Trinidad is not a poor country in need of "Habitat for Humanity". It is the 7th most industrialized nation in the world and the biggest exporter of LNG to USA. Maybe the Lifetime movie creators should have done their research. I am disgusted by the portrayal of "locals" and areas that DO NOT exist in Trinidad. The Trinidad police do not have boats..we have COASTGUARDS. And lastly, there are NO panthers in the Caribbean!!!!!!

This show does not show anything about Trinidad except a fantasy of how a "POOR" Caribbean country is supposed to look like according to the myopic minds who created this junk.

Just watch it without reference to other " brilliant " movies

[johanrndrs · 8/10 · 28 March 2021]

It is not comparable with the classics but with minor recourses, no special effects, it is just fun to watch. Do not compare or overthink it.

Just lay back and enjoy.

Although some. Scenes maybe not realistic, overall it is even educating in a way. How people can change when they are out off there normal environment. Ok, this is only the positive view on it. It is more likely that at onetime one of them kills the other but that is why you should not overthink to much while watching it.

I just enjoined watching it on a lazy Sunday evening when I only needed some relaxing and than it is more than an ok movie.

Fresh and enjoyable Blue Lagoon for teen

[saadgkhan · 6/10 · 27 June 2012]

Blue Lagoon : The Awakening – CATCH IT (B) Blue Lagoon the Awakening relives the blue Lagoon phenomena in more PG13 rating for teens of today's. I think it was a really decent movie and deserves credit that even though it's made for TV, its risqué enough for teens. Aussie actors Brenton Thwaites and Indiana Evans are fresh and look great together with or without clothes. The whole movie is shot at beautiful locations and it's really fun to watch. Christopher Atkins and Denise Richards cameo is appreciated.

I personally loved the ending as it's a happy ending though Blue Lagoon movies usually end at Blue Lagoon. Watch it!

Not Impressed. Horrible Acting.

[e-cianci · 2/10 · 31 July 2013]

I was in a chick flick mood, so I chose to watch this movie. I knew with in the first two minutes that I wasn't going like it. I watched it anyways(mostly because the main actor 'dean' is hot). The acting was hard to get passed because a lot of the lines felt forced. Seriously the acting in Dirty Dancing and Twilight were better. The only thing I was impressed with was the similarity in looks the leading actress had to the original Blue Lagoon film and to Denise Richards, which I believe is the only reason they picked her to star. Save your self the palm to the forehead slap and watch something else more worth your time.

Pretty Bland In Terms of Story but Mildly Entertaining

[Michael_Elliott · 20 June 2012]

Blue Lagoon: The Awakening (2012)

** (out of 4)

The fourth version of the story has teenagers Emma (Indiana Evans) and Dean (Brenton Thwaites) getting stranded together on an island. Of course they're polar opposites and can't stand one another but soon they begin to fall in love while their future remains uncertain. I've always considered the 1980 version of the film, without question the most popular one, to be a camp classic because it's just so silly in some of its themes. The silly nature carries over to this remake but for the most part the film remains entertaining throughout. There are several problems with the film including the fact that it's way too pretty for its own good and it really does seem as if the producers just wanted to make a silly fantasy for teenage girls. There's really not a single smart conversation that happens at any point in the movie and for the most part the dialogue basically consists of one teen asking a question, the other replying and then the first person will have a follow up comment. There's also never a single second where you believe the situation these two are in. How they get on the island was pretty weak but it really doesn't help that even after months on this island both teens have perfect hair and make-up still as if they just stepped off a magazine cover. The romance between the two is silly and never believable and the final fifteen minutes are pretty pathetic, completely predictable and at times embarrassing. With all of that said, the film still kept me entertained because, well, it's just cheap and to the point. I thought both Evans and Thwaites were good in their roles, although there's no question that the parts didn't demand too much. I think their main goal was to just look pretty. Denise Richards really isn't believable in the role of the girl's mother and fans of the 1980 film will be happy to see Christopher Atkins in a small part. As much as I've talked down on the film I will admit that it was never horrid and thankfully it was never boring. I'm sure the targeted audience will enjoy the movie while others will probably want to stick with an earlier version since they were a lot more adult in the way the subject was handled.

Dull

[grantss · 2/10 · 10 March 2017]

Two teenagers, a boy and a girl, are stranded on a desert island together. Together they have to learn to adapt and survive, all while leaning about themselves. Over time, they even grow fond of each other...

Not a sequel to the Blue Lagoon, and not really a remake. Just takes advantage of the name, and tries to throw in some lame Lost-style intrigue.

Mostly pretty dull. Plot has heaps of holes, most notable being the physiological impossibilities of much of the movie.

Only highlight is the scenery, Indiana Evans being the best of it...

Don't watch

[weerwolf79 · 2/10 · 21 June 2012]

It's one of the worst movies ever, falling of a ship without reason, being in a boat without moving and then there's an island coming from the left, walking over the island nothing to see and then there's a panther where did it come from and what did it eat? Why are they where clothing on a tropical island after making love? The film is full of mistakes and there is no story at all only 2 people being beautiful. The last part of the movie is even worse, they stop seeing each other without a reason, the party for the coming back is also stupid it doesn't really make any sense. There are to good part's that's the location and the girl.

Don't bother

[federico-rivera-742-481089 · 1/10 · 18 October 2021]

This movie has got to be the worst movie I've stumbled upon to in years. Aside from the gorgeous chic, the movie is full of goofs, bad dialogues, no composition at all, full of continuously errors (like rain when it's sunny, like artificial sunsets), etc. I felt insulted in my good taste and intelligence to watch this garbage.

Pretty bad, but a decent enough watch on a rainy day

[rugbydude123 · 6/10 · 18 June 2013]

There are quite a few things wrong with this film, yet a few redeeming features too. Firstly, the script is awful. The cheesy one liners are woeful, and some of the ways the parents react are painful, although that is as much the acting than the script. So, the acting. The main leads, Thwaites and Evans, do as much as they can with a limited script, and looking beyond the American accents, bearing in mind they are both Australian, they don't do a bad job. They do actually create very intimate love scenes and keep the film going, and by the end of the movie, you do actually feel sad as Evans plays hard to get after all the attention they are getting. Also, they have obviously been picked for their looks, and not necessarily for their acting skills, and so much of it is filmed with minimal clothes on, which i must admit isn't a bad thing for the guys out there, and I'm sure the girls wont complain too. Overall, a rubbish script but with a nice deeper story and an intimate love story create by decent actors.

See the First One and Skp This Cheap Account

[ron-31817 · 1/10 · 21 August 2020]

As someone who enjoyed seeing both the Blue Lagoon and Return to the Blue Lagoon in theaters with my then girlfriend (who became my wife) I can only say that this is a miss on so many levels.

This movie feels cheap, like it was conceived and put into production with little thought, and then thrust unto the market in it's imperfect state to generate whatever revenue they could.

A far cry from the artistic integrity present in the 1980 film.

There is really nothing good I can say about this version, except to skip it.

Quite Enjoyable

[littlelo94 · 30 November 2014]

I actually really enjoyed this movie and have watched it again several times.

Although it's quite predictable, it's quite a different take on the "stranded on a tropical island" romantic angle. There were quite a few dramatic moments and the lead actors really stepped up. They showed personal strength and courage which is a credit to the writers and it really helped us, as an audience, start to root for the characters.

The movie also benefited from a strong supporting cast as well which really lifted the caliber of this TV movie.

Would definitely recommend to any romance/drama/adventure movie buffs.

It was pretty good

[uglermia · 4/10 · 23 March 2020]

I'll admit, the script was a little lousy, but otherwise, it was a really good movie

So laughable

[jasmintobito · 1/10 · 3 February 2022]

This movie is horrible but if you don't take it seriously you will laugh at its silliness. PROM QUEEN JAJAJAJAJAJAJA.

Please, do not try to make sense of it either. It will not be a good time if you use your brain on this.

So bad and stupid

[peacepaint-40666 · 1/10 · 21 July 2017]

This movie was an absolute sh*t-show, so much so that it was actually laughable. I laughed AT this movie... key word "at". The script and plot are stupid and the the acting didn't help the already poor situation. I was appalled at the portrayal or Trinidad... absolutely ridiculous and inaccurate and quite blatantly rude to the people who live there. And what was up with their accent?? That was not Trinidadian. The writers must be some ignorant people because they completely discredited the country and did no research at all to back this movie. Also did I mention the absolute horrendous script and plot??? Please do not watch this. Or do if u want a chuckle and a waste of time... to be clear this is not a funny film, it was laughable because of how absurd and wrong and terrible the whole thing was... Who wrote this? Because (insert name of person who wrote this)'s career is over.

Not Great But Not Terrible

[bluegumdropcr · 6/10 · 14 July 2021]

I feel like going in with no expectations is the best. I actually enjoy this movie. Yes it's predictable and the start acting isn't the best, but it's a easy movie to watch where you don't have to think. Watched it a few times now and feel like it's a good movie to just sit and stare at.

No you're not asleep

[kosmasp · 3/10 · 17 May 2021]

Although I reckon a rude awakening is in order. But all the cynicism in the world will not deter those who actually like the story itself. Maybe were fans of the original. Having said that I do have to rewatch those to check if they were as cliche and out of touch as this is ... I doubt it.

And while I've seen the "boy" around in other movies and the "girl" is pretty and looks a bit like Denise Richards (as in could be her daughter), they don't impress me much. Maybe the fact that the original actor is involved here will impress you (though does not play the character from back in the day, otherwise he'd know what is going on, once our two main characters go AWOL). Maybe you like that the female main character is called Robinson - surely a wink wink to Robinson Crusoe ... makes you wonder why the "boy" isn't called Friday ... kidding aside, I use "boy" and "girl" because they are obviously a lot older than their characters are supposed to be.

Yes this is "romantic", but also yes to makes little to no sense. While I reckon isolation can drive people mad, the performances and mood changes are as convincing as Steven Seagal trying to convey any emotion ... that means not convincing in case you don't know what I was aiming at ...

Don't waste your time

[alanaburns-73118 · 1/10 · 6 June 2021]

This movie was so bad that I felt the need to review it to save other people from also wasting their time.

horrible

[grrrrrgirlk · 7 July 2013]

I can't believe I sat through this movie.How lame.Brenton is good looking and could have had better lines.And Indiana was just a total bitch.This seems like a cheap thrown together as they were filming movie. Very disappointed.I didn't care for the original Blue Lagoon either.I'm pretty sure I could have made a better story than that.And the parents? They just gave up and went home? What? Even the sister loses out cause now she lost the attention while Indiana was gone. Who makes these cheap movies? It should have had a more dangerous plot,and more realistic scenes.Also,sex w/o condoms and she never got preggers? Hmmm...Thats as believable as Brenton not having to shave once

Yuk!

[mattfrancis-60254 · 1/10 · 21 August 2023]

What a total disaster. Off putting from the start with all that cringey teenage high school fancying the football player and loads of other boys while I flutter my eyelashes petty stuff and then once you get into the story which is meant to be a decent remake you put off some more. The awakening? It's time Hollywood to WAKE UP. People, definitely not this number of times don't want to see (unless desperate or a high school day dreaming spoilt little madam) this teen crush stuff anymore on screen that leads up to awkwardness and disappointment. Just go away. Your high schoolers and college chicks and P#ks think a lot of themselves and have a lot of their parents money if not they're not cool or they're picked on or called names, we get it enough already!

Lue Lagoon:The Awakenng

[tamcaz · 7/10 · 17 January 2013]

I thought the movie was a remake but to me it was an entirely different movie. I think it showed how teenagers view things according to peer pressure. If they had not been stranded together this connection they had would never had happened. As far as the acting and all of everything else I enjoyed the movie for what it was. I think the 2 teens did a great job and they seemed natural to me and not like actors so to me it seemed more real. Some of the reviews made comments about the coconut scene was so fake because they had to have a way to open them. Well they did...there were rocks and why not waterfalls on an island....I have seen it here in Maine. And there are also bears and other animals on islands in Maine. These are facts.

Swept Away met Blue Lagoon and Robinson Swiss Family

[hugobolso-1 · 7/10 · 5 October 2012]

This is supposed to be the new version of the blue lagoon. There is the island, the sea, the "dangerous", "mystery" and of course the blue lagoon. And the actress Indiana Evans and her mom (Denise Richardson) could be clones of the Milla Jovovich and Brooke Shields. But this look much more a third version of swept away. A popular chick and a lonely guy (both look like supermodels or at least like The Robinson Swiss Family), take about from a ship, and then ended in an inhabited island. The thought at first that they were on a resort. After a couple of days, they cut strategically their clothes, and finally have sex until they are rescued a month after.

Finally, they have some troubled for stay together after they were rescued, but end happily together just like the infamous Madonna movie.

If you forget the impossible details. Like this could happened on the Caribbean sea (much possible in the Pacific Ocean, where there are thousands of relative big deserted islands), they look better in the island with the sun, they haven't troubles with the bugs, bad sleep, and the duo looks more like supermodels, well isn't as bad. In fact it's an entertaining movie.

From the cast Christopher Atkins, has not learned anything from acting since his debut 35 years ago. Denise Richards as the suffer mum is just a little better. And the couple, definitive the guy Dean (Brendon Thwaites) is a much better actor than Atkins, share some emotion, and probably will a better career than Gaskill, after cast in a key role on a Angelina Jolie movie.

From the girl Evans. Well Jovovich and Shields weren't good actress at time they made their flicks.

Jovovich need more than ten years to be a great action (and acceptable drama) actress, and Shields 25 to be a good comedian on TV and Stage.

So clearly, her acting could be improve.-