The read
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes12%
Metacritic31/100
Audiences rate it 27 points higher than critics do.
2,095 audience votes
Key crew
- Randal KleiserDirector
- Basil PoledourisOriginal Music Composer
- Douglas Day StewartWriter
Cast
- Brooke ShieldsEmmeline
- Christopher AtkinsRichard
- Leo McKernPaddy Button
- William DanielsArthur Lestrange
- Jeffrey KleiserLookout
- Gus MercurioOfficer
- Elva JosephsonYoung Emmeline
- Glenn KohanYoung Richard
- Bradley PryceLittle Paddy
- Chad TimmermanInfant Paddy
- Gert JacobySailor
- Alex HamiltonSailor
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Themes
sexual identityshipwreckmelancholyloversstrandedmaroonedpacific islanddeserted islandtropical islandlost at seawistfulincredulous