The Lighthouse

2019

Action / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / History / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 72% · 397 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 297518 297.5K

psychological horror secret a24 island nightmare isolation

Plot summary

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

Director

Robert Eggers Photo
Robert Eggers

Top cast

Robert Pattinson Photo
Robert Pattinson as Ephraim Winslow
Willem Dafoe Photo
Willem Dafoe as Thomas Wake
Valeriia Karaman Photo
Valeriia Karaman as Mermaid
Jeffrey Cruts Photo
Jeffrey Cruts as Tender Mate
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bluerosecrow 8 / 10

More of an experience than a movie

This movie shouldn't just be watched casually during the day or during a social event. This is really a movie for people who enjoy film and the art of cinema. I know that sounds very pretentious, but that is the best way I can describe how this movie should be watched. It is really best to watch it in a quiet room, the lights turned way down, and anything that you would want to snack on readily available to you.The film itself is absolutely gorgeous. But it has to be. Everything that makes this movie had to be made very intentionally, or the movie would be horrible. If this movie was in color, it would be dumb. It is the beautiful shots using light and shadow that really brings you in. Every scene filmed at night took my breath away. The scenes of the mermaid made more surreal because of the lack of color. Like I said, even a touch of color in this movie would have destroyed it.It is weird and not a typical movie. There is no solid protagonist and antagonist. It is two men falling into madness and the surrealism it depicts. It is a lot of talking, but only between the two main characters. Like I said, not a typical popcorn watching movie. Trying to watch it when it isn't your only focus would be like trying to watch The Seventh Seal at a football party.So, while I think this movie was beautifully made, be aware of what you are getting into. You will be watching a black and white film of two men arguing, and falling into madness together with pops of the surreal. If that is your jams, then you will love this movie.
Reviewed by classicsoncall 8 / 10

"You ain't even human no more."

Bleak and brooding, "The Lighthouse" is a study of the descent into madness of two lighthouse keepers, stranded beyond their original four week assignment, and despairing in the fate of their existence together. Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Tom Howard (Robert Pattinson) are alternately at each others' throats or gleefully imbibing their way into a state of stupor, at one point suggesting a homoerotic encounter, but quickly devolving into yet another fit of pique. Of the two, it's Pattinson's character who eventually experiences visions and nightmares as he goes about his daily chores, subservient to the demands of his nominal supervisor Wake. Cinematically, the picture reminded me of all those great black and white films of the Thirties and Forties emanating from the silent era. It even has a 'B' quality look, though the subject matter goes beyond the simplistic efforts of early film, and challenges the viewer with a myriad of interpretations one could assign to the story. That the fate of the two men ends so tragically is no wonder given the exposition, and you'll come away convinced that it's bad luck to kill a seabird.
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