The Lighthouse

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 50m
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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Robert Eggers

Producer:

Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Robert Eggers

Writer:

Max Eggers, Robert Eggers

Release Date:

Oct 18, 2019

Runtime:

1hr 50m

Synopsis

From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind modern horror masterpiece The Witch, comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

Cast

  • Willem Dafoe
  • Robert Pattinson
  • Valeriia Karaman

Did You Know?

Trivia

  • Dafoe and Pattinson stated that they barely spoke a word to each other on set and were too exhausted to hang out together after a day of shooting because filming was so physically demanding due to the miserable weather conditions. While Pattinson stayed at a normal hotel with the rest of the film crew during the shot, Dafoe lived in a little fisherman cottage in solitude. On set, on the other hand, Pattinson would tend to eat and stay by himself in filming breaks, while Dafoe stayed with the crew. Both stated that they liked each other very much as soon as they had their first real conversation a few months later.
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Quotes

    • Thomas Wake: How long have we been on this rock? Five weeks? Two Days? Where are we? Help me to recollect
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This one is not an easy go. It is NOT a horror film. It is a psycho-sexual character study. . Dafoe and Pattinson are both amazing. The look of the film is like visual poetry. This is an art film surrounding a spiral of madness.

4 of 4 helpful votes
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Al P
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#creepy
#hilarious
#original
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#indiehit
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#great
#terrifying
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yes robert pattinson f*cked fish pu$$y at the light house, things happen 🤷‍♀️

4 of 4 helpful votes
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Isiah M

Metacritic

83
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Based on 45 Critics
8.2

USER SCORE (118)

Universal acclaim based on 118 Reviews
70
Oct 10, 2019

While The Lighthouse didn’t hit me as deeply or as sharply as The Witch, the fact that such a strange feature can still be produced with so few concessions to the mainstream, and that it’s coming to theaters, feels like a breath of fresh air — albeit one cut with at least a few Willem Dafoe farts.

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Metacritic review by Matt Singer
Matt Singer
ScreenCrush
90
May 20, 2019

The Lighthouse provides a marvellous chamber-drama platform for two actors, Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, who seize the opportunity with gusto.

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Metacritic review by Lee Marshall
Lee Marshall
Screen International
80
May 20, 2019

The movie delivers its share of shudders, along with fabulous arias of anger, wrath and disgust from both actors as the power dynamic bounces back and forth.

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Metacritic review by David Rooney
David Rooney
The Hollywood Reporter
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