The Lighthouse

2016
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

1.2K

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Mark Lewis Jones and Michael Jibson in The Lighthouse (2016)

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Based on real events which saw two lighthouse keepers stranded for months at sea in a freak storm, the film tells a tale of death, madness and isolation; a desolate trip into the heart of hu... Read allBased on real events which saw two lighthouse keepers stranded for months at sea in a freak storm, the film tells a tale of death, madness and isolation; a desolate trip into the heart of human darkness.Based on real events which saw two lighthouse keepers stranded for months at sea in a freak storm, the film tells a tale of death, madness and isolation; a desolate trip into the heart of human darkness.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 4 nominations total

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8Tera-Jones

Tale of 2 Thomas', a Lighthouse & a Storm

A great depiction of what might have happened those days the 2 men, both named Thomas, were watching the lighthouse and the seemly never ending storm that struck.

While their month long stay as lighthouse keepers was ending a horrific storm beared down on the lighthouse for days. Their supplies were almost out (food, clean water and lamp oil) and a ship will not sail into this awful storm to bring the new keepers and let the 2 Thomas' go home. These 2 men have to wait it out at the cost of their lives and sanity.

Impressive film - I highly enjoyed this one!

8.5/10.

8Aberbrothock

Deep and dark

Great reflection of a true story of two lighthouse keepers coping when a terrible storm struck. Well presented with a magical relationship between them albeit belligerent at times. It shows how difficult the life of a lighthouse keeper was and the good work they did to save lives of passing boats and ships.

4spikeneil-84-836952

20 minutes ruined a decent film.

It was a very enjoyable film and then the final 20-30 minutes killed it for me. Religious nonsense certainly has a way of ruining everything!!

5contact-282

It starts with 8 film company logos going on for 2 minutes...

Since it's shot in one room basically with two actors doing pretty much nothing, why were there 8 companies involved? Did each one take on the movie and realize what a drag it was and passed it on to another?

I stayed for the atmosphere as I watched this movie slowly but steadily lose any purpose with every passing minute and turn into nothing.

6ranels-71802

Slow and Methodical

This movie, while based on true events, is slow and methodical in it presentation. Yes it is about two lighthouse keepers stuck in a lighthouse 25 miles from land off the coast of Ireland. It basically portrays them going crazy due to months of isolation.

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Trivia
The Lighthouse (2019) was inspired by this story.

Goofs
The movie takes place in 1801. The light in the lighthouse is a Fresnel lens which was not used in lighthouses until 1823 and that was on the French coast.