The Lighthouse (2019)

Date	User	Rating
Nov 17	NevinLiu	83 _80%
Nov 17	karan04	80 _77%
Nov 17	sensei	75 _51%
Nov 16	Taavi Kahju	77 _80%
Nov 16	LolaMontes	80 _80%
Nov 15	fabioleal	83 _83%
Nov 15	noteventime	72 _68%
Nov 14	xacviant	90 _94%
Nov 14	jmarkthespot	75 _76%
Nov 13	doyler29	80 _64%
I liked this, but ultimately didn't love it. Amazing performances and great atmosphere, but I was underwhelmed by where it ended up going.
Nov 13	jacobclark12	96 _94%
However puzzling The Lighthouse was upon its completion, I could not deny the technical brilliance and superb performances it contains. Eggers, Dafoe, and Pattinson (especially the latter) make this film one of the most claustrophobic and anxiety-ridden experiences I have ever had in a theater. Upon further reflection, there's so many different directions to take this film that I will have to rewatch it again and again, so here's hoping that my mental health doesn't deteriorate.
Nov 13	frankswild	90 _94%
A very simple premise but it will always occupy my mind as one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen. Its rare and satisfying when you can't tell if the weirdness is supernatural or just the characters losing it
Nov 12	lessismore	88 _90%
Nov 12	Paxton	86 _93%
If you're questioning whether or not you are going to enjoy this, yaar.
Nov 11	RealMacgyver	80 _75%
Nov 11	FancyMike	3 _23%
Nov 11	slkdragon	8 _74%
Nov 11	WWallce4prez	86 _88%
Willem Dafoe, once again, reminds us that he is an absolute master. While going very big in his role, I swear I thought I could almost smell the hairy ‘ol sea-dog from my seat. Pattinson holds his own against his co-lead in a bizarre tale of loneliness that most resembles The Shining. I’m not sure who to recommend this to- everyone or no one.
Nov 11	pck00	85 _49%
Nov 11	shanebarlow3	86 _87%
Nov 10	wetwillies	85 _55%
Nov 10	goodwillgrl	94 _72%
Nov 10	starman9339	82 _53%
Nov 10	Calexico	8 _76%
Masterfully made, terrifically acted, and visually stunning. My only complaint is it was a little too grueling for me; I feel like it could have had the same aesthetic effect and artistic value even if it was just a little toned down.
Nov 10	enigmazweb24	90 _45%
Nov 10	Sense1ess	48 _22%
Nov 09	slaterman2	8 _66%
Nov 09	brownwc2	89 _78%
Nov 09	Ethan_Hunt2	60 _34%
Nov 09	5Z5qjRCfM2	50 _47%
Stylistically wonderful in every way. Well acted as well. The dialogue (of which there is a lot) and the story didn't do as much for me.
Nov 08	future42	4 _69%
Nov 08	drawingboard	60 _19%
Nov 08	f_ranzen	93 _98%
Nov 08	Ace666	90 _97%
Nov 08	cagdas	74 _52%
Nov 08	jbissell	75 _44%
Nov 08	TheStraub	87 _93%
Nov 08	KMcNeil	9 _93%
Nov 08	Mentaculus	92 _91%
Eggers’ latest masterpiece is just that thanks to how many layers of meaning it keeps aloft like spinning plates: at once an American fable, a descent into fantasy and madness, a reimagining of Prometheus and the Divine punishment required when the profane breaches the sacred. What really stands out is its wet fever dream of musky, sexual rage - this lighthouse is a locked BDSM dungeon with two mustaches who both want to be used but can never agree on a safe word (I bet it’s Lobster).
Nov 07	TastelessSod	84 _74%
Nov 07	CesarCastag (CinePlayers.com)	80 _72%
Nov 07	mevrensel	80 _62%
Nov 07	VengefulKBM	90 _92%
Nov 06	dgprim	70 _75%
Nov 06	Dean Franz	88 _87%
I'm at a loss as to how to adequately describe this, but it has echoes of Sartre's No Exit mixed with the "tough men doing tough jobs"-visuals of Soviet silents along with the island-bound insanity of Through a Glass Darkly, the isolated dread of The Shining and the nightmarish masculinity of Wake in Fright. Plus, of course, nautical weirdness. A mix of myths, tall tales, madness, sodden realism and horror and it's up to you, dear reader, to figure out which parts of The Lighthouse are which.
Nov 06	Adesanay	95 _95%
Nov 05	ammutseba	40 _14%
Nov 05	piratejerk	8 _58%
Nov 05	bones_r	90 _94%
Nov 05	inmate	82 _70%
Nov 05	DavidBlast	30 _13%
Sorry this is more of a personal message, please don't star this review FUCK YOU Frederik. I don't know what the fuck to think about this fucking movie. Was is all a sham, is there something profound in there, I DON'T FUCKING KNOW, A'IGHT? I need to watch this shit again (and again and again) to form an educated opinion. 'The VVitch' was a straight up, well, witch's tale. What the hell is this???
Nov 05	EastonD	91 _88%
folks it's tough being a divorced lighthouse keeper because my wife kept everything and now I can't keep the lights on in my house.
Nov 04	Kerc	21 _64%
Nov 04	tinychris	80 _70%
Nov 04	seso2127	89 _88%
Nov 04	tliu9	87 _58%
Nov 04	MadMan	92 _76%
Insane, weird and very captivating. SPILL YAR BEAAANS! out of WUT.
Nov 04	MrHallenbeck	97 _94%
Thank you for this wonderful and utterly filthy gift, Mr. Eggers. I will keep it in my heart forever, like a tiny carved mermaid under a pillow.
Nov 04	Dr01001010	10 _96%
Nov 04	fenixdown	65 _26%
Excellent photography.
Nov 03	Bryle	100 _99%
Nov 03	cinebad	98 _78%
Nov 03	senolatnap	80 _83%
Nov 03	T3hJohnson	37 _96%
Nov 03	Haui Memo	9 _93%
Nov 03	capogliere	80 _0%
Nov 03	Seethruskin	6 _94%
Eggers is a coward for never showing them fucking each other.
Nov 03	Darren	94 _94%
A retelling of Marx’s theory of alienation and estranged labor. alienation in the workplace not only from the product created but the means of which the product is created this being the light. Dafoe as the ruling class. Pattinson as the proletariat. The madness capitalism creates in the mind. Lotta shots of machinery and working class labor a la soviet film makers of the past (not to mention German expressionist film makers and especially Greed by Stroheim). V funny. A marvel formally. jizz
Nov 03	sebby	70 _69%
Nov 03	lance20000	100 _92%
Easily the weirdest film I've seen in a theatre. This is a dense, complex, fantastic film with a lot going on, and I don't understand any of it. Beautifully shot, fantastically acted, the pacing is a little rigid in that you could tell when something strange was needed to keep the audience invested. I'm going to need to watch this again to figure out what hell I just saw.
Nov 03	redboots	80 _75%
Nov 03	Pickle_Man	100 _95%
1.19:1 is the future
Nov 02	stuie299	75 _49%
Visually this movie is extremely impressive. Pattinson is great, and Dafoe is truly masterful. So while I liked the movie overall, it is hardly perfect. The "story" keeps the audience at arms length giving them zero concretely reliable details to go off of. On one hand this helps the atmosphere tremendously. On the other hand it makes certain stretches rather dull and repetitive. This leaves the audience to wait for the seemingly inevitable conclusion, which is well done, but unsatisfying.
Nov 02	fruggman	100 _99%
Nov 02	Actionberg	85 _83%
I know I walked into the theater but I think I fell asleep and had a dream that Bela Tarr took a Hollywood paycheck and cast Willem Dafoe as the Simpsons Sea Captain.
Nov 02	toro913	85 _93%
Nov 02	katatonic	90 _75%
Nov 02	TheMooseman	50 _98%
Nov 02	blucthulhu	80 _79%
Nov 02	tenant	70 _74%
Nov 02	amerigo	92 _97%
If it wasn't filled with a professorial commitment to historical auhenticity, you would think you were watching early Aronofsky. Meaning proliferates--is this simply a retelling of the tragedy of the two Welsh lighthousekeepers? Some exposition on Proteus & Prometheus? Or is there some link to the Gospel of Thomas & early Gnostic texts about divine duality? Whatever the meaning, the acting performances of Dafoe & Pattinson make the Biblical ramble a memorable one. A masterful work of a film.
Nov 02	filmsensei	100 _79%
Nov 01	Tizzy	90 _85%
Nov 01	daystron7	70 _75%
Nov 01	Florin92	33 _4%
Nov 01	akash243	88 _89%
Nov 01	FrederikA	85 _92%
Freudian symbolism, nautical jargon, silent movie aesthetics, atmosphere so thick you could cut it with a knife, lunacy and a pinch of greek mythology for good measure. All of this and more in this Wonderfully unique tale, that feels a bit like The Shining if Jack Torrance had been locked in The Overlook Hotel with an older Jack Torrance.
Nov 01	CatScandal	70 _64%
Oct 31	mattnawrocki	60 _27%
Oct 31	Averman004	65 _32%
Oct 31	KasperL	85 _93%
In my mini-review of 'The Witch', one of the best films of the century, I wrote about Eggers' "picture perfect shots and a wonderful use of old language" and called it "thematically rich and refreshingly different" as well as "masterfully directed". So in order to review the soaky and bedazzling fever dream that is 'The Lighthouse', another incredibly stylish effort, I find little need to repeat myself (which is, of course, exactly what I just did, though), and instead I'll just applaud Dafoe.
Oct 31	AchwellFoley	90 _96%
Oct 31	Nroo	85 _91%
Oct 31	eespo93	84 _57%
Oct 31	pazienzo	61 _55%
Oct 31	schnofel	48 _35%
So there's this rock in the middle of the sea, and two bearded bastards go crazy, slowly, because of too much work and tensions and nightmare stuff, like The Shining in a way, but in boxy black and white, and we don't know the backstory yet, but it could be something with mermaids, they make sense, and maybe a tentacle monster, but maybe not, we want to keep the classy arthouse vibe. And the light represents something intangible, something that will tie our seafaring ideas together, probably.
Oct 31	JakeAesthete	91 _91%
Oct 31	elhenzo	94 _55%
Oct 30	DMCrimson	83 _81%
Oct 30	kupfertj	86 _89%
Oct 30	Stewball	50 _14%
Pointless.
Oct 30	IDYmilkshake	86 _90%
Oct 30	Hofschneider	73 _42%
I couldn't understand a word. It's about men going mad, yes? That's it. Is there more detail? Probably. I'm trying to avoid being ignorant. Yet, all I was able to see was originality for the sake of originality. I'm probably wrong. Movies that are so proud of their aesthetics usually don't do it for me. And all the other reviews here vindicate me, in which everyone is just listing themes of the movie but not any detailed expression of how the movie was in a dialog with them or made them think.
Oct 30	peyrin	85 _88%
Working-class Pattinson and ruling-class Dafoe's two-person society on a godforsaken island is the ultimate microcosm of capitalism. Even in the most intimate (and yes, homoerotic) interactions between the two, the class tension is ever-present and ultimately explodes into a class war amounting to fistfights and axes. When Pattinson finally gazes upon Dafoe's mystery of the ruling class in all its glory, it sends him to his brutal death.
Oct 30	savagebren	90 _91%
Oct 30	joel-w-m	85 _92%
Superhero movies are a treat to watch in the theatre to be sure, but this movie was a true feast (no need to call upon Triton, Eggers, I loved your cooking). Every shot is a marvel, matched by the exquisite sound design and fantastic dialogue as together they capture all the madness, mystery, dark humour, and weathered nature of the two memorable leads and the wild setting they occupy. The cyclical story starts to feel a little soggy 2/3s of the way in, but the searing climax makes up for it.
Oct 30	Alex Watkins	5 _91%
Two men threaten each other's lives and sanity at the ends of the earth. Their private guilts, lusts, superstitions, etc., are buried under aggressive, boisterous, comically excessive masculinity which occasionally sublimates itself into full-blown homoeroticism (when it's not erupting into violence). It's a beautiful intersection of Eggers' preoccupations with myth, history, low and high art both.
Oct 29	rebeccalex	70 _36%
Pattinson killed it. Beautiful visuals. However, wouldn't watch again
Oct 29	Judo Koala	86 _93%
Rarely have I ever been so relieved to take a breath of fresh air upon exiting the theatre. Eggers's powerhouse Lovecraftian descent into madness will undoubtedly make itself felt under your skin.
Oct 29	LadyStardust	85 _86%
Oct 29	sheepslasher	5 _94%
Oct 29	Proximity	85 _85%
Oct 29	pilgermann	90 _94%
Oct 28	chiphall72	48 _13%
Oct 28	jimmyjazz	70 _46%
Oct 28	Bondy	8 _86%
Like a mix between Persona, Dr. Caligari, and Poe, with a nice touch of sailor talk that I kinda needed subtitles for.
Oct 28	CinematicESP	94 _92%
Oct 28	tomwalsh	68 _61%
Oct 28	Emmcooke	45 _84%
Oct 28	adoongdong	90 _97%
Oct 28	janus	90 _94%
Seems to be about what having to work does to you. Glad to have caught this on the big screen, twice! Dafoe is astonishing and the attention to detail makes things just that much more absorbing. Like The Witch, the aggressively period-styled dialogue is pitch-perfect though you may feel like you wanted subtitles.
Oct 27	capodelnulla	80 _79%
Oct 27	TraverseTown	65 _56%
Oct 27	jjrocketman	40 _70%
Oct 27	M_A	86 _91%
Oct 27	nyg500	85 _92%
Oct 27	Hawkins	95 _95%
Exile, psychosis, mythology, animal spirits, repression - once again Eggers precipitates beast/man/god intercourse on the stage of untamed nature, this time by trapping two dudes in a divine phallic symbol. Dog becomes god and vice-versa. Career performances from the leads, powerful hard-earned footage, potent horror and disturbing humor. Movies about people going crazy just do it for me - I'm taking five points off for now because they didn't use Ween's "Ocean Man" over the end credits.
Oct 27	thewire	93 _94%
Oct 27	sadwitch	14 _19%
Oct 27	Roz	85 _77%
Oct 27	Daisoujou	95 _90%
Oct 27	skinnylegend	53 _29%
Oct 27	donnerfiesta	92 _67%
Oct 27	Ocelot	85 _94%
excellent. truly takes advantage of its black and white aesthetic; the purpose isn't to remove color, but evoke the sensibilities of period-appropriate filmmakers. Bunuel, in particular, strikes me as a strong influence. both actors are excellent and the movie functions as both a psychological nightmare waiting to be dissected and a fun story about two guys stuck in a storm. the sound mixing is superb, too. see it in the theater. just don't get depressed when you hear normies say it was boring.
Oct 27	apspiderboy	93 _86%
Oct 27	braddad68	95 _84%
Not for everyone, filmed in black and white and mainly featuring two characters. I loved it though. You felt the cold, the harshness of the sea, the angst of the main characters and never knew what to expect. Dafoe and Pattinson both delivering Oscar-worthy performances!
Oct 27	JJJensen	91 _89%
Oct 27	EvilMangoes	97 _94%
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Oct 27	Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter)	80 _89%
Oct 27	CarsonWid	78 _82%
Oct 27	The_Watch	100 _98%
Oct 26	Reavic	50 _42%
Oct 26	snogs	80 _90%
Oct 26	toxicwind	9 _85%
Oct 26	clayj41	67 _40%
Oct 26	EmuLegs	6 _85%
the worlds first hot glue tribute
Oct 26	Sch0penhauer	85 _54%
Oct 26	Rateracc	60 _65%
Oct 26	avgcrtckr	81 _99%
Oct 26	filmaffinity	73 _89%
Oct 26	Corbad	85 _89%
The two leads are spectacular and the environment is a superb third player. While perhaps a titch overlong, the maddening repetition, brilliant cinematography, and depths of symbolism and countering lampshades contribute to a memorable and thrilling picture.
Oct 26	skydog	90 _90%
Oct 26	lang95	69 _54%
Oct 26	emrekayacob	95 _94%
Oct 26	ethsings72	95 _92%
Oct 26	MojaveTent	90 _73%
Oct 26	Jonrock411	10 _97%
Oct 26	mattornot	15 _59%
Oct 25	Pugs4Less	98 _96%
Oct 25	king zazvor	75 _59%
Oct 25	sellis	91 _89%
The most beautiful nightmare of the year. A tone poem parable told in textures, sounds, and gestures. The authentic dialogue crackles - both leads are hypnotic. This film feels more discovered than performed at times. I think this is Dafoe’s best, most difficult performance, as he alternates between normal lighthouse worker and the version of himself existing in Pattinson’s character’s POV. This is something like Ingmar Bergman reimagining Woman in the Dunes in 1890s New England. Great fil
Oct 25	Bulwark	90 _90%
The froth of madness made tangible. Unnerving imagery, stellar performances.
Oct 25	okayfrog	65 _52%
Oct 25	bko	55 _17%
Oct 25	CStuckmann	100 _96%
Oct 25	feublo	90 _91%
Selfishly, I sink into the complexity of punishment and what one believes is their deserved path to enlightenment. Of course, it too, becomes unbearable, chaotic, depressing, unexplainable, all of the above that Eggers paints beautifully. It unreasonably withholds access, but screams for conscious viewers. I’ll happily wash away with more or less every time I revisit this.
Oct 25	Warren	92 _96%
Oct 25	CPosnanski	100 _93%
Oct 25	deaddilly	70 _56%
A torturous storm to behold. Yet I feel as though Eggers (intentionally or not) positioned the audience in a maddening perspective -- not quite in the eye of the storm nor in the skies above; we spend the entirety of this film in an unreliable purgatory, getting thrown around by the winds. I felt as though I was at the mercy of two untrustworthy men and a deeply repressed GOD SEX mystery, the only thing I really took away from this film was the madness.
Oct 25	Nathan S	5 _93%
A continuation of this filmmaker's preoccupation with mythologies and superstitions, and a relentless devotion to niche period recreation, linguistic authenticity, and hard-earned performances. What a graphically spellbinding film, resembling expressions of silent cinema in the choice of black-and-white, an unusually vertical frame, and dramatic arrangements of shade and focus. Its surreal flourishes and ill omens are dark enchantments, a mesmerizing and merciless descent into the maelstrom.
Oct 25	MontyCircus	40 _37%
If you've never heard of Willem DaFoe, you might think they found a real old-timey sea captain and just let the film roll. Get him all the awards please! The film though, was like a 2-man stage play, like a cross between Poe's "The Raven" and "The Shining", and didn't really hold my attention.
Oct 24	FreddieQuell	98 _98%
Oct 24	mightypotato	90 _91%
Oct 24	amanohyo	60 _88%
Oct 24	guvolefou	85 _92%
18. Filmekimi - City's.
Oct 23	sharkeyj1	100 _50%
Oct 23	ryuto	8 _80%
Oct 23	ADragon91	100 _97%
One of the most intriguing and fascinating movies I have ever seen on the big screen, The Lighthouse sticks with you long after you've seen it. Every single thing on a technical level in this movie is pretty much flawless. As for the performances themselves, give these two men all the awards you can give them! The movie plants so many different seeds on the story that it made the movie way more interesting and less predictable. An Artistic Horror Masterpiece and probably the best movie of 2019!
Oct 22	selinozcelik	82 _75%
Oct 22	kidmaniac	90 _95%
Oct 22	onrkrsvglu	80 _71%
Oct 22	EfrDelKee	80 _79%
Oct 22	oguzkayir	8 _77%
Oct 22	ugur	8 _72%
Oct 22	banadolu	80 _80%
Oct 22	ilkyaz	85 _87%
Oct 22	brickwall	83 _84%
This is one of those films where you could take any individual frame and hang it in a gallery
Oct 21	Bloodless	8 _72%
Oct 21	Mpython	7 _57%
Perdede, City's Nişantaşı
Oct 21	asperastrum ()	74 _54%
Oct 21	brkshn	85 _85%
Oct 21	warmur7	79 _59%
Oct 21	punpun	85 _91%
18.Filmekimi, City's
Oct 21	devrimozkan	74 _81%
Oct 21	natebarrios	75 _71%
Brokeback Island™
Oct 21	umutheatre	95 _96%
The Witch'i izlerken Dini Folklor konusu karşımıza nasıl sunuluyorsa The Lighthouse'da Denizcilikte Batıl İnançlar konusu dikkatimizi çekiyor. Ele aldığı monologlar, üzerine kurulduğu diyaloglar ile birlikte ustaca bir işe dönüşen The Lighthouse, Willem Dafoe ve Robert Pattinson'ın üstün performansları ile yılın en iyi filmlerinden birine dönüşüyor.
Oct 20	HKi	83 _94%
Oct 20	ilker	80 _63%
Oct 20	erayyildiz	80 _73%
Oct 19	electriccafe	75 _70%
Oct 19	apm2091	90 _98%
Oct 19	szgmng	85 _39%
Oct 19	plynthe	91 _66%
Oct 19	melancholiaa	60 _17%
Oct 19	walkabout	80 _89%
Oct 19	kyriei2	85 _87%
Oct 18	filmcricket	81 _91%
Oct 18	EricDSnider2	92 _94%
Oct 17	ZachReviews	94 _82%
Oct 15	MetaCritic2	83 _91%
Oct 12	laika	88 _91%
Oct 11	Bown	87 _84%
A staggeringly unhinged portrait of lunacy which builds an intense dank and miserable mood, equalled by the spirited and terrifying performances by the leads. Eggers avoids the sophomore slump and proves he’s the real deal, while Dafoe and Pattinson add more bravura work to their already impressive CVs. Works just as well as a dark comedy as it does a horror or psychological thriller. Definitely need subs next time though those accents were something else.
Oct 10	Cowman	80 _88%
Oct 09	DarrenCB	90 _84%
Oct 06	DBibby	84 _78%
Oct 06	eats-almonds	5 _80%
Oct 06	cayh	100 _96%
Oct 05	slatenf	82 _66%
Oct 03	Timmer	91 _97%
Sep 23	leemarvins	85 _87%
Jul 04	frederic_g54	9 _89%
With the death of the cinema experience right around the corner, Eggers' sophomore (and hopefully not last) film feels in many ways like the culmination of an art form having come full circle; A fully-realized, stylistic throwback to an already-bygone era, fueled by one gloriously madcap vision and two equally insane, memorable performances suggestive of a total devotion to their craft. A rare treat in this day and age and a film to definitely seek out in the theatre if there ever was one.
May 25	aylaserin	95 _95%
May 22	areoharewhy	9 _91%

Average Percentile 76.01% from 223 Ratings