Two lighthouse keepers clash, making their duties difficult even before a freak storms hits and strands them at the lighthouse for months. Based on a true story.
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GoodWatch score 86July 8, 2016 · 1 h 42 min · NR
Mermaid Problem, Sex Is Violence, Cabin Fever +9
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In the United States, The Lighthouse streams on Prime, and it is free with ads on Fandango at Home Free, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Fawesome, Tubi TV, and Amazon MX Player. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 5 other countries.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 55 (IMDb 5.4, Rotten Tomatoes 71%, and Metacritic 58). Critics rate it higher (65 out of 100) than audiences (45).
Yes, it's frightening: scares are rated 8 of 10.
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for bleakness and 7 for melancholy, against 1 for hopefulness.
TV Tropes lists 132 tropes for it, including Mermaid Problem, Sex Is Violence, and Cabin Fever.
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