Two lighthouse keepers, Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Thomas Howard (Robert Pattinson) share the duties of keeping a lighthouse located on a small and isolated island operational. Their daily grind is harsh and almost overwhelming. As the story progresses more and more crazy sets in until you feel the two men becoming increasingly unhinged.

Dafoe is fantastic as the grizzled old man with a wonderfully cadenced delivery and a timeworn sea tale for every occasion. Pattinson surprisingly holds his own as the new recruit Howard. The tensions between the two grow as the solitude of the location leaches away their civility and sanity in equal parts. It’s this escalation of hostilities that underlines the feeling of unease.

Building to an unexpected climax, The Lighthouse keeps its aura askew unit the very last frame. This all feels like a triumph over the cliche. There is humour amid the darkness and this all culminates in an abstract but totally suitable end. Add this one to the list of must see films to expand your mental database of 2020 movies.

Rob Hudson
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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.

Starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse is in selected Cinemas February 6.
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