The Lighthouse's reviews
Media reviews
The Telegraph
It won't leave you indifferent. It's the kind of cinema that resonates both in your mind and in your soul.
The Guardian
Few movies manage to scare and excite at the same time. Like the ray of light that a lighthouse casts, this work is as dangerous as it is dazzling.
Fotogramas
An indomitable film that throws swings in the most varied directions. Dafoe and Pattinson star in the most intense acting duel this critic can remember since Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master'.
Cinemanía
It's one of those films whose vision transcends the degree of physical experience of sitting and watching a screen. Here you leave the cinema soaked in storm, smelling of sea, saltpeter and gull blood.
El Mundo
There is no doubt that, with its second feature, [Eggers] has been overcome. And long. Pattinson may have never been better off at Dafoe level. Without a doubt one of the great films of this Cannes 2019.
Caimán Cuadernos de Cine
If 'The Witch' allowed a glimpse of a filmmaker capable of subtly handling the codes of horror looking back to the past to craft something new, 'The Lighthouse' is confirmation of that very personal look to which we will have to follow the track carefully.
The Hollywood Reporter
Eggers confirms his talent as a master of gothic with a second really claustrophobic film. The director re-signs a play as original as he is hallucinatory.
Variety
An exciting and turbulent drama that takes as a reference multiple sources of inspiration, combining them together to obtain a kind of gothic and very artistic thriller.
Screen Daily
A sharp and truly captivating expressionist drama. As in 'The Witch', its realism and period details help create a world of stone, wood and glass endowed with great authenticity.
Indiewire
Summon the spirit of Melville and Tarkovsky with a few doses of Kubrick and Tarr to deliver an excellent result. Both Dafoe and Pattinson shine with their own light.
Roger Ebert
Visually, it never ceases to be impressive. It's a wonderful movie that you can enjoy just by listening to it. The two actors are great.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote