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Name: The Light Between Oceans
Released: 2016-9-2
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson

The Light Between Oceans

PG-13
2h 13m
2016

62%

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Lighthouse keeper Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender) and radiant, spirited Isabel (Alicia Vikander) live together in married bliss on a remote, rugged island off the coast of Australia. But their windswept world is turned upside down when Isabel learns that she’s unable to bear a child. One day, a drifting lifeboat washes ashore with a crying baby in it. The dilemma the couple now face will echo far beyond the island, engulfing and irrevocably impacting their world – and that of a stranger (Rachel Weisz) – in a passionate story about love, hope, and a fateful choice.

Extras

Locked video

BRINGING THE LIGHT TO LIFE

16 MIN

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LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER

5 MIN

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

62%

Critics Consensus: The Light Between Oceans presents a well-acted and handsomely mounted adaptation of its bestselling source material, but ultimately tugs on the heartstrings too often to be effective.

Reviews

Deep Focus Review

Brian Eggert

Cianfrance's entire film feels like an open wound that would heal if only the characters could stop and behave rationally, but rationality has no place in a melodrama.

April 11, 2022

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Pauline Center for Media Studies

Hosea Rupprecht

A story like The Light Between Oceans, used age-appropriately, of course, could provide parents and teachers with a powerful opportunity to talk about how making good decisions isn't always easy...

August 26, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Plays like a highbrow Nicolas Sparks story in period clothes.

Director Derek Cianfrance brings the same level of emotional intensity and visual acuity that punctuated his critically-acclaimed 2010 film Blue Valentine.

February 1, 2021

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Battleship Pretension

David Bax

The Light Between Oceans is a film about the way that tragedy can connect families, whether they want it to or not. A sin, like even the smallest drop in the ocean, can carry ripples far and wide.

January 5, 2021

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