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The Lighthouse
Movie (2019)
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Movie (2019)
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
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Sex & Nudity
The movie features a character imagining sex with a mermaid, naked breasts, a topless female, naked male bottoms, implied masturbation in several scenes, and sex-related talk.
Violence & Gore
There is extremely disturbing violent imagery, including slicing with an ax, a character bashing a seagull to death resulting in a bloody corpse, a severed human head, a corpse with gulls plucking at its eyeballs and intestines, fighting, and punches.
Profanity
Characters use strong language including s--t, horses--t, son of a bitch, bastard, damn, hell, goddamn, pecker, stupid, anus, and jism.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Characters frequently drink to extreme drunkenness, experience hangovers, drink dangerous-looking homemade alcohol, and smoke cigarettes and pipes.
Frightening Scenes
The movie includes scary nightmare sequences, screaming, severe psychological distress, and deeply unsettling, intense scenes.
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Positives & learning
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Positive messages
The movie does not have a clear positive message, focusing instead on isolation and how imagination can lead someone down a destructive path.
Role models
There are no positive role models, as both characters are highly troubling and venture down paths of destruction.
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Learning
Families can discuss The Lighthouse 's violence and how the concept of isolation in an 1890s lighthouse applies to today.
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