Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave), Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl) and Rachel Weisz (The Mummy) star in a movie about a happily married lighthouse keeper and his wife who are unable to have children of their own. One day the ocean deposits a boat on their shore and inside they found a baby. How perfect is that? Blue Lagoon anybody? Happiness under mysterious circumstances doesn't last forever, so that's what this movie spends most of its time exploring.
This was drama light and would have made a great two-part made for TV Sunday matinee movie. The cast was great and the roles weren't terribly demanding. The locations were beautiful. The story was interesting. This movie just lacked umph. Something meaty to sink your mental teeth into.
The Light Between Oceans gets 3*** stars from me because I watched the whole thing, it was pretty engaging, but I don't want to watch it again. If you would not like to watch it, but pretty much get the gist of the movie, click here for a little featurette.
I watched this movie on a DVD checked out from the library.
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