Plot: Tough former soldier Tom (Michael Fassbender) takes up duty at a lonely lighthouse in Australia, but local girl Isabel (Alicia Vikander) thinks he's dreamy. Soon they marry and move to the lighthouse, where significantly Isabel has two miscarriages. Soon a boat washes ashore with a living infant girl and dead father. Isabel takes the baby as her own, and that works for a while. A few years later mourning widow Hannah (Rachel Weisz) meets Isabel & Tom, and says my daughter who was lost at sea is about the age as your daughter. In time the police come and after some dramatic flourishes the movie ends. [imdb] [photos]
I was uncomfortable when they decided to keep the infant, which I viewed as kidnapping or child abduction. As the baby grows, I can't help thinking about the parents and the terrible ending when it comes. Later as their deeds become known, I don't sympathize with them. I only think about poor Hannah. My heart's tension decided early on Hannah, so the tearful drama with Isabel only seemed like her just desserts. I suspect director Clanfrance wanted us to feel torn, but I didn't and so the movie is just average.
This was not a tear-jerker, at least for me. I kept waiting for Isabel to get the justice she deserved.
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