SummarySeth Atkins is the lightkeeper for Eastham Light, located on the deserted outer beach of Cape Cod in the year 1912. It's a lonely job but that's the way he likes it. When his assistant lightkeeper suddenly quits, no longer able to tolerate Seth's bad attitude and hate for women.,Seth is left to manage the lighthouse on his own. That soon changes ... Read More
Directed By:Daniel Adams
Written By:Daniel Adams, Joseph C. Lincoln
The Lightkeepers
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You can't really hate The Lightkeepers. You can only wish that writer-director Daniel Adams had invested the movie with equal measures of originality and quaintness … and maybe told Dreyfuss to tone down the whole sea captain thing.
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Such predictable pap is generally better suited for romance novels or Lifetime movies. Here, it's elevated somewhat by a decent cast.
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A lifeless period romance of the cutesy-cantankerous persuasion.
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Danner, the film's sole strength, does what she can with the material, but it's not enough to offset writer-director Daniel Adams' cliché-ridden script and leaden direction, or the excruciating hamfest that is Richard Dreyfuss' lead performance.
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Production Company:
- Cape Filmworks
- Dreyfuss / James Productions
- Fish Weir Filmworks
Release Date:May 7, 2010
Duration:1 h 37 m
Rating:PG
Awards
Chinese American Film Festival (C.A.F.F.)
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
• 2 Nominations
International Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
