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By Josef Braun (74) for Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) (50) on 31 Aug 2016

This is a very pretty movie with a very compelling premise and very talented actors, but pacing, hazily conceived characters and a rather simplistic…

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By Liz Braun (961) for Toronto Sun (419) on 31 Aug 2016

The Light Between Oceans is completely engaging and it's heartbreaking, though not so heartbreaking, Mr…

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By Robbie-Ann Mcpherson (14) for Buffalo News (278) on 31 Aug 2016

In spite of a slightly awkward ending, the film is a deeply serious, tender examination of emotional devastation…

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By Beth R (28) on 31 Aug 2016

If you're a fan of Lifetime Movie Channel or sappy Hallmark romances, this is the film for you…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 31 Aug 2016

Cianfrance makes intimate, psychologically penetrating films, with quiet spaces and moments of brutal intensity...As unlikely as the story…

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By Michael T (3,420) on 31 Aug 2016

08/30/16 07:00pm Was expecting romance movie but it's not (movie poster can be misleading). It's about Lucy/Grace. First, the performance…

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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 31 Aug 2016

The Light Between Oceans hangs on the screen like a large, lovely painting in a beautiful old frame…

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By Max Weiss (198) for Baltimore Magazine (197) on 30 Aug 2016

In the end, I think this film would've worked better with B-list actors and a director who fully embraced the melodrama…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 30 Aug 2016

It's ambitious as hell, and all three actors are up for the challenge, but the film's momentum slips away in the final movement when characters…

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By Dominick Mayer (133) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 30 Aug 2016

The Light Between Oceans is an effective melodrama, but the lingering sensation the film leaves after its end is that it might have been much more…

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By Travis Hopson (923) for Punch Drunk Critics (518) on 30 Aug 2016

From the performances to the presentation there is much to like about The Light Between Oceans, but little that makes us want to fully embrace it…

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By Gabrielle Bondi (39) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 30 Aug 2016

As an audience, we aren't given the tools to equip ourselves to care enough to take anyone's side, and while the performances are good, the…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 30 Aug 2016

A scene isn't a scene unless it leaves the audience completely numb, with Oceans unable to emerge from the dark, effectively destroying whatever…

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By Tony Hicks (74) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 30 Aug 2016

The Light Between Oceans is easily one of the year's most visually stunning films. Ironically, it's also one of the most difficult to watch…

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By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 30 Aug 2016

As much as Fassbender, Vikander and Rachel Weisz, the feelings of isolation, despair and self-reproach deserve top billing in The Light Between…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 30 Aug 2016

A mesmerizing, engrossing and beautifully made cinematic experience, rare as a pink unicorn, that enchants for more than two hours and makes…

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By Fico Cangiano (235) for CineXpress (235) on 30 Aug 2016

The Light Between Oceans is possibly Cianfrance's weakest film to date, but at the same time the strongest visually. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Vincent Mancini (369) for FilmDrunk (362) on 30 Aug 2016

So relentlessly tasteful that it's a little distasteful…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 30 Aug 2016

It ends up more of a study in moral and ethical decision-making, than as an emotional catharsis or release, but it's a worthy journey nonetheless…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 30 Aug 2016

The whole thing is feverishly earnest and more than a little manipulative, but it’s also possibly the prettiest two hours of emotional masochism…

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