“As with The Witch, it's the atmosphere that seeps into you like sea brine. You don't watch this film, you are submerged in it. Expect to be spat out, reeling, from the cinema, clutching on to your sanity.”
★★★★★
- Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro
  
“If you’re looking for a wild ride, here it be.”
★★★★
- Charlotte O’Sullivan, Evening Standard
 
“Eggers balances its nightmarish grimness with humour in the bleak tradition of a British kitchen-sink sitcom, a Beckett play, and the aforementioned Withnail and I.”
★★★★★
- Nicholas Barber, BBC.com
 
“With elements of the gothic, dark fairy-tale, and incomprehensible handling of time, The Lighthouse remains incredibly elusive throughout, which only serves to make it more hypnotic as it weaves its dark web before it reaches its chilling climax.”
★★★★★
- Lewis Knight, Daily Mirror
 
“Go to see this film. Find it. Seek it out. Watch it.”
★★★★
- Kevin Maher, The Times
 
“A film that feels less made than hoisted up like treasure from the belly of some rust-bitten shipwreck.”
★★★★★
- Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph
 
“Very few films make you scared and excited at the same time. Just like the lighthouse beam, this is dazzling and dangerous”
★★★★★
- Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian