The acting is exceptional from both Pattinson and Dafoe and Dafoe definitely should've won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The score creates a dark and gloomy, but yet distressing, atmosphere that combines perfectly with the claustrophobic aspect ratio and cinematography. Add this to the perfect production design and you have a movie that is an experience just as much as it is a movie. This is a movie I will never forget.
Review of The Lighthouse
