It's a romantic comedy set on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, during the summer of 1912. It follows the interactions of a lightkeeper and his assistant with two women vacationing in a nearby cottage.
Seth Atkins (Richard Dreyfuss) is Cape Cod's grizzled, cantankerous old lighthouse keeper. His assistant has just left after a tirade by Atkins about women. A tall, well-spoken young man who calls himself John Brown (Tom Wisdom) washes up on shore after falling off a passing freighter. They both know the other has secrets about his negative history with women.
Ruth Lowell (Mamie Gummer) is a young, well-off artist who has come to use the cottage that her brother usually utilizes in the summer. She has brought along an older companion, Emeline Bascom (Blythe Danner).
"The Lightkeepers" follows the relationships that develop as the two men interact in their own way with the woman. We learn the secrets of the men and the consequences of the escalating relationships. Bruce Dern has a minor role as Emeline's brother-in-law.
"The Lightkeepers" is a lightweight comedy that is entirely predictable and not as funny as a better script could have made it. Dreyfuss's accent is difficult to understand at times. The scenery around the lighthouse is lovely. It's too bad; I quite like Richard Dreyfuss.
Seth Atkins (Richard Dreyfuss) is Cape Cod's grizzled, cantankerous old lighthouse keeper. His assistant has just left after a tirade by Atkins about women. A tall, well-spoken young man who calls himself John Brown (Tom Wisdom) washes up on shore after falling off a passing freighter. They both know the other has secrets about his negative history with women.
Ruth Lowell (Mamie Gummer) is a young, well-off artist who has come to use the cottage that her brother usually utilizes in the summer. She has brought along an older companion, Emeline Bascom (Blythe Danner).
"The Lightkeepers" follows the relationships that develop as the two men interact in their own way with the woman. We learn the secrets of the men and the consequences of the escalating relationships. Bruce Dern has a minor role as Emeline's brother-in-law.
"The Lightkeepers" is a lightweight comedy that is entirely predictable and not as funny as a better script could have made it. Dreyfuss's accent is difficult to understand at times. The scenery around the lighthouse is lovely. It's too bad; I quite like Richard Dreyfuss.