![]() Sparks, the story still remains weightier than mechanical literary claptrap. But unlike a movie spun off from a novel by Mr. Remaining true to the novel, “The Light Between Oceans” steadily becomes a strained fable about forgiveness and revenge that sabotages its best intentions by taking one too many plot turns. Weisz’s aggrieved, conflicted Hannah providing a moral fulcrum. ![]() Vikander’s volatility sparks the second half with Ms. Fassbender’s sorrowful gravity anchored the movie’s first half, Ms. “The Light Between Oceans” begins to suggest an overly plotted, high-end Nicholas Sparks film awash in tears, pleas and threats, and acts of treachery and nobility. ![]()
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