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The Lobster

An unconventional love story...

7.0 / 10

119 minutes

2015-10-15

English

FR

Actors :

Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, Léa Seydoux, Michael Smiley, Ariane Labed, John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Angeliki Papoulia, Jessica Barden, Emma O'Shea, Ashley Jensen, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Anthony Dougall, Anthony Moriarty

Description

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.

Reviews

Reno

Reno

5/16/2024, 3:18:28 PM

> Another peculiar dystopian tale set in the future. From the director of the Oscars nominated movie 'Dogtooth'. If you are familiar with his signature movie, you will find it so good. This is not the best movie I had seen that set in the future, but like any other it was another dystopian tale. A black comedy-romance with a decent storyline, performances and overall a nice entertainer. The ...

talisencrw

talisencrw

6/23/2021, 3:57:50 PM

This was an odd experience, as I just recently ended a self-imposed 12-year moratorium on relationships, due to a couple of bad ones I had within a short period of time in the early 2000's. It was very intriguing to see a type of dystopia exist in which 'singledom' was so vilified to the point of actually being against the law. I would never have previously thought that such a state of events was ...

mattwilde123

mattwilde123

6/23/2021, 3:57:55 PM

This was Yorgos Lanthimos' English language debut. It was really funny. All of the actors had to perform their lines straight-faced and with no emotion which is very strange at first. The screenplay and direction of the film was very intelligent and perfectly highlights the themes of the film. This film was very quirky and unique and so I really enjoyed it. ★★★★

Nathan

Nathan

7/15/2022, 3:10:25 PM

_The Lobster_ is the most awkward love story I have ever watched, but despite how off putting it was it touched me in ways I did not quite expect. The plot of this film is incredibly unique. The idea of being turned into an animal if you cannot find love is so weird in the best kind of way. I found the entire movie to be very sinister in nature, always keeping me on edge about what was to come nex...