The Lobster
The laws of nature oblige us to develop laws of love and romance among young people. In the near future, a law will be drawn up stipulating that every young man inside a hotel must find a romantic partner or be sent to The Wood.
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31 May 1976, Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
1984, Athens, Greece
1963, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
21 July 1992, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England, UK
14 October 1980, Clifton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
April 18, 2018
The final result is a predictably off-kilter endeavor from an unapologetically avant-garde filmmaker...
January 25, 2018
Greek director/co-writer Yorgos Lanthimos designs a distinctive dystopian world and questions the idea of typical relationships and how couples connect at a surface level.
May 27, 2016
If you're open to embracing a film that declines to pander to expectations, you should definitely make a date with "The Lobster."
November 13, 2017
The trouble lies in the film's noncommittal tone, which too often deviates from Lanthimos' reliable deadpan. Set against the earlier films' prickliness, The Lobster seems oddly ingratiating.
May 26, 2016
Highly original and mordantly funny. Perfect for fans of Franz Kafka, Charlie Kaufman and other bleak surrealists.
May 27, 2016
Lanthimos doesn't deliver all the way, but he sticks his landing mightily and whets appetites for whatever he decides to do next.
May 26, 2016
Lanthimos's unsettling tour de force reminds us of how chained to coupledom dignity remains at both the private and public level.
May 26, 2016
Lanthimos forgoes easy sentiments about the transformative power of love; this may turn off some viewers, but there's a certain liberation and even some relief in knowing that societal pressure to settle down can be just as cruel as loneliness.
March 28, 2018
It is quite a miracle Lanthimos got this film to work. Not because of how leftfield it is, but because of the amount of international input that excels in it.
October 26, 2017
The Lobster is well-acted and its weird internal logic scrupulously maintained, but as the second half dragged endlessly on, I found its point as elusive as its ending.
June 01, 2016
The Lobster argues that the kind of pressure society places on us to find a soulmate can lead to reckless choices. But the movie gives the alternative - people who are happy being single - the same radical treatment.
December 03, 2017
The Lobster amounts to razor-sharp satire blasting away at the societal norms and constructs of relationships, but a shame that it decides to ditch its hotel setting full of intrigue
