The Lobster
Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz star in this dystopian romantic comedy from director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth). Set in a near future with strict rules about finding a partner, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they have 45 days to find a partner - otherwise they are transformed into an animal and sent into the woods. Winner of the Jury Prize, Queer Palm and Palm Dog at Cannes Film Festival 2015. John C. Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw and Olivia Colman co-star.
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An absurdist black comedy about society’s obsessive mating rituals.
To appreciate a film like The Lobster (2015) you need to know something about absurdism and dystopia. Whether we recognise it or not, our brains are wired into binary sets that help us make sense of the world. For example: in fictional narrative we tell stories about being unloved in order to express our need for love; we portray the fearful ‘them’ in order...
Time Out
pressThis is cinema in quotemarks, tongue-in-cheek storytelling that uses absurdity to hold a mirror to how we live and love.
Little White Lies
pressAppreciation for the sheer conceptual confidence of the film gathers momentum once you think back over it.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA richly rewarding but often very disturbing, even harrowing work.
Empire Magazine
pressInordinately strange and tiresomely glum, but in spots hideously funny.
Time Out
pressThis is cinema in quotemarks, tongue-in-cheek storytelling that uses absurdity to hold a mirror to how we live and love.
Little White Lies
pressAppreciation for the sheer conceptual confidence of the film gathers momentum once you think back over it.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA richly rewarding but often very disturbing, even harrowing work.
Empire Magazine
pressInordinately strange and tiresomely glum, but in spots hideously funny.
An absurdist black comedy about society’s obsessive mating rituals.
To appreciate a film like The Lobster (2015) you need to know something about absurdism and dystopia. Whether we recognise it or not, our brains are wired into binary sets that help us make sense of the world. For example: in fictional narrative we tell stories about being unloved in order to express our need for love; we portray the fearful ‘them’ in...
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