
A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods.... (Full plot summary below)
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A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods.
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| MetroActiveRichard von BusackYou can see what The Lobster is trying to say so clearly that there's never that refreshing possibility of misunderstanding or ambiguity, essential for a real work of genius. |
| NUVO NewsweeklyEdward Johnson-OttThe Lobster is not for everybody. But if you're adventurous and patient, there are ample rewards to be had. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonHardly less kind in its satiric attack on the basic emotional pillars of human existence than Lanthimos's last two films, but it adds a veneer of magical realism. |
| Bust MagazineSamantha LadwigThe Lobster wonderfully kick-starts a new year in movies with its breathtaking cinematography, performances, score, and storyline. Although it has a male lead, the film's story is driven by women. |
| Tri-City HeraldGary WolcottHunger Games. Maze Runner. Divergent. This is how a dystopian movie ought to be made. |
| KPBS.orgBeth AccomandoThere is much about this film that I love, and yet I can't embrace it fully. But I adore how Lanthimos creates a kind of ominous oppressiveness combined with a goofy absurdism. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaThe Lobster is what would happen if Wes Anderson set about doing Franz Kafka, with a hefty dash of George Orwell thrown into the mix: surreal, comic, sad, strange, beautiful, sublime. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenIf we've come to idolize marriage in contemporary Western society, The Lobster has come to desecrate it. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertThis kind of art is not on many people's wavelength, but those who connect to it will remember it 20, 30, 40 years later. |
| Rip It UpJames McCannWhen it chooses to be -- which, thankfully, is often -- the film is so funny as to induce tears. Then, on a dime, it's appallingly sad again. |