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About the Movie
A love story set in the near future where single people, according to the rules of The City, are arrested and transferred to The Hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal of their choosing and released into The Woods. A desperate Man escapes from The Hotel to The Woods where The Loners live and falls in love, although it is against their rules.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
89%- Reviews Counted: 218
- Fresh: 194
- Rotten: 24
- Average Rating: 7.6/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Lanthimos's unsettling tour de force reminds us of how chained to coupledom dignity remains at both the private and public level.
Fresh: ...it plays cleverly with the compatibility assumptions behind, say, singles groups and online dating sites.
Fresh: [Lanthimos'] commitment to his high-concept tragicomedies is extraordinary.
Fresh: Everyone's excellent in "The Lobster," and the suffocatingly bland settings brake just short of monumental claustrophobia.
Customer Reviews
Hated it!
Colin Farrell’s acting is great in this but overall, I hated this movie. I had to turn it off 3/4 through. Didn’t care how it ended. I can’t get why this movie is getting such accolades!
do not understand
I have no idea what people like about this film. It is not even a dark comedy. A dark comedy is supposed to be funny. This was not funny. It wasn't even sad. It was just flat our weird, strange, bizzare and made no sense.
False Promotion
I went to see this movie in theaters under the false pretenses that it was a funny romantic comedy. It was neither funny nor romantic. The whole movie was dark and depressing and not once did anyone in the either theather laugh, me included. Overall, I would never see the movie again and it was a waste of time and money.
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- $14.99
- Genre: Comedy
- Released: 2016
- © 2015 Element Pictures/ Scarlet Films/ Faliro House Productions SA/ Haut et Court/ Lemming Film/ The British Film Institute/ Channel Four Television Corporation. All Rights Reserved
Also Available
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- The Lobster (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Various Artists