Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz star in this dystopian romantic comedy from director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth). Set in a near...
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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87 %268 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
65 %35,200 reviewsAudience score rating
"Wickedly funny, unexpectedly moving satire of couple-fixated society."
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Variety
Variety"This is cinema in quotemarks, tongue-in-cheek storytelling that uses absurdity to hold a mirror to how we live and love."
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Time Out
Time Out"Like nothing you've seen before."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"Enjoyably strange but fails to follow through on its premise."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Appreciation for the sheer conceptual confidence of the film gathers momentum once you think back over it."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"A richly rewarding but often very disturbing, even harrowing work."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Inordinately strange and tiresomely glum, but in spots hideously funny."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineThe Lobster | Details
Award winner- Jury Prize, Queer Palm and Palm Dog at Cannes Film Festival 2015
- Rating
- 15, strong language, sex, sex references, bloody images
- Runtime
- 118
- Genre
- Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Country of origin
- Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands
