That is the fictional world of The Lobster and Colin Farrell stars as a man who gets taken to the hotel right away after his wife divorces him.
The Lobster is a very strange and often times funny movie with a very interesting concept. What would you do in that situation? Is it possible to find someone you can really love in such a short amount of time? Or should you just try to find a new partner quickly and pretend to like each other to not get turned into animals? Maybe living the rest of your life as an animal is not even such a bad option after all?
Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly and Ben Wishaw were all very good in their respective roles and the movie was funnier than I expected, shifting back and forth between black comedy and more dramatic moments.
I enjoyed the first half particularly much, where we get to see the hotel and all it's strange rules, but once the characters leave the hotel setting behind, the movie also suddenly shifted in tone and somehow got less interesting overall.
That is especially disappointing, since there was so much potential here and I don't feel like the movie fully utilized it. Particularly the plot about the animals felt much too short and the ending was a bit abrupt.
There is also some social commentary and symbolic messages here, but I will talk more about that in a separate post with spoilers.
The Lobster Analysis - What does it all mean?
If you had to be turned into an animal for the rest of your life, what would you choose? I think I would probably choose some kind of bird, since it would be awesome to be able to fly around.
Bottom line
The Lobster has a very interesting premise and is strangely funny and entertaining, but after a great start, the second half falls a bit flat and diminishes what could have been an excellent film.
The Lobster is a very strange and often times funny movie with a very interesting concept. What would you do in that situation? Is it possible to find someone you can really love in such a short amount of time? Or should you just try to find a new partner quickly and pretend to like each other to not get turned into animals? Maybe living the rest of your life as an animal is not even such a bad option after all?
Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly and Ben Wishaw were all very good in their respective roles and the movie was funnier than I expected, shifting back and forth between black comedy and more dramatic moments.
I enjoyed the first half particularly much, where we get to see the hotel and all it's strange rules, but once the characters leave the hotel setting behind, the movie also suddenly shifted in tone and somehow got less interesting overall.
That is especially disappointing, since there was so much potential here and I don't feel like the movie fully utilized it. Particularly the plot about the animals felt much too short and the ending was a bit abrupt.
There is also some social commentary and symbolic messages here, but I will talk more about that in a separate post with spoilers.
The Lobster Analysis - What does it all mean?
If you had to be turned into an animal for the rest of your life, what would you choose? I think I would probably choose some kind of bird, since it would be awesome to be able to fly around.
Bottom line
The Lobster has a very interesting premise and is strangely funny and entertaining, but after a great start, the second half falls a bit flat and diminishes what could have been an excellent film.
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