Synopsis
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
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Cast
- Colin FarrellDavid
- Rachel WeiszShort Sighted Woman
- Olivia ColmanHotel Manager
- Léa SeydouxLoner Leader
- Michael SmileyLoner Swimmer
- Ariane LabedThe Maid
- John C. ReillyLisping Man
- Ben WhishawLimping Man
- Angeliki PapouliaHeartless Woman
- Jessica BardenNosebleed Woman
Recommendations
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The Playlist
In the end, all the strangeness adds up towards something genuinely significant: an atypically rich and substantial comedy that's stuffed with great scenes and performances even before you start to chew on its bigger questions. - 100
Variety
A wickedly funny protest against societal preference for nuclear coupledom that escalates, by its own sly logic, into a love story of profound tenderness and originality. - 91
IndieWire
Though at times almost too peculiar for its own good, The Lobster brings Lanthimos' distinct blend of morbid, deadpan humor and surrealism to a broader canvas without compromising his ability to deliver another thematically rich provocation. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
A richly rewarding but often very disturbing, even harrowing work. - 83
Hitfix
Lanthimos presents a fully formed original vision that hits a perfect tone even when the narrative begins to get away from him a bit. - 80
CineVue
Lanthimos has broadened his scope and has created a marvellously bleak, bizarre comedy. - 80
Screen Daily
It may be based on universal human anxieties about love, relationships, compatibility and loneliness, but Filippou’s script takes on a defiant, prickly life of its own, refusing to play as an easy allegory. - 80
The Telegraph
Every frame has been composed with cerebral coolness, and the hotel and its surrounding forests are shot with a dream-like lucidity. I haven’t seen anything quite like it before, and I’m still not sure that I have even now. This is the kind of film you have to go back to and check it really happened.
