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The Lobster

The Lobster

7.0/ 10

TMDB Rating

6,820

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2015

Release Year

119 min

Runtime

Comedy
Drama
Romance

Overview

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.

Keywords

hotel
suicide attempt
boat
dystopia
woods
romance
punishment
revenge
swimming
macabre
grave digging
dead rabbit
blind woman
manhunt
shooting an animal
irreverent
witty
farcical
scathing

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Reviews(4)

7.8avg rating
Reno

Reno

@Rangan

March 24, 2016

7
7/10

> Another peculiar dystopian tale set in the future. From the director of the Oscars nominated movie 'Dogtooth'. If you are familiar with his signature movie, you will find it so good. This is not the best movie I had seen that set in the future, but like any other it was another dystopian tale.

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talisencrw

August 22, 2016

9
9/10

This was an odd experience, as I just recently ended a self-imposed 12-year moratorium on relationships, due to a couple of bad ones I had within a short period of time in the early 2000's. It was very intriguing to see a type of dystopia exist in which 'singledom' was so vilified to the point of ac

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mattwilde123

mattwilde123

March 9, 2017

8
8/10

This was Yorgos Lanthimos' English language debut. It was really funny. All of the actors had to perform their lines straight-faced and with no emotion which is very strange at first. The screenplay and direction of the film was very intelligent and perfectly highlights the themes of the film. Th

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Nathan

Nathan

@TitanGusang

July 9, 2022

7
7/10

_The Lobster_ is the most awkward love story I have ever watched, but despite how off putting it was it touched me in ways I did not quite expect. The plot of this film is incredibly unique. The idea of being turned into an animal if you cannot find love is so weird in the best kind of way. I found

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