The Lobster

Parental Rating: R

Contains: Language    Violence    Sex    Adult Content    

Jill's Review

Opens May 27, 2016

Runs 119 minutes

In a dystopian future, when you divorce or your spouse dies, you are sent to a special hotel where you have 45 days to find a new match or else be surgically transformed into the animal of your choosing and left to roam the Woods. David's (Colin Farrell) wife has left him and he arrives at the hotel (along with his brother Bob who is now a dog) to find a new love. Along with the Lisping Man (John C. Reilly) and the Limping Man (Ben Whishaw), David begins his search. As the days expire, the hotel holds shooting parties for the guests who roam the Woods and try to catch runaways from the hotel and bring them back to the hotel to be transformed. Each "catch" gives you an additional day to find your match. Soon, it appears that David may have to make a run for it, as well. Even though he thought that being a Lobster would be a good choice - they live to 100 and stay virile for their whole lives, he really doesn't look forward to that option. What he finds in the Woods may be just as dangerous.

This movie is difficult to pigeon-hole. It is funny, it is dark and it has moments of extreme violence. I didn't even get into some of the people David meets in the Woods like Lea Seydoux - the leader of the Loners and Rachel Weitz - one of the Loners who becomes a potential love interest. It is a little difficult to explain without giving too much away. Just know that at least 4 or 5 people walked out in the showing I saw. I thought the acting was good and the movie was very original. It just wasn't very entertaining. There are funny social commentaries about what makes a perfect couple and that being single is bad. But, it was also just too quirky and eccentric for me. If you love indies and think this sounds good to you then go see it. Otherwise, I would probably skip it for something more mainstream.

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