Unfunny Dark Comedy

Rating: 3/10 (19 December 2015)

After watching the trailer for The Lobster, I decided to watch it. It felt like a quirky, off beat comedy with a main character who is socially awkward, looking for love. But what I found instead was a movie that dealt with themes of fascism, conformity, oppression, suicide, loss of personal identity, and frankly a depressing soundtrack.
The lesser offense in this movie is the over-narration, which spoon feeds facts to the viewer as we see them happening on screen much like Idiocracy, only this time it's serious and not a joke. Please stop narrating movies and let the viewer experience the journey along with the characters. Stop the spoon feeding.
The greater offense to this film involves two instances of animal cruelty that was enough to turn my stomach and end this movie half way through.
This movie is not a comedy, rather a pitch black dark comedy.