The Lobster

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2018)

Short and Simple Review by WubsTheFadger
First off, the story is set in a somewhat dystopian future were everyone is expected to get married. Trivial things become the corner stone of relationships like nose bleeds and limps. The story takes the ideas of love, relationships, and societies view of love and turns it into a terrifying world. The story is at time funny and horrifying. The ending is very ambiguous and leaves you feeling stunned. Yorgos Lanthimos directed Dogtooth which is also a black comedy with some very interesting social questions that is much like The Lobster.
The acting is very good. Colin Farrell performs the best as an average Joe with nothing special about him at all. Rachel Weisz also performs well as she narrates the story and plays a pivotal part in Colin Farrell's characters story. John C. Reily, Ben Whishaw, Angeliki Papoulia, and Lea Seydoux all perform well.
The pacing is very bland and slow. It is done on purpose though. The film wants us to turn into Colin Farrell's character and see his meaningless existence. The music is also a little repetitive and the runtime is overlong.
Pros: Interesting, funny, and dark story, great performance by Colin Farrell, good overall acting, a good ending, and slow pacing that was meant on purpose
Cons: Slow pacing, an overlong runtime, and repetitive use of music
Overall Rating: 8.2