A Utopian dystopian setting with inception like ending.

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2015)

Premise: The world is a better place if everyone lives as a couple. There is no place for an individual (loner).
Setting: A loner is sent to a hotel, where he is supposed to find a partner within 45 days else he/she is turned into an animal of his/her choice. If he/she escapes they are ousted from the hotel and hunted. So there is no place for a loner.
The movie has two phases, both dystopia ,amidst a setting of Utopian world around them. Colin Farrell has done a brilliant job of portraying a loner who struggles in such a society. This is a lesson that nothing can ever be perfect- that is no society however hard it tries. His choice of animal was a Lobster. But he did not want to be transformed into one. So the struggle begins. The movie starts of by showing different types of people and the mundane activities that always follow them around. It is like familiarizing yourself in this new world. Weird at first, but you will enjoy it later. There is also this narration by Rachel Weisz which helps. Farrell, by portraying himself to be similar, marries a cold hard murderer in desperation as he runs out of days. But his intention is discovered when his wife kicks his brother dog to death. He, with the help of a hotel maid, transforms his wife and escapes to the loners living in the forest. In what animal was she transformed is not shown. But I guess it would be a dog, and he probably kicked it to death.
To his surprise, he finds a world similar to the one at the hotel. It is just the whole thing is opposite, that is no partners allowed. But he falls in love with Rachel Weisz. He falls in love where he is not suppose to and does not fall in love where he is suppose to. Such is the contradictory nature of humans. The evil woman, who is their leader, discovers their intention and blinds Rachel Weisz to dissuade them from running away. But as always the protagonist overcomes his challenge, and they escape to the city to live as a couple. One notion of this movie is that similar natured people are suppose to be a couple. So now that Weisz was blind, Farrell too had to be blind. The movie ends at this point leaving its audience wondering whether they got together or not.
Definitely, an avant garde. Deserves an applause. Something different from the most, and one should watch this just because it is a new experience. The pace is slow, but acting and direction makes up for it.