You should not be surprised this is a strange movie

Rating: 6/10 (1 February 2016)

After all, the writer and director behind these almost 2 hours is Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, the man behind the Oscar-nominated "Dogtooth". "The Lobster" is his first really international production with Hollywood stars, most of all Colin Farrell, who plays the main character. The premise is as follows: People come to a hotel where they have a couple weeks time in order to find a partner. If they fail, they are turned into an animal of their choice. This also explains the title reference as Farrell's character explaining during one scene why he wants to be a lobster is one of the finest moments of the movie. This is a science fiction film, but not in the sense of space adventure obviously, more along the lines of "Never Let Me Go", but not nowhere near as good. Just equally depressing and bleak for the most part.
There are also parallels to our world, for example there is one quote about how couples whose relationships have gone south often get children in a desperate attempt to fix their struggles. The acting is pretty good by everybody in here, but I personally felt that they missed a chance on making a really great film. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed the watch, but there was potential for more. The idea is pretty interesting, but after they elaborated properly on it and we understand what is going on exactly, the film loses a bit of its appeal unfortunately and there are a couple scenes when it also drags a bit. The film scored lots of awards attention all over the world, mostly at the BAFTAs and especially at Cannes. The dog nomination was a bit ridiculous, but also shows (alongside the other recognition) how much they loved this film. I myself did not love it as much, but still recommend seeing it. Thumbs up.