Even if you are not a Lanthimos' fan you should check out this film but please do not expect to watch a masterpiece.

Rating: 5/10 (15 November 2015)

Yorgos Lanthimos is the most classic representative of the so called "Greek Weird Wave" and I'm one of his huge fans. Dogtooth (his most well-known movie) explored the falsies in the modern family and the Lobster focuses on interpersonal, romantic and sexual relationships. Lanthimos' personal style is again easily recognizable and unique (it reminds me a bit a mixture of modern Danish cinema with Austrian and Scandinavian cinema). Nevertheless this movie by no means deserved three awards in Cannes film Festival. The first half of the movie is funny, sarcastic, innovative and bittersweet at the same time, but the second half of the movie is a lot weaker (symbolisms are there but the means to pass them through are less innovative) and should have been quite smaller. The ending is ambiguous and clever and Collin Farrell proves with his unforced performance that he really is a quality actor. Even if you are not a Lanthimos' fan you should check out this film but please do not expect to watch a masterpiece.
Grade: B-