Dystopia Is Better Tolerated With A Partner

Rating: 7/10 (27 October 2017)

"The Lobster" Features a comically dystopian story that is frightfully accurate. The score accentuates and compliments both form and content, always adding to but never intruding on the other elements. The Production design, cinematography, and Yorgos Lanthimos' vision come together spectacularly through the use of appropriate color, lighting, angles, and symbolism.
Everything is placed into shots for a reason, whether it's an ominous tranquilizer gun, a now transformed family member, or a salt and pepper shaker set... Mise en scene is masterfully handled in a way that treats the appreciative viewer to one Easter egg after another.
The story is brutally honest. We are already in a society that values partnerships (even forced partnerships) over singlehood, and "The Lobster" clearly satirizes this, but then goes one step farther to explore forced singledom. Both are unhealthy means to a traumatic and artificial end, as the unnerving ending of this film harrowingly demonstrates.
Awarded a well deserved 7 stars of 10. I'm looking forward to Lanthimos' "The Killing of a Sacred Deer."