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May 13, 2016 · "The Lobster," a black-hearted flat-affect comedy from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, making his English-language debut, presents a dystopian world where being single is a criminal act. A romantic breakup thrusts the "single" into the outer darkness of society.
May 12, 2016 · A guest who shoots a loner with a tranquilizer dart is rewarded with an extension — an extra day to pursue courtship and postpone beasthood. Plausible couples need to have one salient trait in ...
In a dystopian society, single people must find a mate within 45 days or be transformed into an animal of their choice.
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May 12, 2016 · Review: ‘The Lobster’ offers a rich, surreal take on modern love. By Justin Chang. May 12, 2016 2:20 PM PT. When the end credits roll in “The Lobster,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ hypnotically strange...
May 17, 2016 · Yorgos Lanthimos’ first English-language feature, The Lobster, has a startling premise: the government rounds up single adults and confines them in a seaside hotel, where they’re given 45 days ...
May 15, 2015 · Film Review: ‘The Lobster’. Yorgos Lanthimos' first English-language feature is a wickedly funny, unexpectedly moving satire of couple-fixated society. By Guy Lodge. Courtesy of Cannes Film...
Jul 6, 2016 · As you've gathered, the movie is a satirical comedy—at times a very funny one, and other times the kind that makes you cover your eyes because what's happening onscreen is brutal, humiliating, or just unsettling in a way you can't quite place.
A sharp, claustrophobic study of human relationships, The Lobster puts humanity’s obsession with coupling on full display before it is bloodily dissected and rendered horrifyingly unrecognizable...
Sep 28, 2015 · Colin Farrell leads an all-star cast in The Lobster, a dark comedy dystopia about the pressures on our collective love lives.
May 12, 2016 · As a bit of counterprogramming, allow me to recommend Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster, the most original and beautifully strange love story since Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind —and my ...
