Lobster (The)
- Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
- Writer: Yorgos Lanthimos; Efthymis Filippou
- Producer: Cait Collins; Joost de Vries
CGiii Comment
According to this...bisexuality and half-shoe sizes don't exit!
Call it what you will...quirky, awkward, surreal...but, hey, that's life. The world is your lobster.
Squares pegs don't fit into round hole...but, doesn't that depend on the size of the round hole? Yes...it is a comment on our beloved society...idiosyncrasies, faults, warts and all.
Cast your nets wider, make your holes bigger...and if you do, The Lobster will enthrall.
Olivia Coleman is hysterical. Rachel Weisz delivers an emotionless emotion. But, the surprise, Colin Farrell...out of his comfort zone and into credibility.
Yorgos Lanthimos is not for everyone...but, for those who cast their nets a little wider, an experience worth remembering.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods.
Cast & Characters
Colin Farrell as David;
John C. Reilly as Lisping Man;
Léa Seydoux as Loner Leader;
Rachel Weisz as Short Sighted Woman;
Ben Whishaw as The Limping Man;
Olivia Colman as Hotel Manager;
Anthony Dougall as 70 Year Old Waiter;
Sean Duggan as Guard Waiter;
Colin Farrell as David;
Roland Ferrandi as Loner Leader's Father;
James Finnegan as Bald Man;
Robert Heaney as Restaurant Waiter;
Rosanna Hoult as David's Wife;
Bob the Dog as Jaro and Ryan;
Ashley Jensen as Biscuit Woman;
Kathy Kelly as Police Officer 1;
Ariane Labed as The Maid;
Jacqueline Abrahams as Donkey Shooter;
Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Doctor;
Jessica Barden as Nosebleed Woman;