Story Line
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
“An unconventional love story...”
Top Cast
Colin Farrell
David
Rachel Weisz
Short Sighted Woman
Olivia Colman
Hotel Manager
Léa Seydoux
Loner Leader
Michael Smiley
Loner Swimmer
Ariane Labed
The Maid
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Rating
7.0/ 10
Release Date
2015-10-15
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
ComedyDramaRomance
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User Reviews (4)
Reno
7/10
•3/24/2016> Another peculiar dystopian tale set in the future.
From the director of the Oscars nominated movie 'Dogtooth'. If you are familiar with his signature movie, you will find it so good. This is not the best movie I had seen that set in the future, ...
talisencrw
9/10
•8/22/2016This was an odd experience, as I just recently ended a self-imposed 12-year moratorium on relationships, due to a couple of bad ones I had within a short period of time in the early 2000's. It was very intriguing to see a type of dystopia exist in wh...
mattwilde123
8/10
•3/9/2017This was Yorgos Lanthimos' English language debut. It was really funny. All of the actors had to perform their lines straight-faced and with no emotion which is very strange at first.
The screenplay and direction of the film was very intelligent a...
Nathan
7/10
•7/9/2022_The Lobster_ is the most awkward love story I have ever watched, but despite how off putting it was it touched me in ways I did not quite expect. The plot of this film is incredibly unique. The idea of being turned into an animal if you cannot find ...