The Lobster

About The Lobster

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.

The Lobster is a 2015 comedy romance film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. The film is filed under woods, suicide attempt, boat, and farcical.

Colin Farrell appears as David, Rachel Weisz as Short Sighted Woman, Olivia Colman as Hotel Manager, and Léa Seydoux as Loner Leader. Released in October 2015, it runs 119 minutes.

The screenplay is by Efthimis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos. It was produced by Element Pictures, Film4 Productions, and Protagonist Pictures. In the United States it streams on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel, and HBO Max.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Gattaca, and V for Vendetta make useful companions to The Lobster, all filed under dystopia and revenge. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 7,182 votes and it carries a R rating.