Review of The Lobster (2015) by A.o. Scott for New York Times — 11 May 2016
Cruelty and humor are nestled like spoons in a drawer. Mr. Lanthimos’s method is to elicit an appreciative chuckle followed by a gasp of shock, and to deliver violence and whimsy in the same even tone.
“The Lobster” is often startlingly funny in the way it proposes its surreal conceits, and then upsettingly grim in the way it follows through on them.
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This review of The Lobster (2015) was written by A.o. Scott and published by New York Times on 11 May 2016.
The Lobster has generally received positive reviews.
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