Review of The Lobster (2015) by Ginak — 30 May 2016

I read this was a very funny satire. It’s about as funny as the old 1984 film with John Hurt, except Hurt was not as lethargic as Colin Farrell’s David. Had anyone been laughing, I would have heard them.

Not even a chuckle. But I am rating this film low for one reason – it was much too long. Lanthimos is also not a very interesting director visually, which is probably why no one asks him to direct action films.

Too many of the forest scenes, especially, were very “in your face,” although maybe it was so we could see the rabbits, who were all probably former humans, and which would then mean this was a joke about fecundity.

Are you laughing? The performances were very good, and I guess we all got the point. After the screening, the theater invites you to leave a note about the film with a letter grade and a short comment.

The funniest thing I saw all day was one of these notes, which read “Can’t wait for Lobster II.