Review of The Lobster (2015) by Alronnor — 24 Oct 2016
A movie with an interesting idea for a plot. What if people were forced to choose between a life of being cold and alone or a life of being joined to another person and altered beyond recognition? After 2+ hours, you'll be saying in response, who cares? A stupid movie with heavy handed allegories that drive the plot, plot that drives the characters, and characters that drive the inevitable migrations you'll get from watching this crap.
I caught on to almost all of the allegory in this film from one viewing. As for the aforementioned characters? They might as well not exist. They all do feats of such incongruous nonsense just to keep that allegory hammer aloft for the entirety of the film that its a miracle they even stay in the film at all.
Why did the "leader", yes that is a character's name, get their sidekick killed on purpose? Who knows.
This review of The Lobster (2015) was written by Alronnor on 24 Oct 2016.
The Lobster has generally received positive reviews.
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