Review of The Lobster (2015) by Snidelywhiplash — 17 Dec 2016
People don't seem to understand that a movie being weird is not a reason to rate it badly. This film smartly presented its material in some ways, and in others was completely blunt and beat you over the head with its message.
This was okay at first, but after a couple times it lost the effect. Which leads to the films main problem, it's to long and stretched to thin in the second half, which causes the film to become stale.
Were this film to continue the main themes from the first half into the second it could proceed with a clearer and more entertaining narrative. But then tries to develop new ones half way through, which made the film drag on and end with an unfinished feeling.
Were it not for the second half I would give this film an 8 or 9 but it fumbled greatly and left me with an impartial feeling. Give it a watch yourself, if you are not a film buff you probably wont like it.
This review of The Lobster (2015) was written by Snidelywhiplash on 17 Dec 2016.
The Lobster has generally received positive reviews.
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