'The Lobster' review: A strange, but fantastic, futuristic dystopian drama with elements of extreme dark comedy

8.4/10

So I re-watched The Lobster in preparation for The Killing Of of a Sacred Deer, and as it turns out I haven't done a review for this yet either so here it is.

The Lobster, which stars Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz, is a strange, futuristic dystopian drama with elements of extreme dark comedy.

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos may have positioned himself among the world's great, provocative "maverick" filmmakers with this bizarre yet extremely fascinating dystopian nightmare for adults. Against all odds, Lanthimos actually received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film for 2009's Dogtooth, but then he ventured into English and enlists Hollywood stars who are more like his own personal playthings here than performers, with THE LOBSTER.

Lanthimos' palette is bleak, his pace is slow, and his characters all speak in unsettlingly measured, robotic tones, as if afraid to accidentally express any genuine emotion. Sudden bursts of sex and violence (beginning with the startling opening shot) and a clinical acceptance of disturbing imagery indicate a kind of brutal fearlessness in Lanthimos.

All in all I loved it, i love them weird and wacky and this was definitely that with a splash of pure brilliance. Farrell was exceptional, he had me cringing, laughing, on the edge of my seat and completely intrigued in his character. Weisz was a rather creepy but brilliant narrator (that's what Lanthimos was going for), she also had me laughing a great deal and weirdly In love with her character! Even the performances from the supporting actors (John C. Reilly, Ben Wishaw) were brilliant. Cinematography top notch, plot I fricking loved the lot.

8.4/10