The Lobster isn’t going to be a movie for everybody, but it’s the sort of movie you should expose yourself to if only to discover if it is or not.
If this is the future, we’re not sure we want to be in it, but it’s definitely worth a look… and deeper analysis.
The Lobster barely qualifies as science fiction, but the film pretty much defies all convention and a film where single people get transformed into animals would need to qualify as sci-fi, even that isn’t what the movie is ultimately about.
Colin Farrell plays as far against type as he ever has in this film that lambasts both a culture that insists that people find relationships, as well as those who are happy to be alone.