"The Lobster" is narrated in a monotone by Rachel Weisz, who doesn't enter the film until some way in. The tone of the narration is key: It is as though Weisz Every magazine, commercial, movie, daytime talk show is a never-ending parade of relationship advice and aspirational examples of love winning out. It's aggressively unlike the regular Friday night at the movies, and that's a good thing.

Colin Farrell must get hitched or die tryin' in this brilliant, bizarre social satire costarring Rachel Weisz. Colin Farrell and Raechel Weisz in 'The Lobster.' Despina Spyrou. Think of a future that plays like arranging a date on Match.com — only this time it's a matter of life or death.

The Lobster

The Lobster starring Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, and Léa Seydoux is reviewed by Matt Atchity (Rotten Tomatoes), Alonso Duralde (TheWrap and Linoleum Knife. The Lobster movie reviews & Metacritic score: A love story set in the near future where single people, according to the rules of The City, are arrested and The idea per se is very intriguing. I'm hoping this review will help others like me avoid the movie. I tried to scan the RottenTomatoes page to get a sense of what I could expect from the movie, but I basically walked away with "The Lobster is definitely an acquired taste -- but for. I just watched this movie and I was intrigued to see what people were saying about it on this website. Many of the reviews bash it for being dark or confusing Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz in "The Lobster."Credit.

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The film team review The Lobster. The Lobster is a film that can tell you how you view relationships. When you reach the end of the movie, how you decipher the main character's fate says a lot about you.

This review contains spoilers as an explanation piece. If you had questions about this film, I have all the answers you need. And The Lobster does get grotesque. Elements of Hotel life closely recall Margaret Atwood's similarly ruthless allegorical novel The Handmaid's Tale: masturbation is prohibited, with a hideous punishment for disobedience.