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To me, this movie is perfection.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The Lobster is a completely absurdist societal commentary on society's emphasis on monogamy and relationships. The first half's humor and exploration of Lanthimos' wildly creative premise is the movie's strength. The functioning of the hotel and how they encourage people to find partners as well as the animal aspect was amusing. The intentional lack of emotion and engagement with others was frustrating to watch - while I appreciate the symbolic nature of it, it took me out of the premise in which partnership was everything because it felt so unrealistic for them to act with no emotion. The second half also didn't feel strong and was less clever and active in plot. A point made repeatedly in the movie was how heavily relationships are based on shared interests or similarities, which just didn't ring very true or relevant to me. Farrell was good, and one of my favorite elements of the film (and a big reason why it's still an overall positive review) was the score - it was dramatic but simple and fit to the scenes very well. The boldness of ideas and themes were fun, but some of the relationship themes didn't quite land with me, and the second half and especially ending were disappointing, especially given the potential of the technical aspects and premise.

It's original, I'll give it that. Unfortunately I want more out of a movie than that. John C. Reilly is pretty much totally wasted in this and the movie is really weird just for the sake of being really weird. I hate leaving a theater feeling like my time was deliberately wasted like this.

I give this movie a "I'd watch it for free if I was super bored" out of 10. (3/10) First off, this was definitely not a movie I would watch again. Just to clarify. I only watched it because someone I care about loves it and I wanted to like it for his sake, but I just couldn't. If I could overlook the plot and the way I felt about it, I might say its a good movie. Costumes and set design is nice to look at and all, but I couldn't get over how uncomfortable this entire movie made me. The concept is interesting... single people have a certain amount of time to find a suitable partner with whom they have something in common, or else they get turned into an animal of their choosing. I just didn't like the way the story played out or the style of acting. Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz (and every other actor within) play characters who have zero social skills and I just didnt vibe with it, if I'm being honest. It's not a bad movie. But it is most certainly not my cup of tea.

Acting of all the lead and supporting characters were awesome, every scene and every clip is trying to give the hidden message, Direction is marvellous, Fully captivating.