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Lobster - film review

Directed by a Greek this film has some good reviews and its screenplay got a nomination for an Oscar.  The cast I read was fairly seasoned and I decided to check it out.

So what do I think of the film?  At least I finished it.  That is 1 star.  The comedy although mostly dark is fairly intriguing.  Another star.  Beyond that though it is an alternate alternate cinema genre if there is such a thing.

It is a make believe world where the protagonists get imprisoned in a surreal environment after loss of a partner and where they are to find a way out of their predicament or turn into an animal.  They have 45 days to accomplish it.

It is a sort of (from what I hear of the Hunger Games concept) a mash up of a fantasy world meet Freudian thinking with metaphorical scenes to depict our human condition.

Cast includes Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Sea Leydoux (recent Bond girl) and John Rielly among others.  The admitted have to choose an animal who they would rather be if they were not a human.  That defines their mental state or point of view and they get assigned a singles room or a double where they partner with someone.

The point is that people have to move through their loneliness to state of being together to getting on a yacht in the harbor adjacent to the hotel property.  That is the ultimate sign of achieving togetherness.  


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