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The Lobster

The Lobster

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 15, 2015

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

User Score

70%

Original Title

The Lobster

Production Companies

Scarlet Films, Haut et Court, Eurimages, Lemming Film, Element Pictures, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Greek Film Centre, Faliro House Productions, Limp, Film4 Productions, Protagonist Pictures

Director

Yorgos Lanthimos

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$15,700,000

Description

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.

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Reno profile picture

Another peculiar dystopian tale set in the future.

From the dir...

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talisencrw profile picture

This was an odd experience, as I just recently ended a self-imposed 12-year moratorium on relatio...

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mattwilde123 profile picture

This was Yorgos Lanthimos' English language debut. It was really funny. All of the actors had...

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Nathan profile picture

The Lobster is the most awkward love story I have ever watched, but despite how off putt...

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