Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- David Bax @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster may be deeply cynical about the ability of human beings to carry on long term romantic relationships – this is a film that takes as its love theme the Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue murder ballad “Where the Wild Roses Grow” – but it maintains a deep empathy to the lengths we go to try for love and the pain we feel when we are alone.
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: The wildest love story in many a moon.
- James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper
- Excerpt: the viewer is never allowed to feel he/she really understands what is going on. Strange ideas just keep being added to the mix.
- Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight
- Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: The Lobster is thought-provoking in its social machinations and hilarious in its dry absurdity, traits that made Lanthimos’ Oscar-nominated Dogtooth so unforgettable. This one isn’t quite as essential, but it’s just as unique.
- Jon Patridge @ Cinapse
- James Roberts @ Glide Magazine
- Excerpt: While it’s never quite as good as it wants or tries to be, The Lobster does manage to delight while holding up a black mirror to our modern conceptions of love and relationships.
- Robert Yaniz Jr. @ Entertainment Cheat Sheet
