I believe this movie is suppose to be hated. Let me explain. This realisator who is doted of a fabulously dark intelligence and a talented eye is moking everyone showing us the future of society and the ridicul of how so many of you are in empty relashionship. Whitout you knowing. He is laughting at your nose and that is probably the only humoristic view of the movie. Because most of you wouldnt mind killing your partner to survive or just because , select your partner because of some platonic similarities ,some of you will choose someone because you are a people pleaser, because you are scared to end up alone,because you hate yourself,or because you think this is what society is wanting from you. This movie is the best of the worst Satire ive ever seen.As one of the previous comment said the story is "claustrophobic" you are scotched to your screen watching the beauty of the paysages ,the cruaulty the emptyness, and the sadness of it with so many questions all allong the scenes until the feeling of depression of it buried you inside the death of empathy , real enotions , the sociapatic coldness of the caracters and the truth of it. If you have a kind heart, love deep connexions, if you would love the world to erase all the pain and bitness of it and are looking for real love, friendship and prefer the sun to the darness of this world ,if you are "normal" you should hate it. All the positive and only positives critics are either written by snobs who are exacly some how the reflexion of the caracteres empty whitout fellings dead from the soul trying to please a intellectual analyse or either some random people trying to follow the mass approbation of this movie whitout understanding what it is truly about which is also very funny as "THE LOBSTER" is exacly about you. An empty shell playing musical chairs against the clock of death.

A little too deep in terms of nuanced symbolism for me to fully understand with interpretation. I think what's ironic, is that it's commentary is about how relationships are scrutinized, yet doesn't attempt to explain, or show an example of alternatives. I was left wondering why more wasn't done with the premise, or why no characters aim to break conventions. Fell a bit flat for me, especially at the conclusion.

One of my favorite movies, a true masterpiece. It's a strange and meaningful movie with hidden metaphorical meaning, representing what happens in the society ,the different behaviors and roles in love and society rules and stereotypes. It's about choises in love and a question if there's True love and about the willingness to sacrifice for that Love. In the final scene i even didn't get it at first. Watching the girl on the table i assumed he would come back, after he went to the bathroom to blind himself so they would be equal for the sace of Love. But the movie ends with her waiting....Great Plot and cast.

Decent film, it’s good for analysis

This mix of science fiction and romantic comedy with a truly oddball tone offers some thought provoking ideas about relationships and the compulsion to be in them.

Director is so addicted to p*rn it's actually sad.

Premisa interessante, mas uma execução que acaba por desiludir um pouco. A direção e a ambientação destacam-se num filme que por vezes parece perder-se na própria trama. O final é interessante (o início também), mas muito do que acontece pelo meio parece, por vezes, desconectado. (avaliação: 6.5/10)

If you want to be enraged by wasting your time and also potentially ruining your mood and subconscious mind for the following days, go right ahead. Trash.

An appalling film. Don’t waste your time!

Literally the worst movie I have ever seen.

Quirky, funny, brilliance.

Kept waiting for it to get better and it never did. I wish I could get those 2 hours of my life back.

pretensious and sick

Sorry, I thought this was terrible. The idea is interesting, a sort of Brave New World done in a Woody Allen way. But it totally failed on every level for me. From the banal monotone narration by Rachel Weisz...through the wooden acting of, well, everyone. I guess the characters were intended to be wooden and joyless but why? I understand what the film was trying to say, but after 10 minutes that message was received and it just became boring and pointless. I have no idea how it ended as I fell asleep. Did I care enough to watch back, not a chance! That mystery remains unsolved.

idea is good but I cant say the same about the movie. only the first hour of the movie got me interested the other part was boring and was little bit meaningless

A society where single unattached people aren't welcome. Will be dealt with differently. So, become desperate to pair up in a relationship. This was a stupid movie trying to masquerade as clever and surreal but its premises were too silly and absurd to be believable, it didn't make sense, so it didn't really work as a set of ideas. It got too stupid to be clever. Also, it was a bit slow, and dragged. Also, there weren't any lobsters. But a good try.

One amazing actress can’t save this film, the world building is terrible only thing saving it is the cinematography with its wide shots

Es la peor película que me he visto en mi vida

I saw the great reviews and 2 great actors in it and was looking forward to watching The Lobster. I found it depressing and a lesson in human cruelty to others. I kept thinking this will get better. Well it didn't. Waste of time.

A very sick and twisted dystopian fantasy. Anyone who likes this movie should have their head examined or their medications changed.