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The Lobster is a 2015 science fiction film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Efthimis Filippou. The cast includes Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw, and Léa Seydoux. Produced by Ed Guiney and Lanthimos, the film originates from Greece, the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands. It was distributed by Fandango at Home in video on demand format.
The movie has a runtime of 118 to 119 minutes and is presented in English. It received an R rating and has a budget of 4,000,000, generating 15,700,000 in revenue. Critical reception includes a Metascore of 82/100, a Rotten Tomatoes score of 87%, and an IMDb rating of 7.1. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and won the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter and the Jury Prize.
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Film · TMDB
7.0In 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.
Cast
- Colin Farrell as David
- Rachel Weisz as Short Sighted Woman
- Olivia Colman as Hotel Manager
- Léa Seydoux as Loner Leader
- Michael Smiley as Loner Swimmer
- Ariane Labed as The Maid
Themes
- hotel
- suicide attempt
- boat
- dystopia
- woods
- romance
- punishment
- revenge
- swimming
- grave digging
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
330,883 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
82/100
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 33 wins & 84 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Written by
- Efthimis Filippou Yorgos Lanthimos
- Produced by
- Ceci Dempsey Ed Guiney Yorgos Lanthimos Lee Magiday
- Starring
- Colin Farrell Rachel Weisz Jessica Barden Olivia Colman Ashley Jensen Ariane Labed Angeliki Papoulia John C. Reilly Léa Seydoux Michael Smiley Ben Whishaw
- Cinematography
- Thimios Bakatakis
- Edited by
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis
- Production companies
- Element Pictures Scarlet Films Faliro House Productions Haut et Court Lemming Film Film4 BFI
- Distributed by
- Feelgood Entertainment (Greece) Haut et Court (France) Element Pictures (Ireland) De Filmfreak (Netherlands) Picturehouse Entertainment (United Kingdom)
- Release dates
- 15 May 2015 ( 2015-05-15 ) ( Cannes ) 16 October 2015 ( 2015-10-16 ) (Ireland and United Kingdom) 22 October 2015 ( 2015-10-22 ) (Greece and Netherlands) 28 October 2015 ( 2015-10-28 ) (France)
- Running time
- 118 minutes
- Countries
- Ireland United Kingdom Greece France Netherlands
- Languages
- English French
- Budget
- $4 million
- Box office
- $18 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Jury Prize
- Participant in
- 2015 Cannes Film Festival
- Country of origin
- Netherlands
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- romantic love
- Director
- Yorgos Lanthimos
- Screenwriter
- Efthimis Filippou
- Cast member
- Ewen MacIntosh
- Production company
- Film4 Productions
- Filming location
- Irish Republic
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 376613
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- thelobster-movie.com
- Image
- Yorgos Lanthimos, Tim League, THE LOBSTER, Fantastic Fest 2015, Austin, Texas--8868 (27162595280).jpg
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- title
- The Lobster
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- Commons category
- The Lobster
- film editor
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis
- social media followers
- 3277
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- hotel
- review score
- 82/100
- publication date
- 2016-06-23
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Encyclopedic overview
The Lobster is a 2015 absurdist black comedy-drama film directed and co-produced by Yorgos Lanthimos, from a screenplay by Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou. It stars Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman, Ashley Jensen, Ariane Labed, Angeliki Papoulia, John C. Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Michael Smiley, and Ben Whishaw. The film follows a newly single bachelor who moves into a hotel with other singles, who are all obliged to find a romantic partner within 45 days; otherwise, they will be transformed into animals.
The film was announced in October 2013, with Jason Clarke originally cast in the lead role. After Clarke left production, Farrell replaced him by February 2014, with Weisz also joining the cast after Elizabeth Olsen dropped out. The rest of the cast was rounded out by March as principal photography began, which concluded in May. Filming largely took place in Dublin and County Kerry. The film is a co-production by Ireland, the United Kingdom, Greece, France, and the Netherlands.
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