Review of The Lobster

The Lobster (2015)
European Socialist meets US Prude
22 January 2020
And once more the European tax payer becomes a film producer with no way to opt out. The result is a slow, Euro style movie in which the strict Socialism of Europe meets the US prude attitude. "They" will provide you everything, but you still get to keep your ugly underwear as not to offend the governmental commission. The extras play with the dignity of the Union worker. The story also has the air of Union contracts. Like with most European films, the story is for 30-40 minutes, blown up to what the governmental commission asked for the run time. But the story is that bad it keeps needing the god voice to explain the empty frames.

Finally, a successful, unpolished film student movie. You have the blue filter when the audience needs a cue it's a cold, impersonal scene. You have the red filter when it should be a personal scene. You have the Kaurismaki rip off scene and all the rest they teach in film school.
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