10. The Lobster Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival. Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’s first English-language feature is mysterious and melancholy—much like the relationships depicted in this chilly, but humane, sci-fi tale. Colin Farrell is dumpy and lovable as a sad sack sent to a hotel where he has 45 days to find a mate, or else he’ll be turned into an animal. Olivia Colman is perfect as a pinched hotel administrator, while Ben Whishaw, John C. Reilly, Ashley Jensen, and Angeliki Papoulia play fellow hotel guests with a yearning mix of hurt and hope. There’s also Rachel Weisz and Léa Seydoux rounding out the impressive cast. Lanthimos has made a film that’s lonely and searching, but also one that feels like a hand reached out across the void, offering comfort and understanding, if not resolution. Lanthimos has always been a daring inventor, but with this film he reveals more of his thumping heart. Muted but tinglingly alive, The Lobster is full of both u...
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