20 Best Indie Movies Of 2016

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’ first English language feature is a dark dystopian comedy set in a near future in which all single adults are transported to a mysterious hotel where they are legally required to find a partner within a set period or else they are turned into an animal by the powers that be and set loose in the woods.

It’s an animal of their choosing, mind – this isn’t a total dystopia.

Colin Firth, in probably his best performance since In Bruges, stars as a man made newly single after his wife leaves him whose animal of choice is the titular lobster and whose pet dog is actually his former brother in canine form after failing to find a suitable partner himself. It’s a bizarre little story, but beneath the quirky concept is actually a biting satire of societal pressure to find The One™ and settle down.