Filed under: Film reviews | Tags: Colin Farrell, Coupling, Darkly funny, Dystopia, Dystopian, John C. Reilly, Lea Seydoux, modern life, Rachel Weisz, Singledom
The film takes place in a dystopian world where single people are sent to a hotel and given 45 days to find a romantic match or they will be turned into the animal of their choice. Ostensibly, as an animal, they are given a “second chance” to find love. Our hero, Colin Farrell’s desolate architect David, is dumped by his wife and immediately sent to the hotel in the company of his brother, who is now a border collie, having failed the 45 day time limit to find a match earlier.
There are several elements that make this film worth seeing: the Kafkaesque meditation on modern society’s preoccupation with coupling, as well as its increasing desensitization, is much appreciated, fresh and noble; there is dark humor; our hero’s reasoning behind his choice to be a lobster is interesting; and the ensemble cast is very good, inclusive of Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, and Lea Seydoux. Moreover, a few of the incidents in the film will haunt me for a long time, which is arguably a good thing because the images were vivid enough to sear themselves into my cerebral cortex. However, there is absolutely no relief for the viewer in what is an exhaustingly morose take on humanity in some alternative reality, or in some not-so-distant future world.
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Victoria Jelinek 
Well written clearly and paints the world were in perspicaciously. But for the searing into the cerebral cortex, whats left of it 😉 Well done with this endeavor, looking forward to following your reviews.
Comment by lincoln September 7, 2016 @ 9:09 amHa ha! (errggh…)
Comment by victoriakjelinek September 13, 2016 @ 3:27 pm