Funny and Heartbreaking Film THE LOBSTER Gets a New Trailer and Release Date

I saw The Lobster at last year's AFI Film Festival, and in my review, I talked about how it contained a bizarre mixture of sadness and hilarity. You can get a decent sense of that tone in the film's new trailer, which was just released by the fantastic distribution company A24. A company called Alchemy was originally going to release the movie on March 11, but A24 swooped in, bought the rights, and they'll now put it in theaters on May 13, which is sure to be a nice counter-programming option for folks who may be looking to avoid superheroes or massive explosions at the box office.

The premise is one of the wackiest I've heard in a long time: Colin Farrell plays a single man sent to a hotel, where he must find a mate within 45 days or else he's turned into an animal of his choice. That's just about all you need to know — you're either intrigued enough to see the movie based on that alone, or that information is enough to tell you that it's not going to be your kind of film.

I'm glad A24 is giving this a worthwhile release so those who are interested won't have to do too much work to seek it out. Watch the new trailer below.

SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/A24subscribe Watch the official trailer for THE LOBSTER, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz - In Theaters May 13, 2016. RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2016 WRITER/DIRECTOR: Yorgos Lanthimos CAST: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw, Léa Seydoux, and Olivia Colman.