A hugely dysfunctional family consisting of an old abusive creep, his sociopathic son, his milquetoast of a wife, their shrew of a daughter with the IQ of a dumb kumquat and her lunk of a
husband who's dumber than she is, and their son who had the good sense to leave but misfortune to return with his sensible and more intelligent girlfriend.
The next day is Boxing Day and overnight, something encases them in their house and in short order, dad is ready to take orders because...government.
It appears something (we're never sure exactly who or what) is watching them through their television and gives them orders via messages on the screen. All of which dad immediately obeys without really knowing who's sending them and then everyone follows suit, although son and girlfriend make somehalfhearted attempts to resist and find out what's really happening, to some fatal results (this thing does not take breaching protocol or the home's boundaries lightly).
Take an unknown vaccine from unsterilized needles? Dad is ready. Toss uneaten dinner on command with prospects of getting more? Dad is willing to obey any order, including torturing is own son on somewhat vague commands. At one point he abandons everyone including his pregnant, gravely injured daughter to "work in my study ", where he draws nonsensical plans.
I won't go further. But this movie had serious overtones. The message I think was people ate perfectly willng to follow any authority figure and do awful things in the name of any authority, be it God, the government, a commanding officer, or whatever a religion dictates.
This movie has a deeper message than the poor execution would suggest.
Sometimes a lobster simply something that's tastes good to eat.
The next day is Boxing Day and overnight, something encases them in their house and in short order, dad is ready to take orders because...government.
It appears something (we're never sure exactly who or what) is watching them through their television and gives them orders via messages on the screen. All of which dad immediately obeys without really knowing who's sending them and then everyone follows suit, although son and girlfriend make somehalfhearted attempts to resist and find out what's really happening, to some fatal results (this thing does not take breaching protocol or the home's boundaries lightly).
Take an unknown vaccine from unsterilized needles? Dad is ready. Toss uneaten dinner on command with prospects of getting more? Dad is willing to obey any order, including torturing is own son on somewhat vague commands. At one point he abandons everyone including his pregnant, gravely injured daughter to "work in my study ", where he draws nonsensical plans.
I won't go further. But this movie had serious overtones. The message I think was people ate perfectly willng to follow any authority figure and do awful things in the name of any authority, be it God, the government, a commanding officer, or whatever a religion dictates.
This movie has a deeper message than the poor execution would suggest.
Sometimes a lobster simply something that's tastes good to eat.