he didn't think that the first thing most people do when they realise someone doesn't love them anymore is cry.

The Lobster (2015)

Chosen by Faye. Well, technically I had it on my netflix queue for ages but she gave me the kick up the arse to finally get around to it.

What makes a couple? What makes being in a couple better? What would you do for your partner? Should you have something in common? Why?

The Lobster examines these issues in a brutally miserable way but is never less than incredibly funny. It seems to be set in a world where the fantastical element is not just that people are forced into couple-hood and turned into animals if they cannot do so but that no-one has a sense of humour. It constantly derives laughs by playing an absurd, goofy scene straight and the characters never react quite the way you think people should.

It's brilliantly performed by an array of terrific actors (John C. Reilly, Olivia Coleman, Lea Seydoux, Ashely Jensen and so many more) which helps level the more illogical, allegorical aspects into something more dramatic and emotional.

A deadpan knife to the heart.