A Lobster Tale

. . . how good it was without all the bells and whistles and eye-candy special effects. This movie is a hold-over to a simpler time when the art of story-telling meant that even a very familiar and even predictable theme could keep you watching and leave you with a huge dose of good feelings and respect for the human condition when it reaches for the best.

I find Colm Meany to be a fascinating actor. Despite his successes in the Star Trek franchise he still finds himself attracted to very simple and down-to-earth human interest scripts. His name was the lobster-pot that drew me in. The bait was simple and basic fare -- some might say a little bland. But then "the moss happened"!

It's been a while since a movie has moved me to this degree of praise. It is a simple, very archetypal story: but written, directed, acted and produced unto superb effect.

I thought a Lobster Tale was a really inspiring story. I hadn't heard of this movie a lot, but when I saw it, I told my friends all about it. The plot is really original and I loved the end result of the movie. What is great about this movie is that the whole family can watch it. I felt like my whole family enjoyed it and no one felt bored while watching it. The actors also in the movie made it really enjoyable. I felt that Colm Meaney played his part really well and was really believable. He was a great father is the movie, and the boy who played his son was also very good. All in all, I recommend going to see this movie; you won't be disappointed.

The film ending is worth hanging in there for and as a wise old man once said "if it's worth doing, it is worth doing right!" A Lobster Tale was done right!

This is a story about a simple lobster fisherman named Cody Brewer (Colm Meaney) who struggles to provide for his wife Martha, (Alberta Watson) and his son Jake (Jack Knight). There are so many clear messages for any and all families reminding us what is really important in life. Cody Brewer whilst pulling up one of his lobster traps in a remote fishing cove, accidentally cuts off the end of one of his fingers and in an attempt to stop the bleeding he uses some moss that was inside his lobster trap. As the moss is placed on his bleeding hand, this is when we see the first (folklore) miracle. A bright light emanates and miraculously Cody's missing finger is now intact without any noticeable scar.

No one initially believes Cody's magical miracle moss until gradually some of the small town's residents witness further miracles happening with Cody's magical moss right before their naked eyes. Then one day shortly after the secret of the magical healing moss is made public, Cody's glass jar of the magical moss is stolen from his home. When Cody calls upon the town Sheriff (Graham Greene) to investigate and find the thief the Sheriff meticulously eliminates one suspect after another.

The interactions between the town Sheriff (Graham Greene) and Cody Brewer (Colm Meaney) are invaluable to us the audience. The Sheriff's wisdom and more importantly his simple advice he relays to Cody is priceless not only to Cody but to us the audience. Pay attention to the Sheriff's free advice because if you do, you can avoid "having one more problem" than many of us really could avoid if only we heeded the Sheriff's advice.

I give this family filled (folklore) story a solid 8 out of 10 rating

Wow, was I surprised to read the previous review by "bridgecheri" when I came to IMDb to check out the cast. We saw the film on the same day that review was posted and had a completely different reaction as did the people we were sitting with and those we discussed the film with after the show. My wife and I loved the film and thought it not only entertaining but very well done. I worked as an on set Hair Stylist in Los Angeles for years before moving to Washington and thought "A Lobster Tale" was well directed, had a wonderful story, exceptionally strong performances and was beautifully shot. After reading the two reviews posted on the film, we must say we are in agreement with "azmoviebuff" and would recommend this film.

The story concept of "A Lobster Tale" is very interesting. A poor Lobster Fisherman named Cody (Colm Meaney) finds some magic, green gooey substance caught in his lobster net. This "goo" proves to have healing powers. Because he has a limited amount of the magic substance, he and his family must make decisions about who can use it, when, where, and why… Therein, begins the family's problems. Suddenly they are most popular people in town, because everybody wants to get a piece of the magic substance. This scenario provides the characters with difficult decisions and ridiculously amusing situations.

I though the acting was great. Cody's son (played by Jack Knight) nailed an emotional scene, and other actors rounded out a strong cast –Colm Meaney, Alberta Watson (recognized her from "24"), and Graham Greene, who was very funny as a slacker cop.

My biggest criticism is that the movie was a little long. The middle section where the townspeople are continually confronting/begging him got very redundant. The pacing definitely could have been sped up through the middle section of the movie.

Otherwise, it was a really nice story with some good messages, some emotional moments, and some ironic/understated humor throughout.