The Shape of Things (2003)

Director:

Neil LaBute

Writers (WGA):

Neil LaBute (play)
Neil LaBute (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 June 2003 (Greece)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Seduction Is An Art

Plot:

Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.

Plot Keywords:

Art | Museum | Art Student | College | Friendship

Cast

Gretchen Mol	...	Jenny
Paul Rudd	...	Adam Sorenson
Rachel Weisz	...	Evelyn Ann Thompson
Fred Weller	...	Phillip (as Frederick Weller)

Also Known As:

Fausses apparences (France) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | France | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:12 | Canada:14A | Norway:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

California State University Channel Islands - One University Drive, Camarillo, California, USA

Company:

Mepris Films

Trivia:

Is the first film directed by Neil LaBute to not star Aaron Eckhart.

Quotes:

Evelyn: Pornography is meant to titilate and excite you. I mean does a penis excite you? Any ol' penis? Did you like what you saw? Did it get you hot?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Door in the Floor (2004)

Soundtrack:

Almost Ideal Eyes

A brilliant piece of modern film-making.

Terrifying but so true tale about the way people can control us and the reasons we just let them do it. Rachel Weisz is amazing as art student who makes changes to a lonely guy who just wants to fit in. The story in true Neil Labute fashion takes a macabre turn and makes you question everything that you have done in your relationship and gives you a well deserved punch in the stomach in the reality department as well. The acting is beyond top of its game with Rachel Weisz proving once again to be one of the most talented and gifted actresses of our generation. Her performance is beyond brilliant and she single handily carries this movie on her shoulders with her performance. Paul Rudd, Fred Weller and Gretchen Mole do great work as well and Neil Labute proves once again to be a profound playwright of uncanny wisdom of the evil that resides in the human heart.

I do hope that Weisz and Labute work together again.