Initially set out to look like a romantic comedy, Shape Of Things lead us through the relationship between Adam (Paul Rudd),an ungainly and boring guy who work as a Museum keeper, and Evelyn (Rachel Weisz), a rebel and nonconformist girl who studies art and is preparing her doctorate. They meet at the Museum where Adam works and soon he gets off with her against all forecast. Since the very first second of their relationship Evelyn tries to change Adam's look and personality (and sure she makes it). She even tries to get him apart from his best-friends Phillip and Jenny (and again she makes it). As I said before up until this point everything looks like a romantic comedy, with some infidelities, couple arguments, misunderstanding, and lots of funny dialogues that reminded me of Woody Allen... The script is so wisely constructed that we have no idea of what's really going on. NO IDEA! Till we get to the last 20 minutes and ... holy shhhhh...!!!!
Now, since I cannot talk about the final sequences I'll just say that Shape Of Things is a cruel and mean and lucid and acid look at how stupid men are. How we'd sell our mothers in order to get the girl of our dreams, and how we'd let her manipulate us as she will. The movie clearly shows that stereotypes (to be the cutest, and the coolest, and the more elegant...) are meaningless and useless. To give up what we are is not a good idea, and Shape Of Things is a good example of what may happen to us if we do.
Rachel Weisz is splendid, just perfect as manipulating and mysterious Evelyn (when I first knew Rachel Weisz, in The Mummy, I just thought she was one more "pretty face"; but how wrong I was). Paul Rudd is mostly dull, but he sure has some funny sequences (the one in the bed, discussing about the play they've just watched, the tampax...the final sequence, just great!!!), and anyway, his dullness fits perfectly with his character.
Fresh, funny, nasty, no goddamn happy endings, worth watchin' it!
My rate: 7.5/10
Now, since I cannot talk about the final sequences I'll just say that Shape Of Things is a cruel and mean and lucid and acid look at how stupid men are. How we'd sell our mothers in order to get the girl of our dreams, and how we'd let her manipulate us as she will. The movie clearly shows that stereotypes (to be the cutest, and the coolest, and the more elegant...) are meaningless and useless. To give up what we are is not a good idea, and Shape Of Things is a good example of what may happen to us if we do.
Rachel Weisz is splendid, just perfect as manipulating and mysterious Evelyn (when I first knew Rachel Weisz, in The Mummy, I just thought she was one more "pretty face"; but how wrong I was). Paul Rudd is mostly dull, but he sure has some funny sequences (the one in the bed, discussing about the play they've just watched, the tampax...the final sequence, just great!!!), and anyway, his dullness fits perfectly with his character.
Fresh, funny, nasty, no goddamn happy endings, worth watchin' it!
My rate: 7.5/10