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Neil Labute


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Neil Labute - what members say


  • Shape Of Things
  • Shape Of Things review by from Truth Or Consequences, Scotland
    Rated - 3 stars Difficult to like, difficult to judge. Professional relationship cynic Neil LaBute strikes again. 17 March 2004
    ... Phillip (Fred Weller). And then the proverbial really hits the fan... Director Neil Labute follows such sour-tasting social rebuttals as 'In The Company Of Men' and 'Your...  
  • Your Friends And Neighbours
  • Your Friends And Neighbours review by A customer from Plymouth, England
    Rated - 4 stars With Friends Like These... 24 February 2006
    ...ripting and terrific performances are the meat here. With only six characters, Neil Labute manages to run through a whole range of funny, perverse, embarrassing, painful ...  
  • The Wicker Man
  • The Wicker Man review by ColdGround from London
    Rated - 0 stars Is it that true?!?!?! 6 July 2008
    ...ching movies as they are. I learned I can’t be like that otherwise someone like Neil Labute will come to me and put me with Nicholas Cage on top of the bloody scarecrow al...  

Neil Labute - filmography


  • The Wicker Man on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Ellen Burstyn,  Molly Parker
    Director: Neil Labute
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Neil LaBute's THE WICKER MAN stars Nicholas Cage as Edward Malus, a policeman thrust into some dangerous detective work by a series of strange events that begin with a horrific car crash. This incident leaves the cop haunted, with images of the accident replaying in his heavily medicated mind. ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 25,283 members
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  • Shape Of Things on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Gretchen Mol,  Paul Rudd,  Rachel Weisz
    Director: Neil Labute
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Rachel Weisz, Paul Rudd, Gretchen Mol, and Frederick Weller star in Neil LaBute's adaptation of his own stage play, which also featured all four actors. The film focuses on the unlikely romance between precocious art grad student Evelyn (Weisz) and shy English undergraduate Adam (Rudd). As their ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 2,523 members
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  • Possession on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,  Aaron Eckhart,  Jeremy Northam
    Director: Neil Labute
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An American poetry researcher, Roland Michell, travels to England and enlists the help of Doctor Maud Bailey, a British expert on the life of a famous but Victorian poet, to help him piece together the life and love affair of two poets. It's not long before they discover one of their very own...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 2,469 members
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  • Nurse Betty on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Renee Zellweger,  Chris Rock
    Director: Neil Labute
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When small-town waitress Betty Sizemore (Renee Zellweger) accidentally witnesses the grisly murder of her underhanded car-dealing husband (Aaron Eckhart), she copes with the trauma by retreating into a dreamlike state. Not only is Betty completely in denial about her husband's death, but she now ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 2,656 members
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  • In The Company Of Men (1997)
    Starring: Aaron Eckhart,  Stacy Edwards,  Matt Malloy
    Director: Neil LaBute,  Neil Labute
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Passed over for promotion and then ditched by their girlfriends, Chad and Howard aren't just bitter, they're hungry for revenge. Chad has the perfect plan - they'll find a vulnerable young woman, make her fall in love and then break her heart for their own entertainment. But what starts as a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 173 members
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Neil Labute - watch online


  • Wicker Man to Watch Now (2006)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Ellen Burstyn,  Kate Beahan
    Director: Neil Labute
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 102 minutes
    Detective Edward Malus, a troubled man in search of the missing daughter of an old friend on the mysterious island of Summersisle. The seemingly idyllic island off the mainland is home to the private community who lead a traditional pastoral life under the watchful eye of matriarch Sister ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 37% from 29 members
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Neil Labute facts

5 most recent films

Lakeview Terrace - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Lakeview Terrace - 3.0 stars
Wicker Man, The - BLU-RAY Version - 2.0 stars
The Wicker Man - 2.5 stars
Shape Of Things - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

In The Company Of Men - 3.5 stars
Lakeview Terrace - 3.0 stars
Lakeview Terrace - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Possession - 3.0 stars
Nurse Betty - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Wicker Man, The - BLU-RAY Version - 2.0 stars
The Wicker Man - 2.5 stars
Shape Of Things - 2.5 stars
Your Friends And Neighbours - 2.5 stars
Nurse Betty - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Aaron Eckhart - 4 times - show films
Nicolas Cage - 3 times - show films
Kate Beahan - 3 times - show films
Frances Conroy - 3 times - show films
Ellen Burstyn - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Neil LaBute - 3 times - show films