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Shape Of Things Reviews

2003

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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 relationship progresses, the .. Read more

Starring	Gretchen Mol, Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz
Director	Neil LaBute
Genres	Drama, Romance

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- Adapted from a stage play, this bleak exercise in cruelty retains its theatrical quality, in which dialogue predominates over action and image.
- 33528
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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- - 13
  - 2
  Does Not Deserve The Slatings
  
  I found this to be quite interesting and actually quite enjoyable. I'm not sure why other readers seem to be slating it and as for the 25 minute New Yorker... read more »
  
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  - Raj
  - Croydon
  - 04 Jul 2005 at 16:03
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- - 0
  - 0
  The Shape of Things.
  
  I saw the stage play of this at the Almeida Theatre and enjoyed it. The film has a few more plot strands and diluted the main message. Too stagey for a movie, ... read more »
  
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- - Ann Hall
  - Exeter
  - 30 Mar 2010 at 22:06
- - 0
  - 1
  What a load of crap
  
  What a waste of my evening.
  
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- 863680
- - citygirl
  - 121 reviews
  - London
  - 19 Feb 2010 at 14:49
- - 0
  - 0
  "By the time I'm through here, I'll promise that you'll have the answer."
  
  An insightful and clever film with a mighty sting in its tail, The Shape Of Things is written & directed by Neil LaBute and based on his play of the same ... read more »
  
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- 844160
- - danieljparsons
  - 113 reviews
  - Ashford
  - 02 Jan 2010 at 10:30
- - 0
  - 0
  To explain it is to spoil it
  
  Neil LaBute is my favorite writer/director - can't get enough of him. Dark and funny, but mostly dark. I think this is based on a play of his so it's a ... read more »
  
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- 820614
- - EggsBenedict
  - 1 review
  - Brighton
  - 13 Oct 2009 at 11:17
- - 0
  - 0
  Almost Shaped Up
  
  I very much liked the cleverness of the film's central idea and ending but I felt it was held back badly because it never quite shook off its origins as a ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bournemouth
  - 04 Jan 2009 at 16:50
- - 1
  - 0
  Pants and matching bra
  
  There is high brow and intelligent drama and there is this film. I guess it falls into the classic trap of something that may be good for the stage does not ... read more »
  
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- - Arzhang
  - 1 review
  - Ealing
  - 31 Jul 2008 at 10:31
- - 0
  - 0
  Watchable
  
  I didn't think that this was the waste of two hours that some have said, but it was clear that it had been adapted from a stage play - I think that the ... read more »
  
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- 471356
- - Woolfe
  - England
  - 02 Sep 2007 at 19:19
- - 1
  - 1
  BORING!
  
  Implausible relationships and unsympathetic charaters. Premise wasn't sufficient to overcome frustration or hold interest.
  
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- - a customer
  - Manchester, England
  - 18 Nov 2006 at 09:58
- - 0
  - 0
  Twist At End
  
  .....and that's the one reason why it is just about worth sitting through this film......
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 02 Nov 2006 at 14:55
- - 1
  - 0
  Utterly predictable
  
  This was like a bad student stage play. I thought I'd like it judging from the other reviews - it being 'indy' and 'something different' but... read more »
  
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- 215641
- - Sue
  - London England
  - 07 Mar 2006 at 18:03
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- - 13
  - 2
  Does Not Deserve The Slatings
  
  I found this to be quite interesting and actually quite enjoyable. I'm not sure why other readers seem to be slating it and as for the 25 minute New Yorker... read more »
  
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- 120518
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Raj
  - Croydon
  - 04 Jul 2005 at 16:03
- - 11
  - 4
  Difficult to like, difficult to judge. Professional relationship cynic Neil LaBute strikes again.
  
  Adam (Paul Rudd) is a nerdy museum security guard seduced by art student Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and transformed, much to his friends' dismay, into an ... read more »
  
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- - theOneliner.com
  - Truth Or Consequences, Scotland
  - 17 Mar 2004 at 19:49
- - 9
  - 1
  What's the point
  
  This is an incredibly pointless movie! Having sat through tons of stupid dialogue you are then subjected to a really dumb ending that beggars belief!
  
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- - DebbieD
  - Cambridgeshire
  - 26 Jul 2004 at 17:30
- - 8
  - 0
  Predictable Junk
  
  After reading some other reviews I decided to keep watching this, trouble is about 30 mins in I knew what the ending was going to be.
  
  Idiotic, ... read more »
  
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- 319237
- - Fluid
  - West Yorks
  - 18 Jan 2005 at 01:29
- - 6
  - 2
  booooooooorinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg
  
  i cannot believe how boring this film is, it is not really worth to watch at all.
  
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- 71526
- - a customer
  - cambridge, uk
  - 10 Feb 2005 at 21:47
- - 5
  - 0
  Over-staged
  
  LaBute has adapted his own stage play with the original cast, and nothing has been changed in the transition to film. There are 3 rigidly defined acts and each ... read more »
  
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- - Melon
  - East Sussex
  - 13 Jun 2004 at 16:08
- - 5
  - 3
  The ultimate head fcuk
  
  Sorry for the rather crude heading, but really, that's the best way for me to describe it... :o)
  
  As a huge fan of LaBute's other films, ... read more »
  
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- - Hexen
  - Bristol, England
  - 28 Jul 2004 at 23:31
- - 4
  - 1
  Typical LaBute, bittersweet
  
  A big-screen adaptation of his own stage play, Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things is a very simple story at heart, ostensibly a collection of 5 or 6 very ... read more »
  
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- - MrSnuggly
  - Essex
  - 11 Jul 2004 at 19:49
- - 7
  - 6
  Does anybody know what 'love' is anyway?
  
  Creating romantic dramas that aren't just generic 'chick-flick' clones seems to be an ever increasingly difficult task for film makers. How do you ... read more »
  
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- 7558
- - J.B.
  - W. Midlands
  - 12 Jun 2004 at 11:45
- - 3
  - 0
  I managed 25 minutes..! Pretentious and BORING!
  
  Well - what can I say..? Stinted dialogue, totally non-atmospheric - zero chemistry - a real let down. Very difficult to engage in, even harder to care about ... read more »
  
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- 87220
- - a customer
  - York - where the chocolate's chunky and the men are hunky.
  - 01 Apr 2005 at 09:10

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- Shape Of Things
  
  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 ...