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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 |
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| 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.
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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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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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What a load of crap
What a waste of my evening.
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"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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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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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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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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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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BORING!
Implausible relationships and unsympathetic charaters. Premise wasn't sufficient to overcome frustration or hold interest.
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Twist At End
.....and that's the one reason why it is just about worth sitting through this film......
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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 »