The Shape of Things

United States, France, United Kingdom

2003

96 Min

Color

2.35:1

English

Currently 3.1/5 Stars.
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PROD Neil LaBute, Andrew Lipson, Gail Mutrux, Philip Steuer, Rachel Weisz

CAST Rachel Weisz, Paul Rudd, Gretchen Mol, Fred Weller

PROD DES Christopher H. Lawrence, Lynette Meyer

SOUND Richard E. Yawn

Sundance (Premieres), Tribeca (Special Screenings), Karlovy Vary (Horizons)

Synopsis

A contemporary story of love, sex and art, set in a college town, that follows the steadily intensifying relationship between Evelyn and Adam. As Evelyn strengthens her hold on Adam, his emotional and physical evolution discomforts his friends Jenny and Philip, with unexpected consequences for all. By turns, hopeful and harsh, the collegiate quartet deals with the conflicting human desires for autonomy and connection, truth and love, and the notion that seduction is an art. –Inbaseline

Director

Neil LaBute

Neil LaBute is a writer, director, and playwright. His first film, In the Company of Men, debuted at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival and won the dramatic Filmmakers Trophy. Nurse Betty (2000) screened at Cannes. LaBute has written plays that have been performed on stages around the world, including Bash: Latter Day Plays (2000), The Mercy Seat (2002), The Shape of Things (2003), and reasons to be pretty (2009), which was nominated for three Tony Awards. He is also the author of the short story collection Seconds of Pleasure. –Sundance