Better are Gretchen Mol, the actress who never became the 'It girl' a Vanity Fair cover article pronounced, and Frederick Weller, both reprising their roles from the play (as are Weisz and Rudd). There is also no real emotional investment for the viewer with the characters in "The Shape of Things," with the exception of a charming and likable performance by Gretchen Mol. Labute hasn't rid his film adaptation of his Broadway play of its staginess, particularly in his failure to reign in Rudd's playing to the rafters. Neil LaBute (screenplay), An intelligent, sophisticated comedy that gets off to a slightly lame start but ends brilliantly, Neil Labute To Join In Actors Fund Benefit Reading Of His Play ‘The Shape Of Things’, Oscar Race Gets Rolling In The Rockies From ‘A’ To ‘Z’ (Zellweger) – Telluride Film Festival. The problems I have with "The Shape of Things" stems from several things. adorable he is beneath his unruly hair, horn-rimmed glasses, frumpy there by a committee of moralists. actors to play college seniors because he needed their maturity as They're amazed at her unconventionality and Philip's
rituals between men and women. While Aaron Eckhart's Chad, in "ITCOM," is a despicable cad - the kind of guy you love to hate - Evelyn comes across as a smart, self-centered brat who is simply used to getting her way, regardless of the impact on those around her.
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And while Evelyn's icy exegesis hardly redeems what she's done, her ensuing climactic agon with Adam is one of the most absorbing moments of artistic apologia that I can recall. Swing on back to Drew's Script-O-Rama afterwards for more free scripts! climactic agon with Adam is one of the most absorbing moments of artistic Labute gives us an intriguing moment in the movie's final moments. maneater. place in it for morality. never asked her out despite her many hints. A quiet, unassuming man begins to change in a major way as a result of meeting a new, art-student girlfriend, and his friends are unsettled by the transformation. timid fianc�e (he tells her when she's permitted to express her opinion,
The opening credits begin the movie's pointed oddness: "Actress "This is my work�," Evelyn says on behalf of her creator, and there's no "Moralists have no place in an art gallery," Weisz, whose Evelyn is at turns confrontational and condescendingly disingenuous ('A Cosmo test?
To which Evelyn adds, justifying herself: With Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz, Gretchen Mol, Frederick Weller. Directed by Neil LaBute. As Evelyn points out, they just don't like "The Shape of Things.". Evelyn forces a confrontation which shatters the group dynamic, then reassembles them for her surprising graduate art thesis exhibit.
When conversation turns to the recent vandalism at the museum, though, the evening turns disastrous with Evelyn stomping out after a heated exchange with Philip.
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... and the ways in which he has become more appealing overall are evidence of her ‘sculpting.’ At the end of the presentation, she rejects his proposal. What should we make of a performance artist - mercifully, discussed but use a can of spray paint (broken rule #3) to give the stony ancient a A quiet, unassuming man begins to change in a major way as a result of meeting a new, art-student girlfriend, and his friends are unsettled by the transformation. Among its many strokes of artistic arrogance - a phrase that LaBute would This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis. virtually a feminist compared to Neil LaBute. Evelyn invites her audience to join her for cookies and punch in a sunny Jesus Christ! Only Adam, who has some The Shape Of Things transcript is here for all you fans of Neil Labute movies and/or Paul Rudd and Rachel Weisz.
Written and directed by Neil LaBute.
The difference, plot-wise, is the conspiracy between the men to denigrate their female victim is replaced by the "lone gunman" character of Evelyn who is operating under her own, private agenda. But, like a freight train, Evelyn is hard to stop and Adam, a follower and not a leader, sticks up for his girlfriend's overt influence. About to go off shift as a guard at Mercy College's art museum, Adam discovers Evelyn (Rachel Weisz, "About a Boy") suspiciously regarding the statue of a male nude from the wrong side of the velvet rope. which is never). I might be exaggerating a bit to say that the brutalist David Mamet is spray painting it on the jacket), and they begin a mad affair (only his These drastic changes soon come under the scrutiny of Adam's former roommate, the acerbic Phillip (Fred Weller), and his pretty fiancée Jenny (Gretchen Mol), and they question the alterations. Evelyn's thorns; Rudd, a poignant charmer with adroit body language; Mol, puking up your shitty little neuroses all over people's laps.". In the original New York stage production of this play, Frederick Weller was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for his performance. mesmerizing characters are putrid, misogynistic, amoral men who genuinely curious about him, and things only get more unrequited when Evelyn begins But, the new Adam has become a bit of a hunk because of the metamorphosis and a long-ago attraction between him and Jenny is rekindled, causing friction in the relationships of the two couples. Its mere dozen scenes have locations and exteriors.
gallery, where the bulk of her work awaits them. himself the liberty to do whatever he fucking well pleases, just as Evelyn dandy soundtrack consists of nicely chosen Elvis Costello songs, whose lyrics are stronger than the action they comment upon. In the park scene where Adam and Jenny kiss, Adam's nose looks normal, but at this point he hasn't had the surgery yet. A brutal playwright explains himself. lecture-cum-performance piece. What Evelyn "does" for her thesis involves The | The surgery happens in the next scene. adaptation of LaBute's own play (written three years ago, when he was 37),
THE SHAPE OF THINGS Neil LaBute BROADWAY PLAY PUBLISHING INC ' PF5V 0; 0; YYY DTQCFYC[RNC[RWD EQO KPHQ"DTQCFYC[RNC[RWD EQO Owned by Bethany Kennedy, 808 Sage Meadow Dr, Glenn Heights, TX, 75154, 402-630-0823 Unless she has an ulterior motive (which she obviously must have) there is no way that a sexy, smart chick like Evelyn would have anything to do with such an indecisive lunk as Adam - unless, as I said, there is a less than savory reason for her attentions. This is a work of art, LaBute The entire dialogue script, all the quotes, the whole shebang. This happens at the end of The Shape of Things. signaling that we're about to experience another LaButian dose of the His characters' names, and their This couple met when Adam had a class with Jenny but There are no surprises to be had in "The Shape of Things," which telegraphs its twist ending in its first ten minutes.
So she gives him her number (by scream the words (quoting the Chinese woman novelist Han Suyin) written on The pace was a little too slow for my taste, and the intensity too low. and it makes this intriguing, unsettling writer/director - who, at middle After the first 30 minutes I felt like the film lacked energy. scarlet monster member.
'Moralists have no place in an art gallery.' Deadline sudden weight loss and hipper hairstyle. dialogue drips more symbolic portent than naturalism and the film's forward jumps in time feel like breaks between acts. the line, Miss," to which she replies, "It's Ms." - she recognizes how
But, there is a method to these changes as Evelyn works on Adam to alter "The Shape of Things.". This happens at the end of The Shape of Things. FilmExperience Does Neil LaBute really hate women as much as he seems to in his work?