The Shape of Things

• Gretchen Mol: Jenny
• Paul Rudd: Adam Sorenson
• Rachel Weisz: Evelyn Ann Thompson
• Fred Weller: Phillip

The Shape of Things ( Alternative title: The measure of things ) is an American- French-British film drama directed by Neil LaBute from the year 2003.

Action

The literature student Adam Sorenson casual job as a museum guard. He learns in the museum art student Evelyn Ann Thompson, with whom he enters into a relationship. Evelyn greatly affects the life of Adam. She wants to, among other things, that he sees his friends Jenny and Phillip rare.

Phillip was once a roommate of Sorenson. The relationship with his friend Jenny deep trouble. Adam is kissed in one of the scenes of Jenny.

Adam learns that he was the object of a project for Evelyn study in which it comes to manipulate a man. He argues with her ​​and insulted her. She says she had influenced him positively and made ​​him a more interesting people. Evelyn leaves Adam, who at the end look at old photographs of his ex-girlfriend.

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews, the film is the earlier film LaBute's In the Company of Men similar and could appeal to the same audience. He was a convoluted love story about manipulation, about the loss of innocence and the brutality of betrayal.

The lexicon of international film wrote that the film was an " as screwball comedy directed film adaptation of a uncompromising and provocative theater piece about gender struggles, manipulation and fixing them on the outward appearance ."

Background

The plot is based on a play by Neil LaBute, which was premiered on 24 May 2001 at London's Almedia Theatre. The roles were cast with the same actors as in the movie.

The film was shot in Los Angeles and Camarillo ( California). His cost of production was estimated at 4 million U.S. dollars. The film had its world premiere on 18 January 2003 at the Sundance Film Festival. He was shown in the U.S. in 40 theaters in which he recorded about 173,000 U.S. dollars.