Quiet, unassuming Adam is changing in a major way, thanks to his new girlfriend, art student Evelyn. Adam's friends are a little freaked by the transformation.
With outstanding performances from Rudd and Weisz, this is an unsettling, provocative and nasty little gem.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
12 May 2003
fresh:
In The Shape of Things, love doesn't just hurt: It bites, and bites deep.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2003
rotten:
The facial jewellery, Elvis Costello music and cell phones notwithstanding, you keep expecting these people to challenge each other to duels with rapiers at dawn.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
16 May 2003
fresh:
There's an immediacy to many scenes that's hard to deny. These people get under your skin and gnaw away.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2003
rotten:
When the players themselves are conceived this superficially, LaBute winds up invalidating his own point.