"The Shape of Things" is the third part of Neil LaBute's unofficial trilogy dealing with gender politics (the others being "In the Company of Men" and "Your Friends & Neighbors). Unrelentingly scathing and thought-provoking, LaBute has crafted a fascinating tale about how easily one can be manipulated by the opposite sex. Whereas "In the Company of Men" and "Your Friends & Neighbors" brilliantly dissected misogynistic alpha-males (Aaron Eckhart and Jason Patric, respectively), "The Shape of Things" instead turns its attention to women who use their sex to dominate men. Rachel Weisz' s Evelyn is the embodiment of this type of woman and her control over Paul Rudd's painfully meek Adam is disturbingly plausible. The conclusion is one of the most shocking in recent memory and takes absolutely no prisoners. Highly recommended.

Each film can teach us something. Whether we want to try to pull something from the web is a different story.

In this case I believe that the woman character made some very good points about relationships and the human ability to 'sculpt' another being. Although, we realize and understand that measures such as these should not be taken to prove ones point.

Through this surprising out turn of events, we learn to empathize with various viewpoints, however different their approach in terms of actions taken would be from ours in the context of the film.

Gretchen Mol and Rachel Weisz should do another movie together; you know, they could be partners of some type.

i'm reading the ending is great but seriously if you can't hook me within the first 15 minutes then you've lost me.