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Synopsis: While visiting an art museum, a nerdy college student named Adam meets an iconoclastic artist named Evelyn and is instantly smitten. As their relationship develops, she gradually encourages Adam to change in various ways that surprise his older friends, Jenny and Philip. However, as events progress, Evelyn's antics become darker and darker as her influence begins to twist Adam and his friends in hurtful ways.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Neil LaBute
Production: Focus Features
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
R
Year:
2003
96 min
$662,763
2,778 Views


PDA.

What?

Public display of affection.

Oh.

I'm not used to that.

No?

I don't mind.

Really?

Nah. Whose business is it? Ours, right?

Kiss if we want to. Make love

in a bathroom stall. Who cares?

I'd start with

the administration.

Why should they? We're two

adults. We know what we're doing.

I think this is a bigger discussion

than before Jenny and Philip get here.

Whatever.

Oh, no, I mean...

I'd love to have it with you...

uh, the discussion.

And I agree... somewhat.

I understand.

No, another time

we'll definitely discuss it.

"Another time."

I'd rather do it.

We'll, let me go

check the men's room.

You amaze me.

And you amaze me.

You do. Look at you.

It's just a little jogging.

I'm very proud of you.

Thank you...

Henry Higgins.

What's that?

That's from a book.

Well, it's a play actually.

Not the one we're seeing,

though, is it?

No, we're... seeing Medea.

Oh, yeah, right.

I read this as an undergrad.

I like it.

Should I be nervous?

No, not too much.

I mean, unless we have kids.

Now, what about you?

What about me?

I don't know anything

about you. Yes, you do.

I don't. Not really.

- Where am I from?

- Illinois, near Chicago.

- Sign.

- Gemini, I think.

- The twins, yes. - Does that mean

that you have a split personality?

No, it means I was

born in June. Ah. Okay.

Anything else you wanna know?

Why do you like me?

- What?

- Why would you like me?

I'm not anything. I mean...

Don't do that, okay? That's the

only thing about you I don't like.

What you see in yourself

or don't see.

F***in' insecurities.

Sorry.

Do you like me?

of course.

And do I appear to like you? Huh? Yeah.

I mean, it seems like

it, yes. I do like you.

Do I seem to know my

own mind? No question.

So dont you trust me, then, to know

how I feel? Yeah... No, you're right...

I mean,

don't worry about "why..."

when... "what"

is right in front of you.

Those are very wise words...

from someone

with such a great ass.

Kiss me...

Grasshopper.

Ah-ah-ah!

PDA.

I don't think anybody wants

to watch you kiss, Adam.

Hi, guys.

Hey, Phil.

Hello.

Hi.

Hey!

Evelyn,

this is Philip.

Hello.

Hi.

And his fiance, Jenny.

Hi.

Hey.

So, should we

grab our tickets?

Adam,

what's up with you?

Did you

lose weight?

Um... a little,

maybe.

No, it's...

He cut his hair or something.

That's it, right?

Right.

Yeah, well, uh, both,

sort of.

Huh.

Okay, so, let's, uh...

Come on.

Oh.

So tell me this again. You

guys are gonna... Underwater.

We're gonna get married

underwater.

You gotta be kidding me. Like in those

Life magazine photos you see, or whatever.

Is that, like,

a... California thing?

No. We wanted

to try something bold.

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Neil LaBute

Neil N. LaBute (born March 19, 1963) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best-known for a play that he wrote and later adapted for film, In the Company of Men (1997), which won awards from the Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards, and the New York Film Critics Circle. He wrote and directed the films Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Possession (2002) (based on the A.S. Byatt novel), The Shape of Things (2003) (based on his play of the same name), The Wicker Man (2006), Some Velvet Morning (2013), and Dirty Weekend (2015). He directed the films Nurse Betty (2000), Lakeview Terrace (2008), and the American adaptation of Death at a Funeral (2010). LaBute created the TV series Billy & Billie, writing and directing all of the episodes and is also creator of the TV series Van Helsing. He also directed several episodes for shows such as Hell on Wheels and Billions. more…

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