Adam is that no-holds barred, quintessential stereotype of the cinematic nerd, Evelyn is his opposite in every sense, so when the two start dating and Adam begins to transform from dud to dude his friends are not surprisingly intrigued. As you would expect from the man behind ‘Nurse Betty' and ‘In the Company of Men', 'The Shape of Things' has a dark core to its outwardly fun and fluffy heart. Entertaining, but it lacks the quirky genius that marks out some of Labute's previous work.