Neil LaBute

Neil LaBute

Date of Birth: 19 Mar 1963

Country: USA

Biography: With his true-to-life cynical and self-absorbed characters and all-too-true social themes, LaBute has firmly established himself as an unforgiving judge of the ugliest side of human nature.

Total Credits at Criticker: 4 (Actor), 17 (Director), 17 (Writer), 2 (Creator)

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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (4) | Director (17) | Writer (17) | Creator (2)

    In the Company of Men
    A psychological love triangle set within 90's corporate culture. (Sony Picture Classics)
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    Nurse Betty
    A Kansas City waitress (Renee Zellweger) with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband (Aaron Eckhart) murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancee of her soap opera idol (Greg Kinnear). What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goes to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist... (imdb)
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    Possession
    Roland Michell is an Americian trying to make it in the difficult world of British Academics. He has yet to break out from under his mentor's shadow until he finds a pair of love letters in the textbook that once belonged to one of his idols, a famous long dead Victorian poet. Michell, after some sleuthing around, narrows down the suspects to a woman not his wife, another well known Victorian poet. Roland enlists the aid of a Dr. Maud Bailey, an expert on the life of the woman in question... (imdb)
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    The Shape of Things
    A story of love, sex and art, set in a college town, that follows the steadily intensifying relationship between Evelyn & Adam.
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    Your Friends & Neighbors
    Theater instructor Jerry starts an affair with Mary, and that starts a chain of events that affect their respective partners Terri and Barry and other characters in the film, creating a web of relationships. (imdb)
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    The Wicker Man
    While recovering from a tragic accident on the road, the patrolman Edward Malus receives a letter from his former fiancée Willow, who left him years ago without any explanation, telling that her daughter Rowan is missing. Edward travels to the private island of Summerisle, where Willow lives in an odd community that plant fruits, and she reveals that Rowan is actually their daughter... (imdb)
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    Lakeview Terrace
    An LAPD officer (Jackson) will stop at nothing to force out the interracial couple who just moved in next door. (imdb)
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    Bash: Latter-Day Plays
    The movie comprises three vignettes of actors-speaking-to-audience. Two are monologues, and one is a duet (Flockhart plays two of the roles). All three revolve around Mormonism and violence (or murder).
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    Death at a Funeral
    A funeral ceremony turns into a debacle of exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies.
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    Tumble
    Tumble (2000) - Short Film
    A Sundance Festival short film narrated by Neil Labute.
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    Some Velvet Morning
    Fred arrives at Velvet's doorstep, suitcases in tow. He tells her that he has finally left his wife to be with her, which is news to Velvet since she has not seen him in years and is now with Fred's recently married son. As Fred's hopes crash to earth during a conversation brimming with passion, remorse, humor and anger, the twisted heart of a fascinating relationship is revealed.
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    Sexting
    Sexting (2010) - Short Film
    Sexting follows the twists and turns in the complicated love lives of two twentysomethings, Breslin (Sex and the City's Jason Lewis) and Carly Pope, as they navigate the world of digital dating. In order to get into a relationship, these two must first untangle themselves from the significant others they've been managing through their BlackBerrys. A quirky, quick-witted look at courtship in the 21st Century, Sexting is a very modern take on the classic romantic comedy.
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    Dirty Weekend
    Colleagues Les and Natalie are delayed in the Albuquerque airport. Restless, irritated, and unable to stand the service workers he meets at every turn, Les heads downtown. Natalie refuses to leave his side and discovers that his supposedly aimless wandering has more of a point than he is willing to admit. Natalie conceals secrets of her own, though neither can keep them quiet for long. A rapport grows between them, and soon they search out a spark of excitement in this most unlikely of locales. (imdb)
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    Hell on Wheels
    Hell on Wheels (2011) - TV Series
    Cullen Bohannon, a former soldier and slaveholder, follows the track of a band of Union soldiers, the killers of his wife. This brings him to the middle of one of the biggest projects in US history, the building of the transcontinental railroad. After the war years in the 1860s, this undertaking connected the prospering east with the still wild west. (imdb)
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    Out of the Blue
    Connor, a man whose dull life is transformed into a thrilling fantasy world thanks to the seductive Marilyn.
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    House of Darkness
    Justin Long and Kate Bosworth star in this seductive thriller from director Neil LaBute (The Wicker Man). Driving home to her secluded estate after meeting at a local bar, a player out to score thinks his beautiful, mysterious date will be another casual hook-up. While getting acquainted, their flirtation turns playful, sexy and sinister. Hoping to get lucky, his luck may have just run out. (imdb)
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    Fear the Night
    Follows Iraqi war veteran Tes, as she prepares to strike back after a group of home invaders attack during her sister's bachelorette party, and she discovers that they are hellbent on not leaving any witnesses behind.
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