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The Shape of Water

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 59m
  •  (1,462)
  • 87

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Guillermo del Toro

Producer:

J. Miles Dale

Writer:

Vanessa Taylor

Release Date:

Dec 8, 2017

Runtime:

1hr 59m

Synopsis

An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment.

Cast

  • Sally Hawkins
  • Michael Shannon
  • Richard Jenkins
  • Octavia Spencer
  • Michael Stuhlbarg
  • Doug Jones
  • David Hewlett
  • Nick Searcy
  • Stewart Arnott
  • Nigel Bennett

Atom User Reviews

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Verified Review
#smart
#original

Del Toro’s genius for wonderful story telling and creature design really stands out, making this his best movie since Pan’s Labyrinth. Sally Hawkins (Eliza Esposito) and Doug Jones ( Amphibian Man) both turn in a wordless performances that get across the star-crossed romance between these two.

4 of 4 helpful votes
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Sam F
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#stupid
#boring
#wasteoftime

I want my two hours of my life back!

4 of 5 helpful votes
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Joshua V
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Metacritic

87
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Based on 53 Critics
7.0

USER SCORE (1067)

Generally favorable reviews based on 1067 Reviews
63
Dec 14, 2017

The Shape of Water is first and foremost a genre picture. And as that, it’s a loving homage to cinema from an age where movies couldn’t be as obvious about this forbidden subject or that unspoken sexuality. It’s a good film of its type, just not a great one.

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Metacritic review by Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Movie Nation
80
Sep 12, 2017

Del Toro always renders his films’ social critiques in fantastical and imaginative images, and The Shape of Water is among his best, with a creature that’s both fully reptilian and strangely human.

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Alissa Wilkinson
Vox
80
Sep 3, 2017

There’s enough magic, and extraordinary visual imagination, to smooth the edges of the movie’s problems.

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Stephanie Zacharek
Time
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