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The Shape of Water (2017)

Directed by Guillermo del Toro

Fantasy | Drama | Romance

Most recently watched by lordofthemovies, zombiefreak, sleestakk

Overview

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

Rated R | Length 123 minutes

Actors

Sally Hawkins | Michael Shannon | Richard Jenkins | Octavia Spencer | Michael Stuhlbarg | Doug Jones | David Hewlett | Nick Searcy | Stewart Arnott | Nigel Bennett | Lauren Lee Smith | Martin Roach | Allegra Fulton | John Kapelos | Morgan Kelly | Marvin Kaye | Dru Viergever | Wendy Lyon | Cody Ray Thompson | Diego Fuentes | Madison Ferguson | Jayden Greig | Karen Glave | Danny Waugh | Dan Lett | Deney Forrest | Brandon McKnight | Clyde Whitham | Jonelle Gunderson | Cameron Laurie | Evgeny Akimov | Sergey Nikonov | Vanessa Oude-Reimerink | Alexey Pankratov | Shane Clinton Jarvis | Dave Reachill | Amanda Smith | Maxine Grossman | Matthew MacCallum

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/31/2018Home TheaterBlu-rayBorrowed9.5 stars
01/27/2018Movie ScreenDigitalTheater10 stars
 

Viewing Notes

del Toro’s best film since PAN’S LABRYNTH, easily. This film creates such a dense, layered world and gives its characters great depth with such economy. I really enjoy how it defies genre conventions and is truly its own work of fantasy. And the cast is outstanding.

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