As a movie, I’m not sure what I think.
I feel about it the same way I feel about a painting or sculpture. Do I appreciate the completed piece, or marvel at what must have gone into its production? Would that take away from anything?
The Shape of Water
A Fairy Tale for Troubled Times
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
12/1/2017Runtime
123 minsOverview
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.
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A luminous, painterly romance that transforms the mundane confines of a Cold War laboratory into a dreamlike sanctuary. This is a fairy tale for adults, finding beauty and connection in the strangest of places.
Mood
RomanticMelancholicWistful
Themes
LoveIsolationFreedomComing apart
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
PainterlyHigh-contrastFormalist
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Sexual content
Sally Hawkins
Elisa Esposito
Michael Shannon
Richard Strickland
Richard Jenkins
Giles
Octavia Spencer
Zelda Fuller
Michael Stuhlbarg
Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
Doug Jones
Amphibian Man
David Hewlett
Fleming
Nick Searcy
General Hoyt
Stewart Arnott
Bernard
Nigel Bennett
Mihalkov
Lauren Lee Smith
Elaine Strickland
Martin Roach
Brewster Fuller
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