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The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

Score: 7.41 / 10

Release Date: December 08, 2017
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Producer: Guillermo del Toro, J. Dale, J. Miles Dale
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer, Stewart Arnott, Lauren Smith
Running Time: 123 minutes

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The Shape of Water movie reviews

  • 9

    The Shape of Water

    Thursday, January 4, 2018 8:45:23 AM | (Age Not Specified)

    It’s an utterly lovely, complacent movie. Dreamy.

  • 9

    The Shape of Water

    Thursday, January 4, 2018 8:42:15 AM | (Age Not Specified)

    Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth and now this are his best. Nice throwback here. His exhibit at the AGO is also really good, especially the Rain Room.

  • 9

    The Shape of Water

    Thursday, January 4, 2018 8:39:27 AM | (Age Not Specified)

    Loved it and will be seeing it again.

  • 10

    The Shape of Water

    Thursday, January 4, 2018 8:38:26 AM | (Age Not Specified)

    There's no sense trying to analyze how he does it. Just dive into the experience. There's magic in it.

  • 9

    The Shape of Water

    Thursday, January 4, 2018 8:34:41 AM | (Age Not Specified)

    “The Shape of Water” is partly a code-scrambled fairy tale, partly a genetically modified monster movie, and altogether wonderful. Guillermo del Toro, the writer and director, is a passionate genre geek. Sometimes his enthusiasm can get the better of his discipline, producing misshapen (but never completely uninteresting) movies like “Pacific Rim” and “Crimson Peak.” At his best, though — in “The Devil’s Backbone,” “Pan’s Labyrinth” and now, at last, again — he fuses a fan’s ardor with a romantic sensibility that is startling in its sincerity. He draws on old movies, comic books, mythic archetypes and his own restless visual imagination to create movies that seem less made than discovered, as if he had plucked them from the cultural ether and given them color, voice and form.

  • 9

    The Shape of Water

    Wednesday, January 3, 2018 9:23:03 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    5 NNNNN's in now, 4.5 in the Star, 7 GG noms, 2 Sag noms, 14 Critic's choice noms but some omelette here has nothing better to do than post 50 one star reviews - like anyone believes the movie is one star!!! Get a grip.

  • 9

    The Shape of Water

    Wednesday, January 3, 2018 9:20:22 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    Silly and predictable ..... really? You've seen anything like this before?!

  • 10

    The Shape of Water

    Wednesday, January 3, 2018 9:19:18 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    "Trip to the bathroom" to change your diaper?

  • 10

    The Shape of Water

    Wednesday, January 3, 2018 9:18:40 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    "Please waste your money" - loser reviewer/overposter. The movie is not one star, it's actually excellent.

  • 9

    The Shape of Water

    Wednesday, January 3, 2018 9:17:17 PM | (Age Not Specified)

    You have no wife. You're the same loser that keeps posting the one star reviews, for your own twisted reason. Too much time on your hands.