The Shape Of Water

Rating: 7/10 (21 April 2019)

The Shape of Water
(2017)
Dir: Guillermo Del Toro
Okay so considering this film won "Best Picture" I needed to see what the hype was about for myself. Now Del Toro is notorious for creative wonderful worlds and unique stories with fantastic creatures in his films. The only complaint I have about this creature, is that it is eerily similar to Abe from "Hellboy" same actor same director but different character. The story telling was amazingly done and I enjoyed every minute of the film. Michael Shannon once again proves that he is amazing at playing a villain. I thought it was great that the creature was mostly practical effects (a guy in a suit) rather than depending solely on CGI. The ending was kind of expected, and there are a handful of cringeworthy scenes. Nothing is really held back in the sense of it being a film that is straight forward. The rewatch ability depends on wether I want to show the film to someone. Other than that I don't really think I would rewatch on my own. I can certainly see why it won best picture given the style and art of the film. Although I haven't seen the other films except for "Get Out".
4/5 solid. No more and no less.