An arduous battle in avoiding permanent cringeface.

Rating: 1/10 (22 May 2018)

A painful experience that you'd wish you got paid for to experience rather than pay someone else so that you may go through it.
The story is very weak, nothing original or inspired, even down to the design of the creature.
Make sure to bring your politically correct check-list on this one. It's a terribly convenient panderfest to many modern social topics, Hollywood's biases proudly shining through on this pile of fecal matter in loud desperation so obvious as to kill any potential saving graces this film may have had, yes I am liberal leaning, but not such a fragile child I need my politics coddled every 10 minutes..
Speaking of saving graces, the only one I can think of is the authentic feeling of the environment, nothing new, but it gets the job done well enough for the film.
Other than that, it's a major bore fest, loads of empty air, many "why did we waste time on this plot path?" moments, plenty of illogical points(if the creature is so dangerous, why aren't there permanent guards? Why can the creature so easily get out of the top of it's tank?) etc etc...
And to add more insult to injury, it got best picture...This film will help you down the path of an existential crisis as to the state of the entertainment industry.
The only thing good to come of this movie is the scathing review I've decided to write for it for therapeutic purposes, so thank you Mr. Del Toro. please quit while you're ahead...