Opinion

Rating: 9/10 (25 June 2018)

Pans Labyrinth was a 10, and it edges this film, in my humble opinion. As with all of the director's films it really is stunning to look at.
I don't know if this has been said before but surely the film is about the fact (unless you're religious and believe in a God) that we all came from the sea? Fish people! The egg is a clue.
The Amphibian wasn't the monster, his tormentor, Strickland, was the monster. You have a disabled woman, a black woman, a gay man, all minorities. Sally Hawkins is unable to talk, just like the amphibian. They connect. Was she in fact an amphibian in the first place, having been found near the river as an orphan baby. She had gills. Back to the beginning.
The message at the end? Well, it looks like we might have to go back to the beginning as we really have messed up the world we have created, so best to start again.
Now, where's my egg.