Strange but very interesting

Rating: 9/10 (13 January 2018)

My wife and I really enjoyed this movie!
Visually it is amazing; a masterpiece of direction from Guillermo Del Toro. Lots of interesting things to look at, it's quite beautiful.
The romance is very strange. It's the centerpiece of the film, I guess, and it works well enough. Ironically it is my least favorite part of the movie, there is no personality for the water guy, it falls flat for me.
Everything else works great, though, especially the characters. The neighbor, co-worker and villain are all fantastic.
As with most Del Toro films, there is some disturbing stuff here. I wanted to look away a few times. The contrast between horror and beauty is pretty interesting here.