Avoid at all costs

Rating: 1/10 (14 January 2018)

I WAS a big del toro fan until I saw this dross. It is so transparently racially and gender political that I had to turn it off despite investing almost 2 hours in it, a rarity for me to be so appalled.
It's nothing to do with an open mind, this movie depicts a typical working class white male with a nuclear family as the ultimate villain whilst a mute outcast consummates with a living fish man.
Also depicts another working class white male as a villain, who turns down the advances of a gay man old enough to be his grandfather in a scene where he is also suddenly revealed to be a racist.
Of course, if you don't want to have anal sex with your grandad, you must by definition also be an evil racist.
What a crime in general it is to be a white male taxpayer these days. The movie is utterly offensive. The plot is straightforward and linear.
The only redeeming quality is Michael Shannon's performance as the evil white man, another actor of who I am a big fan. However I'm not sure I can respect, enjoy or watch him anymore after his willingness to participate in this utter dross.