The Vidiot Reviews....

Rating: 7/10 (14 March 2018)

The Shape of Water
The upside to a having a fish-man on your superhero squad is they can unclog any toilet.
Surprisingly, the hybrid in this fantasy isn't affiliated with any sequential art.
When a military colonel (Michael Shannon) arrives at a top-secret aquarium with a mysterious sea-creature in tow, the facility's mute cleaning lady Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is inexplicably drawn to the cryptic convict.
While she and her co-worker (Octavia Spencer) are warned not to interact with the army's asset (Doug Jones), Elisa lunches with it anyways. When she learns of its imminent dissection, she enlists her neighbor (Richard Jenkins) and a scientist (Michael Stuhlbarg) to help free her new friend.
Steeped in classic monster movie ethos, writer/director Guillermo del Toro crafts beautifully shot fan fiction of the Creature from the Black Lagoon and, in the process, manages to make his crossover masterpiece.
The downside to dating a fish-man, however, is permanent shrinkage. Green Light
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