Fantasy love drama

Rating: 7/10 (20 March 2018)

Another movie that will have a lot of lovers and haters. You can count me in the people that like The Shape Of Water. I didn't expect anything else when I saw it was a movie by Guillermo Del Toro. His trademark of weird dark fantasy movies is something you have to like to appreciate his movies. If you didn't like Pan's Labyrinth or Hellboy then just don't watch this one because you won't like it either. But if you do just go ahead and enjoy the show. I don't say it's his best movie, to me that's still Pan's Labyrinth, but it's certainly worth watching. The makeup and effects are very good, as is the cast. Sally Hawkins as Elisa Esposito, playing a mute in love with the creature, did a very good job. Michael Shannon, he just never disappoints. He's one of those actors that can play anything. The story is a fantasy drama, a love story between a mute and a strange water creature. Nothing fantastic as a story but the execution makes it worth watching.