Awards Might've Been Unnecessary

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2018)

I love Guillermo del Toro and I love artsy movies, but at its core, The Shape of Water is really just a movie about a lady having sex with a fish man. As a romantic fantasy story, it's pretty cool, but I'm not convinced it deserved Best Picture. The ending is pretty solid, but the entire movie is slow paced and lacking any real thrill. This is not to say The Shape of Water is a bad movie, I just think it was over glorified.