Flawlessly reaches its full potential

Rating: 7/10 (8 March 2018)

There's no much to say about "The Shape of Water": it's a film with a clear vision and it accomplishes that vision to the very last detail. It is impossible to doubt the charm of this film - whether or not a viewer will surrender to this charm is purely a mater of taste.
You are more likely to be spell-bound by this film if you also liked:
*The aesthetics of "Amelie"
*The weirdness of "Pan's Labyrinth"
*The emotions of films about lonely people and unlikely friendships (say "Harold and Maude")
*The tension and adventure scenes in "E.T. the Extraterrestrial"
*The fairytale archetypes found in The Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid