Nice film but a bit over-interpreted

Rating: 6/10 (21 March 2018)

"The Shape of Water" tells the story of a young woman, who works as a cleaning lady in a state laboratory and becomes witness of a fish-like human creature that the scientists are trying to gain knowledge about. As she spends more time around the creature, she notices how rough he gets treated and starts to secretly take care of it. Soon after, grave injuries lead her to the decision to rescue the man and hide him, already deeply in love.
It is without question a nice film with many pittoresque details and even as I am really not a fan of the producer's other films, I have to admit that it clearly has its moments. However, this movie is praised as a unique story about racism and its consequences and that it is not. Of course on a certain level the treatment of this creature can be considered racism but really this is just a love story between a human and what seems to be a frightening creature at first, just as, and I'm sorry to say that, Shrek or Avatar are. That doesn't make it a bad movie, it just shows that you shouldn't over-interpret films just because there are big names behind it.
All in all you can surely watch this film and you won't regre it, just don't expect it to be something it's not and enjoy what it is, instead.