The Shape of Water (2017)
Country: US/CAN
Technical: col 123m
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlbarg
Synopsis:
A mute but passionate woman living above a cinema has one friend, a commercial illustrator, until she meets an amphibious humanoid being held captive at the top secret research facility where she works as a cleaner.
Review:
Elements from Pan's Labyrinth and Amelie gel to make a charming, Oscar-endearing, trans-species love story. Del Toro's script is almost as much about Shannon's hate-fuelled, racist bully as it is about his imperfect, vulnerable victims. As before, he sets up a manicheistic struggle, only to end with a deus ex machina. That said, there are more arresting images and daring content in this than a dozen ordinary Oscar-winners.
Country: US/CAN
Technical: col 123m
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlbarg
Synopsis:
A mute but passionate woman living above a cinema has one friend, a commercial illustrator, until she meets an amphibious humanoid being held captive at the top secret research facility where she works as a cleaner.
Review:
Elements from Pan's Labyrinth and Amelie gel to make a charming, Oscar-endearing, trans-species love story. Del Toro's script is almost as much about Shannon's hate-fuelled, racist bully as it is about his imperfect, vulnerable victims. As before, he sets up a manicheistic struggle, only to end with a deus ex machina. That said, there are more arresting images and daring content in this than a dozen ordinary Oscar-winners.
Country: US/CAN
Technical: col 123m
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlbarg
Synopsis:
A mute but passionate woman living above a cinema has one friend, a commercial illustrator, until she meets an amphibious humanoid being held captive at the top secret research facility where she works as a cleaner.
Review:
Elements from Pan's Labyrinth and Amelie gel to make a charming, Oscar-endearing, trans-species love story. Del Toro's script is almost as much about Shannon's hate-fuelled, racist bully as it is about his imperfect, vulnerable victims. As before, he sets up a manicheistic struggle, only to end with a deus ex machina. That said, there are more arresting images and daring content in this than a dozen ordinary Oscar-winners.