Overview:
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.| Status: | Released (2017-12-01) |
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| Awards: | Won 4 Oscars. 138 wins & 350 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $63,859,435 |
| Screen: | Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor |
| Productions: | Double Dare You, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Bull Productions, TSG Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Pусский |
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- 39658: Sally Hawkins - Elisa Esposito
- 335: Michael Shannon - Richard Strickland
- 28633: Richard Jenkins - Giles
- 6944: Octavia Spencer - Zelda Fuller
- 72873: Michael Stuhlbarg - Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
- 17005: Doug Jones - Amphibian Man
- 5892: David Hewlett - Fleming
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- 1931968: Shaila D'Onofrio - Stunt Double - Crew
- 1931967: Edward Tracz - Stunt Double - Crew
- 1002652: Dennis Berardi - Visual Effects Supervisor - Visual Effects
- 22483: Sidney Wolinsky - Editor - Editing
- 1445364: Kristin Wayne - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
- 1674252: Mike Hill - Sculptor - Art
- 1415124: Greg Sigurdson - Other - Crew
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Reviews
Gimly
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Not just a love letter to the Creature from the Black Lagoon, but to cinema itself. Del Toro's _The Shape of Water_ is the "Who is the real monster?" question taken to the nth degree, with some some fascinating side-concepts that are explored just enough to be worthwhile. At the end ....
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GDT's first truly great flick. The R-Rated Family Movie schtick always came off as silly or had a story too dull to carry its own weight. Characters and morality are two dimensional; the world functions via cartoon logic. But the love story here is precious. Could be argued it's an a ....
Continue reading ->John Chard
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Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me! Guillermo del Toro directs and co-writes with Vanessa Taylor what would turn out to be the Best Picture Academy Award Winner for 2017. A much loved film that's not without dissention in certain quarters, it's a picture that warrants dissentio ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**It's a good movie, but not as good as I was expecting.** I don't know many Guillermo del Toro movies, but I imagined this movie to be a little similar to “Pan's Labyrinth”, a work that I really liked. So I sat down to watch it with some anticipation. When it ended, I didn't feel ....
Continue reading ->David Navratil
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Just finished watching this movie and despite the other critical reviews I enjoyed it! No I don't think it deserved the BP Oscar but it is the kind of movie that I will be watching again in time! David N.
Continue reading ->GenerationofSwine
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My girlfriend and I called it "the Fish F***er Movie" and that is really what it is...but it's also green, very, very green. Ever wondered how Abe from Hellboy had sex? Well this movie explains it. But honestly, it isn't bad. It's a total period piece. It's beautiful, I mean it ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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I appreciate that this probably isn't to everyone's taste - but I really enjoyed it. Set in 1960s America this is a story about a mute woman "Elisa" (Sally Hawkins) who ends up working as a cleaner at a top secret military facility where an aquatic creature is being held captive/expe ....
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