The Shape of Water Film Review

Finished watching The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon and Doug Jones. The film opens with Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins) going to work in a government facility where she works a a cleaner with her friend Zelda (Octavia Spencer). One day while cleaning they see the transfer of a new "asset" to the facility lead by Colonel Richard Strickland (Michael Shannon) which turns out to be a creature (Doug Jones) from South America which the scientists of the facility also got with Strickland planning to see what makes it tic due to the creature being able to breathe underwater and on land, with the hope to recreate this in order to help within the space race between the Americans and the Russians. Overall this was a good film as it tells a very intriguing love story that is able to bring an amazing amount of emotion and interactions between the cast especially with the two main characters with one being mute and another not being human and barely unable to communicate. The costume and set designs throughout the film are amazing as the film is able to capture the aesthetic of 1960's America exceptionally well, while the designs for the creature within the film are almost breathtaking in places thanks to how it's been designed and how it's been transitioned to the film. 7.5/10.