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The Shape of Water

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

The Shape of Water

2017

Guillermo del Toro

Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer ...

6.4

45,870

Fantasy. Drama. Romance. Thriller An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of silence and isolation. Elisa’s life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Awash with constantly surprising pleasures (...) Guillermo del Toro delivers pure enchantment (...) Centered on an exquisite performance from Sally Hawkins that conveys both delicacy and strength"	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Del Toro is on peak form with this tender, ravishingly imagined romantic fantasy, headlined by an extraordinary Sally Hawkins (...) Spilling artistry, empathy and sensuality from every open pore"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"Without a single weak link in the exceptional cast (...) it’s a film that makes you feel a lot. But overridingly you feel lucky — lucky to be watching it"	POS
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"The director transcends mere pastiche to craft a work that feels like the product of our collective film-going subconscious (...) Del Toro puts his movie love at the service of (...) his characters and his story."	POS
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"A ravishing 60s-set romance, sweet, sad and sexy (...) It feels less of a fevered artistic exercise than his other recent work; more seamless and successful in the way it orders its material (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"Guillermo del Toro channels all the streams that make him unique into 'The Shape Of Water', pouring his heart, soul and considerable craft into an exquisite creature fable"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Like the best bath you’ve ever had, it sends tingles coursing through every part of you that other films don’t reach (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Sexton London Evening Standard	"Beauty has never embraced the beast more enthusiastically than in Guillermo del Toro's touching fantasy (...) A treat if you believe in fairy-tales (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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