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Guillermo del Toro finally did it, he made a movie that blew me away. I've enjoyed most of his other films (though not his Hellboy movies or Crimson Peak), and The Devil's Backbone is a near masterpiece in horror (and maybe it is, need to see it again), but The Shape of Water is the first of his I absolutely "love." Sure, it's deeply nostalgic to the style of old school Hollywood, harping back to the studio era of filmmaking. So in that way it is already directly speaking to me and holding my interest. Del Toro's film geek leanings are on full display here, and yet he's able to make a - mostly - mainstream sort of movie with it. Every area of craft in the movie is excellent; acting, directing, writing, score, art direction, cinematography, etc. Sally Hawkins is great in her mostly mute performance, she would have done well in silent pictures. I love Richard Jenkins in this, what a wonderful character as well. Octavia Spencer is always good and here her scene with Michael Shannon is electric. Michael Shannon, is, well, Michael Shannoning himself a lot in this, lol. Not to deride his performance, because no ones plays unhinged and angry better than him. Michael Stuhlbarg gives a surprising depth to such an usually stock type of character, he needs to be given more larger roles. The Shape of Water is a movie about outsiders, like many of del Toro's movies, and it feels very socially relevant and inclusive for our times. I'm happy - and surprised - it won Best Picture, the first time in awhile that my favorite film of the year won Best Picture (probably since LOTR: Return of the King).
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