The Shape of Water

Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water was the director's best movie since Pan's Labyrinth and our second-favorite movie of 2017. We included it because we believe that del Toro's best at directing smaller, more intimate stories, rather than major blockbusters.

At its core, The Shape of Water was a love story (similar to Beauty and the Beast, perhaps), but everyone could appreciate it as a monster movie with a human monster, a classic fairy tale with horror movie accents, and a visual spectacle.

The cast was excellent. Michael Shannon was perfect as the human-monster main antagonist, and a prosthetics-clad Doug Jones did an amazing job as the amphibian man. But ultimately, Sally Hawkins carried the film as the mute janitor who befriended the Asset and fell in love with it at the end.

The Shape of Water is definitely a must-see movie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFYWazblaUA