The Shape of Water Review Venice 2. Stepping away from his big budget studio work on Pacific Rim and Crimson Peak to return closer to the more artisanal territory of his memorable early Spanish language films The Devils Backbone and Pans Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro delivers pure enchantment with The Shape of Water. A dark edged fairy tale as lovingly steeped in vintage movie magic as it is in hypnotic water imagery, this captivating creature feature marries a portrait of morally corrupt early 1. America with an outsider tale of love and friendship molded by a master storyteller. Centered on an exquisite performance from Sally Hawkins that conveys both delicacy and strength, this is a visually and emotionally ravishing fantasy that should find a welcome embrace from audiences starved for imaginative escape. Following Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water shows signs of del Toro having taken on board the criticisms widely leveled at that lush gothic horror melodrama. 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The self described proverbial starving artist, Giles lives with his cats in a Baltimore apartment above a struggling movie palace and directly below the apartment of his only real friend, Elisa Hawkins. Giles is gay, pushed out of his job as an advertising illustrator, its suggested, by a whiff of scandal, and now consumed by unrequited love for the handsome counter staffer Morgan Kelly at a local diner serving sickeningly sweet pies with fake Southern hospitality. DIyEkMKhk73UsXbfMXw43Cr5IY.jpg' alt='The Outsider Full Movie' title='The Outsider Full Movie' />Elisa, too, lives in relative isolation, though her friendship with Giles is matched by an equally affectionate closeness to Zelda Octavia Spencer, her chatty co worker on the midnight cleaning shift at an aerospace research facility. Though her hearing is unimpaired, Elisa is mute, communicating only with sign language. 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But the films refusal to treat the woman humanoid relationship as anything less than a classic, swoon worthy love story, albeit one explored entirely without conventional dialogue, means our rooting interest in the central dynamic is never in doubt. A lesser filmmaker might have rendered all this as simply a gender flipped Splash, but del Toros attention to nuance makes it an utterly transporting fable with very real stakes and convincing political overtones. While the remarkable Hawkins carries every scene with her tender emotional transparency and joyously unabashed desire, the superb work from Jenkins, Stuhlbarg, Shannon and the wryly amusing Spencer along with the vital roles their characters play in the unfolding action makes this a robustly populated story. And the work of Jones cannot be over praised in portraying the creature as a sentient being with a soulful inner life, driven by a yearning no less persuasive than that of Elisa. Complemented throughout by a sumptuously melodic score from Alexandre Desplat, with gentle accordion strains that underline the affecting storys disarming sweetness, along with snatches of the classic musical tunes and corresponding snippets of dance that Giles and Elisa love, this meticulously crafted jewel is del Toros most satisfying work since Pans Labyrinth. Distributor Fox Searchlight. Production company Double Dare You. Cast Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer, Nick Searcy, David Hewlett, Lauren Lee Smith, Martin Roach, Allegra Fulton, John Kapelos, Morgan Kelly. Director Guillermo del Toro. Screenwriter Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor. Story Guillermo del Toro. Producers Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale. Director of photography Dan Lausten. Production designer Paul Denham Austerberry. Costume designer Luis Sequeira. Music Alexandre Desplat. Editor Sidney Wolinsky. Visual effects supervisor Dennis Berardi. 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