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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 20 Dec 2017

A wonderfully weird love story that plays like an adult fairy tale, it's a fantastical delight -- and the kind of movie that deserves all the…

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By Karen Han (178) for Vice (43) on 20 Dec 2017

The fact that The Shape of Water's two leads are both incapable of speech doesn't render it any less capable of forging an emotional connection…

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By Kristian M. Lin (336) for Fort Worth Weekly (325) on 19 Dec 2017

This may not be among Del Toro's best films, but this tender love story fully belongs on the same shelf…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 19 Dec 2017

The more I try to find some kind of justifiable meaning and relevance, the more I find The Shape of Water a loopy, lunkheaded load of drivel…

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By James Greenberg (88) for culturevulture.net (793) on 18 Dec 2017

That del Toro can seamlessly meld the whimsical, playful and profound into a moving film is a tribute to his formidable imagination…

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By Kristen Lopez (178) for Culturess (85) on 16 Dec 2017

The Shape of Water is breathtaking to behold and the most romantic movie you'll see about a woman falling in love with a fish man…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 16 Dec 2017

If The Shape of Water never quite breaks out of the confines of what's basically a tale as old as time, it's still an artfully executed diversion…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Deadline Hollywood Daily (332) on 16 Dec 2017

Guillermo Del Toro's magical masterpiece is simply a fever dream of a romantic movie - and then some…

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By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for Playback:stl (411) on 15 Dec 2017

In The Shape of Water, del Toro and co-screenwriter Vanessa Taylor make it appear easy to do something that is really quite difficult-grounding…

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By Max Weiss (198) for Baltimore Magazine (197) on 15 Dec 2017

The Shape of Water is whimsical, boldly original, defiantly weird, occasionally grotesque, and beautifully shot...yet, despite all of that,…

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By John Urbancich (394) for Your Movies (cleveland.com) (472) on 15 Dec 2017

Guillermo del Toro has given us a movie lover's dream in a romantic fantasy/thriller that finds a mute cleaning woman (the brilliant Sally…

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By Diane Carson (151) for KDHX (St. Louis) (284) on 15 Dec 2017

Above all, del Toro convincingly pulls us into his world with water defining every scene, the most powerful element that like love, takes the…

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By Elias Savada (386) for Film International (130) on 15 Dec 2017

you have to admire del Toro for pressing full bore into his make-believe world with such nightmarish whimsy…

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By Erik Henriksen (35) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 15 Dec 2017

The Shape of Water is strange, sweet, and wonderful, and easily the greatest film ever made about a mute cleaning lady who falls in love with…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 15 Dec 2017

Del Toro runs with it, delivering his best effort in years, preserving his idiosyncrasies and extremities with an often wonderfully bizarre movie…

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By Gary M. Kramer (92) for Philadelphia Gay News (21) on 14 Dec 2017

While viewers may have to suspend disbelief for some of the film's plotting and action, the dazzling combination of romance, fantasy and satire…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 14 Dec 2017

The Shape of Water' is one of the best films of the year. It ... has del Toro's fingerprints all over it…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 14 Dec 2017

The Shape of Water is first and foremost a genre picture…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 14 Dec 2017

Enchanting, intelligent, tender, and profoundly human with a perfect balance of Truth and Spectacle. One of the best films of the year…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 14 Dec 2017

Guillermo del Toro's latest is a virtuosic love letter to classic cinema of multiple eras and genres…

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