Review of The Shape of Water (2017) by A.a. Dowd for The A.V. Club — 12 Sep 2017
The actual animating force of this lushly told bedtime story is Del Toro’s swooning cinephilia, splashed across every available screen-within-the-screen, and expressed through black-and-white musical fantasy sequences, lavish throwback period detail, and the accordion whine of Alexandre Desplat’s wistful cornball score.
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This review of The Shape of Water (2017) was written by A.a. Dowd and published by The A.V. Club on 12 Sep 2017.
The Shape of Water has generally received very positive reviews.
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