Review of The Shape of Water (2017) by Vincent C — 26 Dec 2017
There is a delicate intimacy that is present within The Shape Of Water that makes this movie moving & haunting, creating a story that doesn't force you to search for your humanity but inspires you to instead.
The imagination, vulnerability and quiet power of Eliza Esposito (Sally Hawkins) juxtaposed with the prideful, fearful, and unapologetic violence of Strickland (Michael Shannon) creates a tension that feels like what the 50's represents - on the surface, a clean, progressive, working class, nuclear family centered America, which underneath was boiling with racial tension, anger, fear of others, a "justified" understanding of hatred and a division that still plague us today.
The Shape Of Water & Guillermo Del Toro offer an refreshing ingredient to that pot of boiling indifference with a recognition of life's struggles, the beauty that shows up when you operate through uninhibited love and acceptance, yet the darkness that lurks at many turns in life even when you let love & togetherness rule.
This review of The Shape of Water (2017) was written by Vincent C on 26 Dec 2017.
The Shape of Water has generally received very positive reviews.
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