The Shape of Water
The Shape of Water Directed by : Guillermo del Toro Written by : Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor Starring : Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Doug Jones & Michael Stuhlbarg Rating : 14A Release Date : December 22, 2017 Michael Shannon interrogates Sally Hawkins & Octavia Spencer in The Shape of Water Image Source I am not a Guillermo Del Toro fan. Hellboy was a half decent action flick, but it's sequel was a long trip into a fantastical orgy of banality, Pacific Rim, while featuring a damn cool monologue from the underused Idris Elba, was too aggressively stupid to suspend disbelief. Even Pan's Labyrinth , while interesting, seemed to fizzle out and go nowhere. I mean, I get why people like his films, and the guy is no doubt imaginative, but I'm not a fan. Still, curiosity got the best of me; why had a guy behind so many duds and the lacklustre impotent-vampire series The Strain won the Oscar for both Best Direc