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The Shape of Water

  • 20172017
  • RR
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
425K
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POPULARITY
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Doug Jones and Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water (2017)
An other-worldly fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment.
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At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
425K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
758
24
    • Guillermo del Toro
    • Guillermo del Toro(screenplay by)
    • Vanessa Taylor(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Sally Hawkins
    • Octavia Spencer
    • Michael Shannon
    • Guillermo del Toro
    • Guillermo del Toro(screenplay by)
    • Vanessa Taylor(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Sally Hawkins
    • Octavia Spencer
    • Michael Shannon
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    • 1.7KUser reviews
    • 1KCritic reviews
    • 87Metascore
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    • Won 4 Oscars

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    Doug Jones and Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water (2017)
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    Sally Hawkins
    Sally Hawkins
    • Elisa Esposito
    Octavia Spencer
    Octavia Spencer
    • Zelda Fuller
    Michael Shannon
    Michael Shannon
    • Richard Strickland
    Doug Jones
    Doug Jones
    • Amphibian Man
    Richard Jenkins
    Richard Jenkins
    • Giles
    Michael Stuhlbarg
    Michael Stuhlbarg
    • Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
    David Hewlett
    David Hewlett
    • Fleming
    Nick Searcy
    Nick Searcy
    • General Hoyt
    Stewart Arnott
    Stewart Arnott
    • Bernard
    Nigel Bennett
    Nigel Bennett
    • Mihalkov
    Lauren Lee Smith
    Lauren Lee Smith
    • Elaine Strickland
    Martin Roach
    Martin Roach
    • Brewster Fuller
    Allegra Fulton
    Allegra Fulton
    • Yolanda
    John Kapelos
    John Kapelos
    • Mr. Arzoumanian
    Morgan Kelly
    Morgan Kelly
    • Pie Guy
    Marvin Kaye
    Marvin Kaye
    • Burly Russian
    Dru Viergever
    Dru Viergever
    • Military Policeman
    Wendy Lyon
    Wendy Lyon
    • Sally (Secretary)
      • Guillermo del Toro
      • Guillermo del Toro(screenplay by) (story by)
      • Vanessa Taylor(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      Director Guillermo del Toro said about Sally Hawkins, "Not only was she the first choice, she was the only choice. I wrote the movie for Sally, I wrote the movie for Michael [Shannon]... Sally is -- I wanted the character of Elisa to be beautiful, in her own way, not in a way that is like a perfume commercial kind of way. That you could believe that this character, this woman would be sitting next to you on the bus. But at the same time she would have a luminosity, a beauty, almost magical, ethereal."
    • Goofs
      The scene with Elisa (Sally Hawkins) flooding up her bathroom has the following problems:

      1. Unless she also stopped up her toilet, the level of water in her bathroom would never have risen past that point. 2. Even if her bathroom is only 15X15X15 (conservative estimate), the amount of water would weigh approximately 200,000 lbs (1ft3 water = 7.5 gallons, 8.3 lbs per gallon). 3. Her apartment is shown as being above a theater, with a 1 foot crawlspace with wooden beams. The combined lack of obvious steel supports would have ensured that her entire bathroom would have been dropped into the theater.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Giles: If I told you about her, what would I say? That they lived happily ever after? I believe they did. That they were in love? That they remained in love? I'm sure that's true. But when I think of her - of Elisa - the only thing that comes to mind is a poem, whispered by someone in love, hundreds of years ago: "Unable to perceive the shape of You, I find You all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with Your love, It humbles my heart, For You are everywhere."

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits roll over footage of a flooded apartment.
    • Connections
      Featured in FoundFlix: The Shape of Water (2017) (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      You'll Never Know
      Music by Harry Warren

      Lyrics by Mack Gordon

      Performed by Renée Fleming & The London Symphony Orchestra

      Arranged & Conducted by Alexandre Desplat

      Recorded & Mixed by Jonathan Allen at Studio de la Grande Armée, Paris

      Assistant: Ludovick Tartavel

      Piano: Frédéric Gaillardet

      Double Bass: Riccardo Del Fra

      Drums: Jeff Boudreaux (as Jeffrey Boudreaux)

      Bass Flute: Alexandre Desplat

      Courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited

      Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd.

    User reviews1.7K

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    7/10
    Beautiful, a sight to behold.
    Briefly, a beautiful piece of work. Gorgeous sets, costumes colors, monsters and music. The relationships are interesting and the chemistry is wonderful however, the story is so predictable. Regardless of that it is a sight to behold and worth a watch.
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    • iraxmas
    • Apr 3, 2018

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      • December 22, 2017 (United States)
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      • Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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      • Double Dare You (DDY)
      • Searchlight Pictures
      • TSG Entertainment
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    • 2 hours 3 minutes
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