The Shape of Water
2017 | 123 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Why it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (92%), it won 4 Oscars, audiences rate it highly (7.2/10) and it made about 10 times its budget. Make plans for this one.
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An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
92% on Rotten Tomatoes, 87 on Metacritic
- AudiencesStrong
7.2/10 from 13K viewers
- AwardsVery strong
6 wins, 10 other nominations — won Academy Award for Best Picture; won Academy Award for Best Director
- Box office & staying powerStrong
$195 million worldwide on a $20 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
911K Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
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Cast & crew
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
- Sally HawkinsElisa Esposito
- Michael ShannonRichard Strickland
- Richard JenkinsGiles
- Octavia SpencerZelda Fuller
- Michael StuhlbargDr. Robert Hoffstetler
- Doug JonesAmphibian Man
- David HewlettFleming
- Nick SearcyGeneral Hoyt
- Stewart ArnottBernard
- Nigel BennettMihalkov