The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

  • Director: Guillermo del Toro
  • Writer: Guillermo del Toro,Vanessa Taylor
  • Countries of origin: United States, Canada, Mexico
  • Language: English, American Sign Language, Russian, French
  • Release date: December 22, 2017
  • Runtime: 2h 3min
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Người Đẹp và Thủy Quái
  • "The Shape of Water" is a fantasy drama produced by Fox Searchlight, directed by Guillermo del Toro and co-starring Sally Hawkins , Michael Shannon and Dougie . The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2017 , and was released in China on March 16, 2018.
    The story of the film is set during the Cold War in the United States in 1963. It tells a strange love story between a dumb girl Alisa who works at the bottom of the laboratory and a mermaid for experimentation   .

    Details

    • Release date December 22, 2017
    • Filming locations Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies Double Dare You (DDY), Fox Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment

    Box office

    Budget

    $19,400,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $63,859,435

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $166,564

    Gross worldwide

    $195,333,312

    Movie reviews

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    • By Alessia 2022-04-24 07:01:02

      A love that transcends race

      An otherworldly fairy tale, in 1963, during the Cold War in the United States, Elisa works in a high-security government laboratory, deep in silence, isolation, and loneliness, but when she and her colleague Zelda discover a classified experiment After the secret, her life changed forever. Although there are strange-looking monsters and bloody and violent deaths in this film, it is still a fairy tale full of innocence in essence. The film makes Alyssa an alternative Disney princess,...

    • By Letha 2022-04-24 07:01:02

      Eleven years later, the sadness left by "Pan" is healed by "The Shape of Water"

      This is a horizontal comparison between "The Shape of Water" and "Pan's Labyrinth", with a little "Crimson Peak" mixed in; this is also a story about "filling the pit".

      Persona

      1. The heroine as "Princess"

      At the beginning of The Shape of Water, the narrator refers to Elisa as the princess without a voice. If you remember the opening of Pan, it also tells the story of a princess: the princess of the underground kingdom ran to the ground out of curiosity and was killed by...

    • By Collin 2022-04-23 07:01:15

      Film critic Eason Chan has long sung

      Don't use the light, can you touch me in the dark for a kiss? If I reveal my real body, I'll be hugged and shocked, and the atmosphere will be destroyed. No one knows how dark my heart is. If my nature is so low, how can I match you, if I'm curious. I'm ready to be frightened. I'm going to ask who is so white and how can I bear this curiosity. The answer is probably as sharp as a razor. I hope it won't hurt you when you're naked. If you don't feel relieved, or don't come so close, if I show...

    • By Einar 2022-04-23 07:01:15

      The second swipe in the theater comes to mind

      The following are bullet points, and I will add more if I have a chance...

      1. I finally understood the heroine's mood. The heroine insisted on saving the murloc. She said that it was the loneliest creature she had ever seen. Because she saw herself in him. No one knows better than she (and the old painter) how bad it is to be a "different person" in the eyes of others. People use colored glasses to look at dumb women, people with different orientations, and even people who are...

    • By Bernita 2022-04-23 07:01:15

      Stay with me when my life is bleak

      Wes Anderson sees a scene that will be liked

      The style of the top is often a piece of old fondant cake covered in cobwebs for me. The surface is dull and gloomy, and the cream mixed with mold is still sweet. When it comes to this style, some people may want to talk about Tim Burton, but the baker should...

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    • By Ruben 2023-09-20 15:49:59

      What the hell am I looking at?! Fat house has a bad taste for monsters, obsessions and beasts, and made a movie to satisfy his own desires. As an audience, it is like being QJ. Golden Lion and 13 Oti? Forcibly paying tribute to old songs and old movies and interspersed with black and white songs and dances are quite artificial. The character setting and plot are blunt and inexplicable, and interspersed with bizarre sexual hints. ps. The British should raise money to catch this mermaid so their...

    • By Dakota 2023-08-19 08:52:34

      The fairy tale of the spinning top is written for those who are difficult to communicate with the world, such as the lover who has arrears in emotional intelligence, and is not suitable for the young and powerful. I hope that the top can leave a museum to present his art, models, scene designs, and of course countless personal collections. The scale does not need to be too large, just like the Ghibli...

    • By Ericka 2023-08-18 11:19:14

      The art with a little romance is also good. The scientist is very cute. If it wasn't for winning the award, he wouldn't be sprayed like this. But by the standards of winning the award, the book is too solid. Many details can't stand up. The characters' motives are inexplicable. I feel that I have a very horizontal and long shot to make mysteries and pure to fill in. The characters of marginal people are forced to increase the depth of the theme, which is relatively mentally...

    • By Jaden 2023-07-31 07:35:16

      Unbelievable! incredible! The beast love is over? A dark version of Beauty and the Beast? If you have the ability, let's make a "Handsome Guy and the Beast". Let's see how many people can buy it?...

    • By Liana 2023-07-29 23:10:17

      I remember that Kim Ki-duk seemed to have said: The protagonist in the movie can't speak, and most of them have been hurt in...

    Movie plot

    In 1963, during the Cold War in the United States, the dumb woman Alyssa ( Sally Hawkins ) worked in a government laboratory as a cleaning lady. When she was young, a serious illness took away Alisha's voice, and she has been living a single life in silence ever since. One day, a high-vigilance alarm sounded in the laboratory, and a mysterious jar full of water was sent in. Alyssa was shocked to discover that there was a weird...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The film originated when director Gilmour Del Toro was 6 years old when he watched "Black Lake Demon". When actor Julie Adams was swimming on the water and monsters snorkeling under her, Gilmour del Toro felt that this was love. 46 years later, the director found a suitable story to fulfill his childhood dream.
    Director Gilmour Del Toro said that Sally Hawkins is not only the first choice of the heroine, but also the only choice, which...
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    Evaluation action

    The film uses the Cold War period as the background of the story. The theme is loneliness, dumb, gay, spy, and water monster. Everyone is a different kind of society and needs a lot of time to get along with themselves. The tone of the movie is very full, and the director will tell the story through the color. The music is also full and dense, a bit overwhelming the audience. The movie once again pays homage to Hollywood in the same...
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    Movie quotes

    • Zelda: Man is as silent as the grave. But if farts were flattery? Honey, he'd be Shakespeare.

    • Zelda: Some of the best minds in the country peein' all over the floor in this here facility.

    • Strickland: [Elisa offers him a towel] Oh, no. No, a man washes his hands before or after tending to his needs. It tells you a lot about a man.

      [eats a candy]

      Strickland: He does it both times - points to a weakness in character.