We love The Shape of Water for the same reason many people don’t: because it is truly freaky.
Some see a bizarre fairy tale about a mute woman who falls in love with a fish-man, in which the lovers DON’T get transformed into beautiful humans. But that’s the point. Guillermo Del Toro tells us that they’re ALREADY beautiful. (Something terrible happens to a cat, but we understand it in the context of the tale.)
In reminding us of the power of film to transform the drudgery of our lives, it calls to mind The Purple Rose of Cairo. (I know, I know, its creator. That doesn’t diminish the movie.)
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