Empire | ‘The Shape Of Water’ Review
Empire
How many directors could make you root for a woman to get it on with a dead-eyed fish-man who eats cats? The list cannot be much longer than just ‘Guillermo del Toro’. Nobody makes horror quite so romantic. At his very best, del Toro’s work holds dream, nightmare and realism in perfect balance, pulling you in to terrible worlds, holding your hand just tight enough that you feel safe. From those fantasy worlds he looks out at our world, in all its cruelty. Pan’s Labyrinth was, until now, the best example of his skills. The Shape Of Water is its equal.
