'The Shape of Water' review: Del Toro's fish tale is magical, romantic and dark
"The Shape of Water" is a sexy, violent, preposterous, beautiful fantasy, co-writer and director Guillermo del Toro's most vivid and fully formed achievement since "Pan's Labyrinth" 11 years ago. Set in 1962, the story del Toro fleshed out with co-writer Vanessa Taylor marries "Creature from the Black Lagoon" to "Beauty and the Beast," referencing all sorts of other movies.
Yet this one is its own being. It's exquisitely detailed and period-accurate when it wants to be, and a gorgeous fabrication when
