The Shape of Water

It kind of pains me that Guillermo del Toro would turn out a movie I ended up rejecting rather completely. His same sumptuous visuals are present along with that precise but weird approach to monster design, and yet, the script is something of a complete mess of coincidence while its villain is so cartoonishly evil that its obvious attempts at elevating Creature from the Black Lagoon end up falling apart.

Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is a mute janitor at a secret government facility in Baltimore...