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( source )   #BonifacioHighStreet #CentralSquare #TheShapeOfWater #ALoveStory ( source ) Elisa is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security government laboratory in 1962 Baltimore. Her life changes forever when she discovers the lab's classified secret -- a mysterious, scaled creature from South America that lives in a water tank. As Elisa develops a  unique bond with her new friend, she soon learns that its fate and very survival lies in the hands of a hostile government agent and a marine biologist.-World Wide Web Directed by Guillermo Del Torro Story by Guillermo Del Torro Screen by Guillermo Del Torro and Vanessa Taylor Bonifacio High Street Cinema 1, Central Square Just some reactions, as usual: Elisa Esposito may be mute, but she's not exactly an isolated woman.  She has friends like Zelda and Giles, but she is indeed lonely and in needing of someone to love, so when the "creature...

Trailer There is no doubt that this is a very well-acted film. The choices of characters were perfect and each did their jobs well, most especially Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins, who play non-biological sisters(Jasmine and Ginger were both adopted by their parents).   Among the men, I think I like Peter Skargaard's acting the best.  Alec Baldwin was also good, but he's too used (or typecast) to playing that kind of role.    Charlie Tahan, who plays the young Danny, was exceptional.  Maybe I'm just biased because I've already gotten fond of him because of his other movies. I don't know why Woody Allen decided to end it that way , but I guess it worked because the movie was not a flop.  It was even a box office success. I know a lot of people like Jasmine.  Most of the time, when a person who had it all almost all of his or her life loses everything (or almost everything),  he or she could not cope.  He or she would ha...