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    Guillermo del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' is a genre-blending movie about loving 'otherness'

    by Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times Nov 06, 2017 5 minutes

    "Ach-Shun!"

    Before a take during the shooting of "The Shape of Water," director and co-writer Guillermo del Toro lets loose a cannon-shot growl that erupts with gusto from somewhere deep within him.

    The same could be said of the finished movie, an emotional love story, espionage thriller and monster movie all rolled into one. Its eccentric mix of tones and genres could come only from the vivid, creative imagination of Del Toro.

    In the film, Sally Hawkins plays Elisa Esposito, a mute cleaning woman at a high-security government facility in early 1960s Baltimore. When agent Richard Strickland (Michael Shannon) brings in a mysterious creature (Doug Jones) - a part man, part fish captured in South America - Elisa feels an unexpected connection.

    With the aid of her co-worker Zelda Fuller (Octavia Spencer), her neighbor Giles (Richard Jenkins) and scientist Dr. Robert Hoffstetler (Michael Stuhlbarg), Elisa

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