"The Shape Of Water" (2017)

If you clamor to see a middle aged woman with no tits constantly show...her tits, look no further than this awkward ass movie.

Director Guillermo Del Toro's fish tale. Or..not.
The story is of a mute named Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins) who cleans at a top secret facility. She is partnered up with constantly yammering token Black lady Zelda Fuller (Octavia Spencer).
Elisa lives upstairs from a movie theater, so naturally she watches old timey movies and dreams of the romance that follows. When a secret fish like thing enters her facility and her life, suddenly her loneliness and feelings disappear. This is either pants-creaming bait for crazy cat ladies OR shut-in spinsters, because this movie is so fucking awkward.
And yes, you don't think a movie will go there with the girl fucking a fish, but they go there. And to me, it's not sweet. It's pretty gross. And I don't think you can come back from the explanation of how a fishman fucks.
But Sally Hawkins does a great job playing to the material given. It's full of...dumb stuff though. Like the awful human guy is played by Michael Shannon who has a busty wife who doesn't mind fucking him silly (yes, this is NOT a kid's movie). Yet, he feels unfulfilled. You never know his motivation or hate. Just that he's a mean sonuvabitch. And he's really the most fun character. As is Octavia Spencer (as always). The pitfalls of being a mute is that your co-stars get all the cool lines. And they are sweet people, but this movie is too slimy for me to really recommend. I don't feel the love or the romance. And I'm not sure women will either. Definitely don't think dudes will.
I'm not entirely sure what inspired Del Toro to go down this road. Other than maybe when he was a kid he jerked off with a flounder. The fishman isn't even all that interesting. Or cute...in fact, the fucker eats a cat and that's alright.
The highlight of this movie is the production design. It is draw-droppingly good. Too bad they shot digital, because you see the seams and the period stuff (1962) makes it too modern.
You see a lot of Sally Hawkins's tits and that should be repeated as many times as possible. Because it's awkward, when you think they pushed this movie as a fairy tale romance film (lotsa' kids in the theater I saw it in).