Top-notch acting from Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon and Octavia Spencer make this a beautiful and charming fable from director Guillermo del Toro. Set in the US during the Cold War, a government lab keeps a secret experiment alive, which unexpectedly gives meaning and life to a very lonely mute cleaner (Sally Hawkins) in the facility. This is a very visual story, told with lots of style and humanity. Don’t fuss about the plot, just enjoy a tale of outsiders finding meaningful connections in the oddest of places.
