Released December 22nd in the US.
Filmed entirely in Canada.
The story : Lonely mute Elisa works at a government laboratory as a cleaning lady.
One day herself along with others are advised of a very important experiment arriving and going to be housed at the laboratory.
From the get go Elisa is extremely interested in the experiment , a fish man of sorts and wants to get close to him.
She begins sneaking her lunch into the same room where he stays to spend time with him and share her lunch.
Soon she gains his trust and the two begin learning from each other.
Elisa sees first hand that the man who captured and brought the creature there is abusing him.
She then finds out that he plans on killing him.
Elisa , along with friends and a scientist at the lab work together to get the creature out of there in an attempt to save his life.
Stars Sally Hawkins , Michael Stuhlbarg , Octavia Spencer , Doug Jones , Richard Jenkins , David Hewlett , Michael Shannon , Nick Searcy , Stewart Arnott , Nigel Bennett , Lauren Lee Smith
Directed by ( & story written) Guillermo del Toro
Rated R
DRAMA/FANTASY
"Life is but the shipwreck of our plans."
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