THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Mekado Murphy
Guillermo del Toro’s latest film, “The Shape of Water,” is not easy to classify. It genre-hops through fantasy, science fiction, thriller and romance to tell the tale of a mute janitor (Sally Hawkins) at a laboratory who falls for an amphibious, scaled creature (Doug Jones). Imagery expresses the story better. And one image in particular, that of a woman and a merman floating in an underwater embrace, distills the movie to its soulful essence. That concept, which comes to life in the film (out Dec. 1), is the focus of the movie’s intricately hand-drawn teaser poster. Mr. del Toro brought in Mr.
James Jean to create an illustration for the teaser poster. The director was a fan of the covers Mr. Jean had designed for the DC Comics series “Fables.” [
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