Let's be realistic.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

It's a very long boring movie, had a hard time staying awake to watch it.

In general, IMDb's ratings are pretty accurate due to its algorithms based on large amount of user input. However this one is very under rated due to fewer user input. Instead, the rating should consider the Critic's score in movies like this.Unlike Hollywood big commercial products, this movie's main focus is Art and Romance. In here, STORY is the key. A calming blue atmosphere sets the tone, slow paced but beautifully executed movement leads the plot, 60s time setting brings back vintage feel when America was great where certain character was main stream, psychological details deepens the emotions, open ending provides enough room for imagination and joy, logic chain is clear and strong. There's none unnecessary stuff in this movie, everything is just the right amount, like cooking. like art.I have not seen such a great movie for a long time. It is not the "Forrest Gump" type of movie, but it deserves every single bit of OSCAR.

Love story, heroes and villains 1950's.set and attitudes. Some conservatives will shun the film. I expect a sequel - fish child.

Guillermo del Toro is a GOD! Quite simply this is by far the most gorgeous film to come out in years...from the way she spoke about him, to the way he looked at her...amazing.