The Shape of Water (2017)

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93.1% 100 93.1% Audience Cringe Score (87 votes)*

We've determined The Shape of Water is NOT SAFE to watch with parents or kids.

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12 scenes · 0 verified by members

Sex Scenes 5

Nudity 0

Suggestive 0

Sexual violence 0

Violence 7

Skippable 5 of 12

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Sex & nudity Violence Intensity: Brief Moderate or explicit

04:27 to 04:45

Sex scene Moderate

A woman masturbates in a bathtub.

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15:44 to 15:48

Sex scene Moderate

A woman masturbates in a bathtub.

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18:33 to 19:03

Violence Moderate

Gunfire is heard off-screen; an injured, bleeding man appears.

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20:32 to 20:41

Violence Brief

Severed human fingers are found on a bloody floor.

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31:44 to 32:03

Sex scene Moderate

A couple has sex in bed, partially seen.

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40:15 to 40:52

Violence Moderate

A creature is repeatedly shocked with an electric prod.

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1:17:06 to 1:17:31

Violence Moderate

A creature attacks a cat; crunching sounds are heard.

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1:22:59 to 1:23:42

Sex scene Brief

A woman undresses to join a creature; sex is implied.

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1:29:14 to 1:31:09

Sex scene Brief

A woman and a creature embrace in water; sex is implied.

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1:44:13 to 1:46:45

Violence Explicit

Men are shot, and an injured man is painfully interrogated.

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1:48:29 to 1:48:44

Violence Explicit

A man forcefully rips his own decaying, stitched fingers off.

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1:53:19 to 1:55:35

Violence Explicit

People are shot, and a man's throat is violently slashed.

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* 93.1% of CringeMDB users flagged the content of The Shape of Water as being inappropriate for children to watch with their parents because of either of a nude scene, a sex scene, or a scene depicting rape or sexual violence.

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