Good. Sally Hawkins is magnificent and the cast (Spencer, Shannon, Stuhlbarg, etc.) is very good but Guillermo del Toro becomes lazy. Could not he find people with genuine Russian pronunciation in New York City? Michael Stuhlbarg's character could be given another bio as, e.g. an Austrian communist to explain his accent. Soviet spies meet with their agent at an abandoned construction site, yet inexplicably come to his apartment in full view of the minders. Michael Shannon, a supposed top intelligence professional shoots an important agent instead of arresting and presenting him to the superiors. Less dramatic but more in-style conclusion would be if Michael Shannon presented a top Soviet agent to the general and was subsequently buried as hero among the accolades, while Hawkins and Doug Jones unite in a passionate embrace under the waves. These are, of course, details but details distinguish a good movie from great.
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