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Edward Scissorhands

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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

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Reviews Counted:52

Fresh:47

Rotten:5

Average Rating:7.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: In Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, a suburban fairy tale with incredibly imaginative sets, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named... In Tim Burton's EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, a suburban fairy tale with incredibly imaginative sets, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (played magically by Vincent Price) living in the neighborhood's old abandoned castle. The scientist died before replacing the shy man's large shears with real hands. When Peg attempts to bring Edward into her suburban world, to live among her skeptical family (husband Alan Arkin and daughter Winona Ryder) and gossipy neighbors, his hands--dangerous yet capable of creating things of great beauty--make for some awkward, funny, and poignant situations: Edward as a topiary gardener, Edward as a cutting-edge hair stylist. EDWARD SCISSORHANDS is a story about tolerance, difference, and creativity as much as it is a story of a young man's coming of age (the young man in question is, of course, a monster). In the ironically surreal world of Edward's suburban community, he must try to find his place in it, and in the world at large. [More]

Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall

Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Alan Arkin, Vincent Price, Kathy Baker, Bryan Larkin, O-Lan Jones

Director: Tim Burton

Director: Tim Burton
Screenwriter: Caroline Thompson
Story: Tim Burton, Caroline Thompson
Composer: Danny Elfman
Producer: Denise Di Novi, Tim Burton

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Visually, stylistically and emotionally stunning.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/08/08
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It remains curiously hollow.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 4 Comments
01/26/06
Time Out
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...perhaps the cinema's most enchanting parable about the misunderstood and alienated artist.

Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm | comment Comment
07/25/08
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm

... this sweet 1990 fantasy ... for the first time crystallized the latent themes in the director's work: the notion of the artist as outsider, of skills that make one special but at the same time different.

Full Review Source: Cinefantastique | comment Comment
07/07/08
Steve Biodrowski
Steve Biodrowski
Cinefantastique

An original movie, though not Tim Burton's best.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 3 Comments
06/17/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

A delightful and delicate comic fable.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/08/08
Variety Staff
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Variety
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Fine performances all around, particularly from Depp and the immensely sympathetic Wiest.

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05/08/08
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It's visually pleasing and an easy film to like, even if it never gets out of shallow water as far as its story goes.

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03/07/08
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

[Burton and Depp] seem to bring out the best in each other.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Burton's movies are fairytales for retarding evolution.

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04/17/06
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

His gothic tones always mask a feeling of wonder and an endearing love for everything that is possible in life and death

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10/24/05
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

Burton's sweet Gothic fairy tale has lost none of its charm.

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08/29/05
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

No review available.

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08/05/05
Eric Melin
Eric Melin
Lawrence.com

Johnny Depp and Tim Burton in magical collaboration.

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07/30/05
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

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07/23/05
Emanuel Levy
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No review available.

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06/18/05
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Moody and bizarre modern fairytale that works on a number of levels.

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05/07/05
James Plath
James Plath
DVDTown.com

No review available.

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12/17/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

No review available.

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11/19/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Definitely one of Burton's masterpieces, maybe THE one.

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10/16/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
 
 
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