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Tim Burton's Quirky Fantasy Meets Semi-Autobiographical Film
Tim Burton was born in 1958 & raised in the suburban city of Burbank California. Burton was a recluse & very shy. He loved to draw and actually had a sketch of the little boy with the scissors for hands, now, Edward Scissorhands DECADES before his character became a feature film.

The character of Edward is uncannily, MUCH like Tim Burton. The wild, black hair, the lonliness, reclusiveness, not really "fitting in"... That, plus the 1950's & 60's portrayal of the suburbanite homes and nuclear families in the picture and you can see why this particular Burton film makes you feel just a bit more wonderful, sick & sad all at the same time for the world and the people that live in it.

Incidentally, Vincent Price cast as the doctor (in one of his last roles of his long, successful career) is Tim Burton's lifelong IDOL.

This film is highly recommended and it is great family fare!

Happy Watching!

Incredible an genuinely moving
Edward Scissorhands is a masterful piece of work. The screenplay itself was pretty well-written, but Burton did a perfect job in directing the world and Danny Elman composed a musical score that is a wondrous work of art on its own and lends a beautiful touch to the film. The actors seem to have been made for the roles they inhabit, creating one of my favorite movies of all time.

Edward is a creation of an old inventor who lived in a castle on a hill. However, he died before he could complete Edward, leaving him with scissors for hands. Edward lives alone up there until Peg comes calling as the Avon lady and takes Edward home. Edward is first loved by the neighborhood, then despised, then hated. He wins the heart of Peg's daughter, but earns the ire of her slimeball boyfriend.

Burton does an excellent job in showing the contrast between Edward's dark world and the bright pastel suburbia. He keeps the pacing going at all the right moments. He knows exactly which parts are funny, moving, and saddening, and he portrays them perfectly. Johnny Depp, known for his acting in kooky roles, plays the childlike innocence of Edward to the letter, and the other actors do a great job of playing their own unique personalities. Danny Elfman's musical score sets the mood for each scene and compliments the film beautifully. I don't know how many awards he may have recieved for the score, but I know he doesn't have enough of them.

On the whole, this movie will make you laugh, cry, and most of all, feel. It sets a perfect stage for showing how poor, innocent Edward cannot fit in a society that preys on innocence. A man untainted by the world cannot survive in the world. The colorful suburban neighborhood seems like the American Dream, but this movie masterfully shows the corruptness of it's denizens and the dark rivers of ignorance that flow beneath it. The residents should know better, but they choose not to. The love story is actually believable and the ending will make you cry, regardless of how big or tough a guy you may be. This film is definately worth owning. This is a great film, and it's a shame Hollywood can't make more like this.

Cutting Edge.....
This review refers to the Fox Video VHS edition of "Edward Scissorhands".....

I cannot think of a trio more suited to work together than Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Vincent Price.This film really proves it.Vincent Price leaves us with a gift in his last feature film role, as a good hearted inventor who dies before he can finish his last project. Edward(Johnny Depp) was his masterpiece, now left to live alone in a big dark castle on a hill, and what's worse with only multi sheared hands to fend for himself with. His face is battered with the scars from scratching himself. He's really in need of help and a good makeover! It's his lucky day,...Peg(Diane Wiest) the neighborhood Avon Lady has come to call.She takes pity on him and decides to adopt him.The neighborhood gossips are abuzz, but eventually come to accept him because, well, he's just so good with his hands! But..Can he survive life in the real world? Will he find love?

Tim Burton's film will have you thinking you are watching a fairy tale out of a beautifully illustrated story book. The neighborhood is wonderfully done in beautiful pastels that are in sharp contrast to the dark castle on the hill.Edward is like a Knight come to save the fair princess(Winona Ryder) from her evil boyfriend. Diane Wiest could be the fairy-godmother trying to transform Edward into a handsome prince.It's a wonderful story with wonderful characters.

The cast includes the always perfect Alan Arkin, and Kathy Baker is terrific as the neihborhood sex kitten.Danny Elfman's score is put beautifully to the story. And of course the effects and make up created by Stan Winston are marvelous.

The VHS sounds great and has a nice picture.It definatly falls into the PG 13 catagory. Parents of pre-teens may want to view it first.

And they lived happily ever after..or did they?.....enjoy....Laurie

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