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Haunting and poetic.
As Tim Burton's first movie that he directed and wrote, he did a fantastic job with this 1990 masterpiece. The story is of an inventor (Vincent Price) who dies before he can finish his creation, a man by the name of Edward (Johnny Depp). As the title suggests, the man is left with scissor blades for fingers. He is taken home one day by a makeup saleswoman (Dianne Wiest), who lives in a colorful and "perfect" surburban neighborhood. The population, mostly the housewives, grow to love him as one of their own.

Edward falls in love with a girl named Kim (Winona Ryder), who at first resents him, but grows to love him, as the town's love for him dies.

The film in itself shows us how human nature expects normalcy, but instead is sometimes greeted with the abnormal and freakish. Our nature is to be afraid of things we do not understand. That is what Tim Burton shows us in this film. Edward shows us that what you see is not what is there. On the outside, he looks freakish, ghostly, and a little monsterous. However, he is probably one of the purest-hearted people you would ever meet.

This film gets 5 stars, for making me cry and love such a creature.

A Grand Partnership is Born
This may or may not be Tim Burton's greatest film but is inarguably his first personal one. Prior to "Edward Scissorhands", Burton had success with "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", "Beetlejuice", and "Batman. These blockbusters afforded Burton the luxury of being able to call the shots as to what projects he wished to tackle. Fortunately for us, this offbeat yet sweet fable was Burton's pet project. It also gave Burton carte blanche as to who he would cast in the title role. There was nothing in Johnny Depp's past to suggest that he could tackle the demands of this role. Yes, he had a small role in "Platoon" but he was primarily known as a teen idol on the fledgling FOX network's "21 Jump Street." But Depp was eager to break from that straightjacket and as Edward Scissorhands does he ever. If you examine his performance closely it's a very intricate one. Despite the Robert Smith of the Cure getup and razor appendages Depp is able to convey the poignance that's at the heart of his character. If you also notice his character speaks very little and it's usually very softly. Depp, like a great pantomime or silent movie actor, does it mostly with facial expressions and gestures. Burton assembles a great supporting cast here(Dianne Wiest, Winona Ryder, Alan Arkin, Kathy Baker). There's also highly imaginative art direction by Bo Welch and another clever score by Danny Elfman. I hadn't seen this film in ten years or so but along with "Ed Wood" and "Big Fish" this is one of Burton's crowning achievements.

One of Mr. Burton's greatist films!!!
Edward Scissorhands on tape was great. But now with the special features,I want to watch it more often!!!!!!! the dvd has commentaries by Tim Burton and Danny Elfman,what the people who worked on the film thought of it and more!!!!! If you cant afford the dvd or dont have a dvd player yet,it's still great to get the tape!!! Another wonderfull movie,Mr.Burton!!!!

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