Edward Scissorhands (1990)
90 %
Reviews Counted: 52 Fresh: 47 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
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 Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (played magically by Vincent Price) living in the... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Alan Arkin
Director: Tim Burton
Screenwriter: Caroline Thompson
Story: Tim Burton, Caroline Thompson
Composer: Danny Elfman
Producer: Denise Di Novi, Tim Burton
Screenwriter: Caroline Thompson
Story: Tim Burton, Caroline Thompson
Composer: Danny Elfman
Producer: Denise Di Novi, Tim Burton
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Reviews
...perhaps the cinema's most enchanting parable about the misunderstood and alienated artist.
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07/25/08
... 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.
07/07/08
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Fine performances all around, particularly from Depp and the immensely sympathetic Wiest.
05/08/08
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.
03/07/08
His gothic tones always mask a feeling of wonder and an endearing love for everything that is possible in life and death
10/24/05
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