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Edward Scissorhands

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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

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Reviews Counted: 49 Fresh: 45  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.7/10
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]
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. [Less]

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

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 9, 2007

[DVD Details]

Blu-ray Disc Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 4.0 - English
  • Stereo - French, Spanish
  • 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio - English
  • Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentaries - Tim Burton - Director; Danny Elfman - Composer
  • Featurettes
  • Trailers - 1. High Definition Theatrical Trailers
  • 2. Theatrical Trailers

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A delightful and delicate comic fable.

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05/08/08 11:37 AM
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Fine performances all around, particularly from Depp and the immensely sympathetic Wiest.

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05/08/08 11:31 AM
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Visually, stylistically and emotionally stunning.

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05/08/08 11:28 AM
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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 05:09 PM
Dennis Schwartz
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[Burton and Depp] seem to bring out the best in each other.

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05/26/06 03:16 AM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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Burton's movies are fairytales for retarding evolution.

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04/17/06 10:03 PM
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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It remains curiously hollow.

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01/26/06 03:16 AM
Time Out
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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 03:53 PM
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com
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Burton's sweet Gothic fairy tale has lost none of its charm.

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08/29/05 09:38 PM
Rob Vaux
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No review available.

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08/05/05 03:31 PM
Eric Melin
Lawrence.com
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Johnny Depp and Tim Burton in magical collaboration.

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07/30/05 09:04 AM
John Wirt
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07/23/05 04:00 PM
Emanuel Levy
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06/18/05 03:46 PM
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
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Moody and bizarre modern fairytale that works on a number of levels.

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05/07/05 08:13 PM
James Plath
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12/17/04 11:19 AM
Jake Euker
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11/19/04 06:50 AM
Robin Clifford
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Definitely one of Burton's masterpieces, maybe THE one.

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10/16/04 08:36 AM
Steve Crum
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A modern fairy tale about a deformed outsider whose innocence and gentle nature make him a freak in the eyes of the community he visits.

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08/18/04 03:42 PM
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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04/14/04 10:16 PM
Leo Goldsmith
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01/16/04 02:01 PM
Carol Cling
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