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The first collaboration between Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, Edward Scissorhands is a magical modern fairy tale with gothic overtones and a sweet center.
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All Critics (58) | Top Critics (10) | DVD (10)
An original movie, though not Tim Burton's best. Jun 17, 2008 | Full Review…
An original movie, though not Tim Burton's best.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A delightful and delicate comic fable. May 8, 2008 | Full Review…
A delightful and delicate comic fable.
Variety Staff
It remains curiously hollow. Jan 26, 2006 | Full Review…
It remains curiously hollow.
Mr. Burton invests awe-inspiring ingenuity into the process of reinventing something very small. May 20, 2003 | Rating: 3.5/5
Mr. Burton invests awe-inspiring ingenuity into the process of reinventing something very small.
Janet Maslin
Burton's richly entertaining update of the Frankenstein story is the year's most comic, romantic and haunting film fantasy. May 12, 2001
Burton's richly entertaining update of the Frankenstein story is the year's most comic, romantic and haunting film fantasy.
Peter Travers
Depp is perfectly cast, Burton builds a surrealistically funny cul-de-sac world, and there are some very funny performances from grownups Dianne Wiest, Kathy Baker and Alan Arkin. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Depp is perfectly cast, Burton builds a surrealistically funny cul-de-sac world, and there are some very funny performances from grownups Dianne Wiest, Kathy Baker and Alan Arkin.
Desson Thomson
Watching the film is like turning the pages of a small child's book which has very pretty pictures and two lines of large print spelling out the story. Jul 19, 2018 | Full Review…
Watching the film is like turning the pages of a small child's book which has very pretty pictures and two lines of large print spelling out the story.
Harriet Waugh
With Burton's surreal illustrative ingenuity, Depp and Ryder's career-making performances, and a story filled with simplicity, complexity, and intangible wizardry that stands the test of time, Edward Scissorhands is one of the greatest films ever made. Dec 27, 2017 | Full Review…
With Burton's surreal illustrative ingenuity, Depp and Ryder's career-making performances, and a story filled with simplicity, complexity, and intangible wizardry that stands the test of time, Edward Scissorhands is one of the greatest films ever made.
Alex Arabian
Depp cuts a haunting figure, while Wiest is typically excellent. The rest of the actors are forced to play characters who are either underdeveloped or overcooked, and the broadness of Burton's approach eventually leads to a wholly unsatisfying resolution. Oct 24, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Depp cuts a haunting figure, while Wiest is typically excellent. The rest of the actors are forced to play characters who are either underdeveloped or overcooked, and the broadness of Burton's approach eventually leads to a wholly unsatisfying resolution.
Matt Brunson
Burton's modern fairytale has an almost palpably personal feel: it is told gently, subtly and with infinite sympathy for an outsider who charms the locals but then inadvertently arouses their baser instincts. Dec 17, 2014 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Burton's modern fairytale has an almost palpably personal feel: it is told gently, subtly and with infinite sympathy for an outsider who charms the locals but then inadvertently arouses their baser instincts.
Marc Lee
Between this masterpiece and that other Ed (Wood), TIm Burton and Johnny Depp are at their dual-career best. Ed Wood is about how insane Hollywood is -- and Edward Scissorhands delivers the pure magic that, once in a rare while, escapes the place. Jul 25, 2011
Between this masterpiece and that other Ed (Wood), TIm Burton and Johnny Depp are at their dual-career best. Ed Wood is about how insane Hollywood is -- and Edward Scissorhands delivers the pure magic that, once in a rare while, escapes the place.
Gregory Weinkauf
...perhaps the cinema's most enchanting parable about the misunderstood and alienated artist. Jul 25, 2008 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
...perhaps the cinema's most enchanting parable about the misunderstood and alienated artist.
Josh Larsen
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