Beautiful and Haunting

Rating: 10/10 (12 May 2004)

Edward Scissorhands is one of those movies that doesn't fit any sort of mold, yet still manages to to touch people on so many levels. It's funny, sad, romantic, and scary all at once. Alternating tears and laughter, there are few movies do it this brilliantly. Boasting great performances from Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Winona Ryder, and the incomparable Johnny Depp it shows both the best and worst of human nature and does it beautifully. Tim Burton creates a setting that draws you into another world, all the time seeming like complete reality. It's a story about a man who was invented and is one day taken to suburbia by a kind Avon lady. Combining classic fairy tale elements with brutal reality it becomes a story about acceptance and love. Truly unique, and one of my favorites, Edward Scissorhands is simply a classic.