Friendly Scarecrow

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2007)

"Edward Scissorhands" represents the most essential part of career of genius director Tim Burton. Burton himself created the story and lovely characters. Burton made even today successful brand in the area of horror-romance and showed that the most peculiar and most freaky creatures can be very lovable and kind.
Edward (brilliant Johnny Depp) looks like a scarecrow. He has terrible scars all over his face because of scissor that he has as hands instead of pair of hands. With this description you would think Edward is a monster, some kind of Frankenstein but he is the most kindest and sweetest creations you could ever imagine. Inventor of Edward (horror legend Vincent Pryce)dies before he manages to make hands for his creation. Poor Edward is left alone in the big, dark mansion on the top of a hill in small American town. One day a cosmetic saleswoman Peg (Oscar-winner Dianne Wiest) knocks on the door of the mansion. Peg is warm-hearted woman and takes Edward under her wings and take him to her home to the over the top colored suburb. Then Edward falls in love with Peg's beautiful daughter Kim (Winona Ryder)...
Being different in "normal" society can be tough. Burton uses sweetish and neon-colored suburbans to impress the Edward and his world even though he is sweeter than most of the "happy" suburbans. Maybe the message is that even tough someone might appear to be something completely different and frightening he can be more normal than everyone else. Burton has infallible eye when it comes to criticizing so called normality and typical society.
Musical wizard Danny Elfman has composed one of the greatest soundtracks in the history of movies. "The Ice Dance" is beautiful and clearly visual trough the ears straight to the heart. Burton and Elfman's collaboration works because they have same kind of vision what great picture will look and sound like.
The story of Edward is heart-warming, funny and touching. The movie can be recommend to every age. Just lovely, magical movie from Tim Burton!