A strange but beautiful story !

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2015)

General information about the movie:
Edward Scissorhands is an American movie directed by Tim Burton, written by Caroline Thompson and produced by Denise Di Novi and Tim Burton. This film was directed in 1990, and we can find : Johnny Depp who plays Edward, Winona Ryder as Kim Boggs, Dianne Wiest as Peg Boggs, Alan Arkin as Bill Boggs, Robert Oliver as Kevin Boggs, Anthony Michael Hall as Jim and Vincent Price as the inventor. Edward Scissorhands was the fourth feature film collaboration between the director Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman. The orchestra consisted of 79 musicians. The head of the set was Bo Welch. This movie was awarded 12 prizes, the Hugo prize, the Saturn award and many others Edward Scissorhands received critical acclaim from critics and audiences : « A fantastic family show » ; « Straight from the heart a stunning final that knocks you sideway » ; « At once modern and old fashioned, playful and melancholic and exactly right for this most sweety stirring of family shows ». This movie was very successful and in 2008, « Empire » magazine ranked it 66th on the list of 500 best movies of all time !
Personal opinion :
This is a Tim Burton movie, for sure. Tim Burton offers us an incredible fairy tail as only he knows how to do and we like that ! The story is simple but every detail has a meaning ! Edward is not quite a man as he was created by a inventor though he was appalling, is more human that anyone else ! Burton strongly lives up to the hype, though a conformist society and perpetual judgment. It's a poignant and naive tale yet both sad and terrible. Terrible in the accuracy of the representation of jealousy, hypocrisy and wickedness of man, this is the real message of the director in this movie. It's masterfully interpreted, all actors take ownership of their role perfectly but it's sadly funny at times. Tim Burton is a genius in the art of getting you through emotions with a beautiful set but also music that is very well chosen every time. We see some similarities between some of Tim Burton's movies, for example, the house of the hero is often isolated as in Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice and Batman.