I tear up everytime I watch!

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 1998)

Edward Scissorhands is a movie that defies explaination. It is part Frankenstein, part Phantom of the Opera, and ALL Tim Burton. Burton can use the dark and bizzare and transform it into the epitome of what is beautiful, natural, and pure e. Depp is beyond words in this movie...literally. Depp has a handful of lines yet he speaks pages with his expressions and body movements. Diane Wiest is the perfect Avon lady while Alan Arkin is deadpan for the 60-ish suburban husband. Winona Ryder is actually the weakest aspect of the movie...but I still love ya Winona! (you kick in The Crucible!) Danny Elfman's score alone brings tears to your eyes. His use of the child-like voices in Edward's Love Theme sends chills. The ending is not a happy one, but I think the non-Hollywood-formula ending gives this movie its originality. Check this one out...or better yet, buy it!