Magical

Rating: 10/10 (7 May 2001)

I never tire of Edward Scissorhands. Tim Burton has revived the lost art of telling a fairy tale. The once-upon-a-time suburbia is as apt for a modern fairy tale as the petty kingdoms we're familiar with, and the whimsical Inventor plays the benevolent magician role to the hilt.
We have the fairy godmother in Peg Boggs, a peppy Avon Lady who frees Edward from his imprisonment in the lonely tower. Her daughter Kim is the aloof Princess whose love Edward wins. An assortment of imps and ogres populates the world Edward strives to navigate. Is there any way the misfit can fit in?
It's too tempting to try to push Edward Scissorhands into a mold. Don't. Just revel in it and let yourself be a child again.