A nice fairytale with good humour

Rating: 8/10 (21 April 2005)

In a suburban location where all houses are alike, but in different colour, there is a scary castle on top of a hill where Edward lives all by himself. I don't know how he survived as all he touches with his scissors gets cut, but his hobby it seems is pruning fantastical creatures in the garden. A cosmetics seller finds him and adopts him, the problem is to get the community to accept him..
This is a highlight of Burton, Depp and Elfman, each doing one of their most supreme achievements so far. Emotionally, touching, sad and funny this caricatured picture of suburban America is highly engaging. A film fit for family and Christmas.