Loverly

Rating: Null/10 (10 February 1999)

Edward Scissorhands is one of my all-time favorite movies. People tend to complain that its light, happy, feel good atmosphere (conveyed beautifully) is destroyed at the end with murder and unpleasantness. All of this is true, but its not a flaw. I think that the drastic atmospheric change in the end is exactly what Tim Burton had in mind. The general message of the movie (to me at least) is that society can corrupt the most innocent of souls, this message comes across loud and clear. Edward Scissorhands, however, is also a beautiful love story (fine, they don't end up together in the end...did Romeo and Juliet end up together in the end?). The end of the movie always makes me cry.