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Edward Scissorhands
1990
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Edward Scissorhands
Positive Reviews
24
Negative reviews
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Average Rating
3.8
/5
unique
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2.0
Burton, who may have been afraid of making the movie too disturbing for kids, pulls back.
EW
2.5
This conclusion is so lame its disheartening.Surely anyone clever enough to dream up Edward Scissorhands should be swift enough to think of a payoff t ..
Rogerebert
3.5
Depp is perfectly cast, Burton builds a surrealistically funny cul de sac world, and there are some very funny performances from grownups Dianne Wiest ..
4.0
Tim Burton remains the Wizard of Odd with this eye filling if problematic confection.
4.0
Burtons combination of fantastic and real imagery add to the storys dreamy but satiric edge.
5.0
Burtons vision, for all its sadness, is laced with humour and humanity.
Telegraph
5.0
Child psychologist Bruno Bettelhem has written: Every fairy tale is a magic mirror which reflects aspects of our inner world.
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
Its visually pleasing and an easy film to like, even if it never gets out of shallow water as far as its story goes.
Sover
5.0
A poignant, personal fairy tale from the director of PEE WEES BIG ADVENTURE, BEETLEJUICE and BATMAN.
Tv Guide
5.0
When Burton works with Depp, the actor will go the limits tomine the directors nightmares and bring them to light.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
Edward Scissorhands is a flashy and entertaining apologia from an artist who has not accumulated enough work to justify such self concern.
Chicago Reader
3.8
Despite its flaws, it is a movie well worth seeing for its fine acting performances, good special effects, moving storyline and it is especially rewar ..
Lariat
4.0
Despite that problem, however, this tale of a young misfit who simply wants to be accepted, is a marvelous parable about prejudice and a sharp satire ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.5
Edward Scissorhands, one of my favorite films (though that could be said of just about every film Burton has made*) and one that touches me deeply, is ..
3.0
A personal film for Tim Burton, which also serves as a parable about the artist as an outsider, this lovely fairytale began the long, fruitful collabo ..
Emanuellevy
4.5
With Burtons surreal illustrative ingenuity, Depp and Ryders career making performances, and a story filled with simplicity, complexity, and intangibl ..
Film Inquiry
3.8
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
5.0
...perhaps the cinemas most enchanting parable about the misunderstood and alienated artist.
Larsen On Film
4.4
Its a unique, lovely and enchanting Burton vision brought to life beautifully.
5.0
It made me laugh, it made me think, it made me cry, and it made me believe in magic.
Montreal Film Journal
3.0
Its visually pleasing and an easy film to like, even if it never gets out of shallow water as far as its story goes.
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
3.8
Johnny Depp is excellent as the Chaplinesque title character and the support cast is good too.
Scifi Movie Page
3.1
Bordello of Blood proves to be a tough slog, with a workable premise defeated by clumsy plotting and miscast actors. And no one is more ill at ease th ..
Clclt
3.0
Its citizens are delineated in crude, comic book style, and Edwards story is told with great simplicity.
Archive Spectator
3.0
A charming, utterly original fable with a darkness that would be surprising in a relatively mainstream release were it not the work of Tim Burton, the ..
Nicks Flick Picks
4.5
It looks and feels original and new; startling, yet at the same time comforting.
OutWeek
1.5
The highest praise must be reserved for Mr. Depp, who, as the hero, manages to evince a gentle charm in spite of being encrusted with several ounces o ..
OutWeek
4.5
... this sweet 1990 fantasy ... for the first time crystallized the latent themes in the directors work: the notion of the artist as outsider, of skil ..
1.5
Burton was clearly in line with a poetic atmosphere but it escapes him in the end.
Cincinnati Enquirer
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