Edward Scissorhands (Collectible Tin Anniversary Edition)
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• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Special Edition
• Widescreen
• NTSC
In Theaters : 14 December, 1990
DVD Release : 08 November, 2005 |
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Edward Scissorhands (Collectible Tin Anniversary Edition) Customer Reviews
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A family film but maybe not for all of them
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Tim Burton is one of those kind of directors where 2 or 3 of his films out of a whole filmography goes into a debate on which one's the best. For Spielberg people say it's E.T or Schindler's List, for Kurosawa it's either Rashomon or Seven Samurai while for Ridley Scott people say it's Alien or Gladiator. You probably even disagreed with me right there, well for Tim Burton it comes down to either Edward Scissorhands or Ed Wood. Well certainly this film is quite enjoyable but don't think it's one of those family films for all ages like Grinch Stole Christmas or something. But at a certain age, they'll love it.
High atop the mountain near a suburbia-like neighborhood rests an old castle with an old inventor living inside. He decides to create a son only he's not finished and has scissors for hands. Well Peg Boggs, an overanxious Avon lady goes to the castle and finds Edward and decides to bring him home. Eventually he develops a following for his talent with topiary, unique hairstyling and pet grooming. However like any small neighborhood, anything bad and it becomes gossip which leads to misunderstandings.
Since he is the title character, Edward Scissorhands has to deliver and who better than Johnny Depp. He's one of those kind of actors that you can write probably any part, no matter how wide the spectrum and he'll somehow make it work. From an effeminate pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean to a shy awkward Ichabod Crane, he gets you on his side. The rest of the cast is of course perfect from Dianne West to Anthony Michael Hall(!) to the always-a-cutie Winona Ryder. Even Vincent Price shows up as the inventor.
Of course it's a family film so it's very vibrant and colorful and full of trademark Burtonisms. One can make a case that his films tend to be great set design with the occasional good film sometimes attached to it well Scissorhands manages to be very eye-catching as well as being just a solid film. It's a real-life story interwoven with aspects reminiscent of a fairy tale and for that it's a successful mix.
There is one thing however you might want to be cautious about: its..."mature" aspects. No there's no sex but there's some small amounts of violence(don't worry, nothing Sleepy Hollow-esque here). A couple of people are cut because of Ed's scissors with accompanying blood and there's also some small swearing(no f words). It's essentially the perfect family film for outsiders, people who can handle it but if you're thinking this is in line with Bambi or Cinderella well you'd be quite mistaken.
What are super disappointing is the extras. Basically it's a featurette(those back-patting "that guy's great to work with" EPK you see on TV), 2 separate commentaries by Tim Burton who's his usual non-gabby self and a score commentary with Danny Elfman. No featurette on Vincent Price who actually had his last starring role in this film? An in-depth look behind the music, art design, Depp's training with scissors, a retrospective on the making? It's quite clearly a big missed opportunity.
It's hard to recommend since my comments about its mild language and violence still stand but this is still one of Burton's better films and one of the best from the 90's. |
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