Rating: PG13
Genre:
Fantasy
Theatrical Release: 12/07/1990(USA)
Release Date: 09/23/2008
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Profanity, Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Tim Burton's
Edward Scissorhands opens as an eccentric inventor (
Vincent Price) lovingly assembles a synthetic youth named
Edward (
Johnny Depp).
Edward has all the essential ingredients for today's standard body, with the exception of a pair of hands. For what is initially thought to be a temporary period, he is fitted with long, scissor-like extremities that, while able to trim a mean hedge, are hardly conducive to day-to-day life. When the kindly inventor dies, however,
Edward is left lonely and cursed with some very heavy metal for hands. He is eventually taken in by
Peg Boggs (
Dianne Weist), an Avon lady who takes pity on him after seeing his bleak existence.
Edward, in spite of his inherent ability to slay anyone he comes across, is a gentle soul whose only wish is to be loved. His impromptu family has, at best, a limited understanding of
Edward, but he finds himself drawn to
Peg's weary but sympathetic daughter,
Kim (
Winona Ryder), who is dating
Jim (
Anthony Michael Hall), the neighborhood bully. Meanwhile,
Edward finds himself a local celebrity after the town realizes that his talents include creative hedge trimming and an unrivaled ability to cut hair. His so-called friends are proven fair-weather when
Edward is accused of a crime, after which his only supporters are
Peg and
Kim.
~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
