| Edward Scissorhands | | Cast : | Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder | | Director : | Tim Burton | | Studio : | Twentieth Century Fox Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, THX, Dolby, Widescreen | | Released Date : | December 14, 1990 | | DVD Released Date : | June 03, 2003 | | Language : | Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 08, 2005 | | Summary | You will love this movie | Content
 | This is quite possibly one of the most magical movies I have ever seen. In one sentence, this is the story of a young man yearning to accepted and loved, but who sadly isn't cut out for this world. It is inevitable: it will make you cry.
Johnny Depp plays Edward Scissorhands, an incomplete, timid and bizarre character, who was created in a large castle by an inventor. Unfortunately, his inventor (Vincent Price) dies before he was able to finish Edward. Edward looks like a normal human being, except he has ghostly pale skin and large blades for his hands. He sounds monstrous, but he is probably the most lovable creature imaginable.
One day, a naiive Avon lady named Peg (Diane Wiest) going door-to-door discovers Edward, all by himself in the huge castle, and invites him to live with her and her family. Edward hardly speaks a word, but he doesn't need to. Every adorable expression on his face tells us that he would do anything to have even just one friend. Everyone in the neighborhood finds him mysterious, but they quickly accept him. Edward then shows them his wonderful talent at cutting bushes into miraculous shapes. Soon, Edward is doing everything from ice-sculpting to hair-trimming. He is in love with his new life.
He finds that he is also in love with Peg's daughter, Kim, played by Winona Ryder. At first, Kim is frightened by Edward. But she slowly realizes how warm and loving he is, as opposed to her current boyfriend. The most unforgettable part in this movie is later when Kim asks Edward, "Hold me," and Edward's response is "...I can't." He wants so badly to hold her, but at the same time he is afraid of harming her.
Anyway, everything is going perfectly, until a few accidents happen. Let's just say that, in the eyes of the neighborhood, Edward's hands go from being helpful tools to deadly weapons. Everyone immediately turns on him, and Edward finds himself completely alone again.
I won't tell anymore, so that I don't spoil the story. I will tell you that this movie has a sad ending. My opinion is that this role is probably Johnny Depp's best. He gives Edward the perfect blend of sadness and happiness. Be sure to have plenty of tissues, but also be prepared to laugh at Edward's awkwardness and silliness. Most of all, be prepared to fall in love with Edward Scissorhands. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 05, 2005 | | Summary | never changed | Content
| Apparently, when I was 6 years old, I watched this movie and fell in love with Edward. When I popped in the DVD 12 years later, my mother reminded me that I used to bring him up at dinner and I'd draw pictures of him at school.
Well I had weird tastes then and I have weird tastes now. I'm still yearning to live in a fairy tale and I'm still in love with Edward. I think his childlike tenderness appealed to my own just peaking youth and today it riles up nostalgia that produces the same warm feelings.
Burton's movie is a spectacular take on the tragedy of humanity always unable to accept and understand each other if it stands in the way of protecting themselves. But Burton brings out the compassion in any (willing) member of the audience and reminds watchers that there is humanity and love in the strangest and even the most dangerous of creatures. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | One of Mr. Burton's greatist films!!! | Content
| Edward Scissorhands on tape was great. But now with the special features,I want to watch it more often!!!!!!! the dvd has commentaries by Tim Burton and Danny Elfman,what the people who worked on the film thought of it and more!!!!! If you cant afford the dvd or dont have a dvd player yet,it's still great to get the tape!!! Another wonderfull movie,Mr.Burton!!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 26, 2005 | | Summary | The Saddest Movie I've Ever Seen! | Content
| I am a 12 year old guy and I first saw this movie when I was 9 years old. It scared the living crap out of me.
Today, well, yesterday, I watched this movie again. It made me cry so hard, I wanted to leave the room. I never noticed how horrible Edward must've felt when he went back up to his mansion. You can only cry at things like these if you've ever been in a situation of betrayal just like Edward. I cryed at the part the Inventor died because I could imagine how Edward must've felt, confused and all alone for years and years. I cried when Kim and Edward were talking about the robbery in the house, because she asked why he did it, and he said, "Because you told me to." That told me he would do anything for her, in other words, he loved her. I cried when Kim and Edward hugged, because he knew if he held her, he would hurt her, and he regreted it at first because he loved her too much. I cried when Kim was dancing in the snow, because Edward was expressing his warm feelings to her by ice carving an angel. I cried at the end when they finally kissed, because after that, I knew it was the end between them. When that happened, I cried until the credits began rolling. It's not 'cause I'm sensitive or girly about it, it actually makes you feel bad for him because everything was going along as if everything was okay. Then, suddenly, everything changed when people realized he could hurt someone. It's a very emotional and very sad movie, the only movie that truly made me cry.
Overall rating: 1,000,000,000 stars. This is my favorite movie of all time and it needs to be re-released in theatres again sometime. Now buy the movie! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 25, 2005 | | Summary | I Fell In Love... A Review By Mary Sanders | Content
| Edward Scissorhands is my all-time favorite film. Tim Burton (the greatest filmaker of all time) did a fantastic job directing this movie as he always does. Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, and Diane Weist all did supreme jobs acting in this film.
All right, this film starts off with a woman (Diane Weist) selliing cosmetics door-to-door, and ends up walking through a foreboding-looking castle, and comes upon an odd young man with various blades for hands. He tells her his name is Edward (played by the extremely handsome and gifted Johnny Depp) and tells her his father (played by the great Vincent Price, rest his soul) died, and he wasn't finished.
The woman takes him home, and Edward becomes very popular in the neighborhood, and then the woman's daughter (Winona Ryder) comes home from camping with her handsome, but jerk boyfriend (Anthony Michael Hall), and Edward falls hoplessly in love.
I will say no more because I will spoil it. But this is one of the best motion pictures ever filmed. Buy it, you won't be sorry. Great job Tim Burton! |
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