Customer Reviews
Touching story and a classic Johnny Depp - By: M. McManus, 15 Jul 2008 
This tells the touching story of Edward Scissorhands. Edward was originallly a chopping machine, which an inventor used as the template for turning into a human. However, the inventor died before the final part of Edward could be made, his hands. As a result, Edward was left with his original chopping scissors instead of hands, & lived in the inventor's castle alll alone. That was until a chance calll by a door to door saleswoman, who took pity on Edward, & took him into town to live with her family.
Despite initiallly startling the townspeople, Edward quickly wins their affection. He provides free hair cuts, free hedge trimming & free dog grooming, something he is naturallly suited to give, & quickly becomes a local celebrity. However, one person who does not warm to him is the boyfriend of the family daughter he lives with. The boyfriend routinely teases Edward, & resents the soft spot his girlfriend has for Edward. He also accuses Edward of causing trouble, & Edward's naivety & social clumsiness from years living alone in the castle makes him unable to counter these attacks. This leads to dramatic consquences.
The acting is extremely good. Johnny Depp was arguably made by this role, & it is impossible not to be moved by Edward's tenderness & timidness. Also, a young Winona Rider makes an appearance, as the daughter of his adopted family. The sound track is haunting, & the film has a real Tim Burton "feel" to it, especiallly the scenes in the inventor's castle. Fans of Nightmare Before Christmas will readily recognise this!
The film does not have any major weaknesses, although the brutish boyfriend is very dull & one dimensional & at times not very believable. The films premise is also built on a fairy tale, & some viewers may find this lack of "realism" & plausibility detracts from the film. There is some blood as well, often caused by Edward accidentallly scratching himself or other people, so squeamish viewers be warned!
All in alll, the film is strongly recommended.
I LOVE THIS FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - By: S. Schofield, 06 Jul 2008 
When I first saw a trailer for this film, I thought it looked quite scary. Even so, when I found it in my local video shop, I rented it. I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO wrong about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is not scary at alll!! In fact, it is the exact opposite.
My favourite scene of alll in the film has to be the scene where Kim is dancing & Edward is creating the ice Angel.
When I saw this film, it immediately went to the top of my list of favourite films, it is that good. I still watch it & every time it makes me laugh & cry without fail.
If anyone says it is a bad film, well, they're MAD!!!!!
If you haven't seen it yet, WATCH IT!!!!!!!!
gothic fairytale - By: L. Dorward, 05 Jun 2008 This film is quite simply exqusite. it is basicallly a modern adult fairytale, & love story, of a man & a woman who cant be together. Everything this film does, grabs you by the heart strings. Depp is wonderfully understated capturing the innocence & fragility of his character with gusto & perfection. One of his best roles i believe. The other casting is also fantastic, even Ryder is good as the spoilt brat who eventuallly realises that looks are not everything, you need to realise whats inside someone to love them. The irony & message of this film is genius & should be classed as a modern classic
Wow, where did that idea come from? - By: Lou Knee, 13 Feb 2008 A corker of an idea for a modern day fairy tale given the full Gothic treatment by the most visuallly imaginative film maker around & it simply could not fail to be a stonking great success commerciallly (not so much maybe on its release but its subsequent video sales & rentals were massive), & is very possibly a creative masterpiece.
PS It seems the idea may well have been lifted from that ultra strange movie Shanks, but that doesn't take away the immense charm the far more commercial ES has. Maybe not as original as it looks then, which is a shame, but Burton fashioned out a classic modern fairy tale from the schlock premise of that 70s made curiosity.
Great film but careful... - By: Vincent Malloy, 12 Feb 2008 Probably Tim Burton's best film. I was reallly disappointed though to find out that the dvd had no extras...
