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Ranked #288
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In a castle high on top of a hill lives an inventor's greatest creation - Edward, a near-complete person. The creator died before he could finish Edward's hands; instead, he is left with metal scissors for hands. Since then, he has lived alone, until a kind lady called Peg discovers him and welcomes him into her home. At first, everyone welcomes him into the community, but soon things begin to take a change for the worse.
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Review by Chad
Added: January 8, 2004
Poor Edward. He's a creation of a lonely old inventor, who suddenly dies while finishing him up. He lives alone in the castle on top of the hill, until the local Avon lady finds him and takes him back to her house. Edward becomes quite the freakshow, as everyone wants to see the new weirdo in town. The boyfriend of the Avon lady's daughter isn't too fond of him, however, and some crazy stuff happens as a result.
Classic flick right here, again from our good pal Tim Burton. He sure does have a nice track-record going on, eh? Very nice storyline, some much more darker moments than I'd have expected from this type of movie, and nice use of coloring in the scenery and sets. The gothic flavoring to Edward worked out nicely, it made him stand out even more then the scissors-for-hands would have. The acting was nice all around, but Johnny Depp pulls out the most suprising performance here as Edward; very excellently done from him. Winona Ryder was also great as Edward's love interest, more suprising stuff there.
I liked how they put a few different genres together in this one, and successfully made it entertaining throughout. For example, there's comedy in some scenes, drama, and even some attempts at horror. Again, it never stays on one thing for too long, keeping it all entertaining throughout. Brilliantly done.
9/10, easily.
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#1:
Stary_Night_sky
- added September 25, 2004 at 10:21pm
A touching movie. Of course, it is by Tim Burton,
so that was expected.
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#2:
_asinine
- added November 29, 2004 at 7:16pm
Best movie.
Ever.
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#3:
babygirl_d
- added December 16, 2004 at 6:01pm
great movie. he is so hot at what he do
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#4:
BuryMeAlive
- added March 27, 2005 at 12:38pm
You just have to love this movie !
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#5:
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- added September 13, 2005 at 8:39pm
My favourite Tim Burton film ever.
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#6:
MrDerp
- added September 20, 2005 at 4:59pm
My favorite Tim Burton film as well. Should hit
you in the heart no matter who you are.
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#7:
Tristan
- added June 9, 2009 at 1:07pm
Definitely in Burton's top 3 movies. I'm not much
of a fan, but the mix between a fairy tale and
1950's suburbia played out really great on film.
Especially with how warped and twisted Burton's
films look.
8/10
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