Review of Edward Scissorhands (1990) by Brendan C — 25 Dec 2012

Well this is a classic Johnny Depp film that pretty much is a symbol of his acting career. It is a very good classic that is quirky, and fun. It is about a boy named Edward who has scissors for fingers, and was created in a lab.

A woman brings her home, and he is the talk of the whole neighborhood. Edward to me was a mix of Freddy Krueger, E.T., a mad scientist, and a little bit of Edward Colon. He has the hands of Freddy Krueger, the sweetness and innocence of E.

T., the hair of a mad scientist, and the skin of Edward Colon. He also scratched his fingers against the walls like Fred Krueger did, when he was angry. He is very sweet, but gets into trouble because he accidently hurts people with his hands.

When he does people think he did it on purpose. He starts to fall for the daughter of the woman who brings him home, but her boyfriend abuses Edward and wants him gone. The movie teaches a lesson that you shouldn't be something your not, because it will not do anything good.

Edward tried to live like a human being, but he wasn't, so a lot of bad things happened to him in the end that really hurt him. He didn't deserve those things, so you felt really bad at the end.

The film is pretty funny however. A really funny part of the film is that Edward trims all of the hedges in the neighborhood, and makes them into all different forms of art. He makes a hedge into to swans that form a heart.

Once he cuts all of the hedges he starts giving women, and dogs haircuts. It is also funny when he tries to eat, because he can't pick up peas with his scissor hands. When he is walking around the house for the first time, it is kind of like E.

T. looking around the house, because of the curiosity. Some people love him, but some think he is a freak. At first the girl he falls for won't eat something, because his hands touched it. She freaked out when she saw him sleeping in her bed.

But she ends up falling for him. Though Edward appears scary with his pale skin, scars, black shadowing around his eyes, crazy hair, and of course his hands, but once you get past that he is a totally loveable character.

The film has some Spielberg like emotions. It has the type of warmth that his films usually give you, and the sadness that they give you. This feels like something that he would have done. I like that about it though.

I also like the flashbacks to when he was being created, and his creator was teaching him. This film did a good job explaining his background. Overall a very good film. This is classic.