Edward Scissorhands DVD > Reviews > A Cut Above The Rest

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Loved it
Story	Outstanding
Characters / Performances	Outstanding
Special Effects	Good
How does it compare to similar films?	Outstanding

Advantages:	Heartbreakingly romantic, funny
Disadvantages:	none

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

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Actors/Actresses- Johnny Depp, Winowna Rider, Dianne Weist, many more

Rating- PG

PLOT:
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Peg Boggs local Avon lady
is having a hard day, and decides to try her luck at an old mansion to see if anyone will be interesting in Avon's cosmetics. She enters the house, and notices beautiful sculpures formed from hedges. Inside, she meets Edward, a man with scissors for hands, strange wild hair, and a black leather metal attire.

She takes him home, and introduces him to her family. He begins to settle in well, been a hit with the neighbours, cutting hedges. and cutting hair. That is until his life is turned upside by Kim, Peg's beautiful teenage daughter. Ed starts to fall in love with Kim, but she regards him no more than a freak. Ed becomes tormented by Kim's boyfriend Jim and his relationship with Kim. However, he's a gentle soul (despite his hands) and lets things rest.

Jim needs to buy a new car, and persuades Kim to coax Ed into breaking into Jim's house and stealing his parent's new hi-tech gear. Ed does so for his love for Kim, but gets caught out. The nieghbours begin to talk, and Ed is accussed of raping Joyce Monroe (an evil neighbour) after he refuses to sleep with her.

Things start to turn from bad to worse for poor Ed, but soon Kim begins to realise she's falling for him, but her mother and everyone else begin to wonder if Ed would just be better off 'back up there' in the masion where no harm can be doen to him...

MY THOUGHTS:
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I watched this film because it starred Johnny Depp, and dispite his good looks which are totally illusioned from us in this film, it has become my favourite ever film. Depp completely out-shines his co star Rider (who he then dated) as the gentle snip-happy strange man. It's heartbreaking and will make most cry, it's also insanely funny and entertaining. While the costumes and set are a little low-budget, Tim Burton (director) never fails to impress.

Recommended highly.

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