Edward Scissorhands DVD > Reviews > Tim Burton at his best

Author's product rating:   

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

Advantages:	See review
Disadvantages:	See review

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

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INTRODUCTION:
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I am a huge fan of Johnny Depp, and an even bigger fan of Tim Burton and his bizarre, and often dark, films. Even with huge expectations for this film, i was definitely not disappointed.

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PLOT:
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The film begins with the story of an old inventor who builds Edward from scratch in his dark and gloomy (and rather spooky) mansion, but dies before he has a chance to finish, leaving scissors for his hands (hence the name Edward Scissorhands).

Edward is eventually discovered when the friendly local Avon lady (Dianne West) calls at the house. She takes pity on Edward and brings him back to live with her in the too-immaculate suburban neighbourhood, full of judgmental curtain twitchers.

Here, Edward falls in love with Kim (WInona Ryder), and this leads to some particularly touching moments, especially as you know already that the relationship is doomed from the start and will never end happily every after (which is a refreshing change from other fairytales).

Edward struggles to fit in in the neighbourhood as he is regarded as a freak by the plentiful gossiping housewives, and ends up puttings his skills to good use by offering radical new haircuts to the neighbours, and taking up topiary to produce amazing shapes out of the neighbours hedges (yes, it sounds very odd, but it works!)

But Edward is not used to being around people, and eventually his lack of control with his scissorhands ends up causing a tragic accident and the neighbours immediately turn on him...

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MY OPINION
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I absolutely loved this film and many moments will remain with me, mainly due to the fact that I felt the utmost empathy for the Edward all of the way through.

A particularly heartbreaking scene is where Edward is having his first meal with his surrogate family, and just watching him attempt to eat with his scissorhands is enough to make me cry!

A fabulous and enchanting story with some extremely touching scenes (get the tissues ready!).

On the DVD, the special features included are:

Tim Burton Commentary
Danny Elfman Commentary
Featurette
Interview Clips
2 Trailers
1.85:1 ratio enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs
Dolby Digital 4.0 Surround
Subtitles: English for the hearing impaired

So some interesting features but nothing special. But the film completely make up for this!