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Edward Scissorhands (Widescreen Anniversary Edition)
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, and Kathy Baker
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $14.98
Release Date: 2000-09-05
Theatrical Release Date: 1990-12-14
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Run Time: 105 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Discs: 1


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com essential video
Edward Scissorhands achieves the nearly impossible feat of capturing the delicate flavor of a fable or fairy tale in a live-action movie. The story follows a young man named Edward (Johnny Depp), who was created by an inventor (Vincent Price, in one of his last roles) who died before he could give the poor creature a pair of human hands. Edward lives alone in a ruined Gothic castle that just happens to be perched above a pastel-colored suburb inhabited by breadwinning husbands and frustrated housewives straight out of the 1950s. One day, Peg (Dianne Wiest), the local Avon lady, comes calling. Finding Edward alone, she kindly invites him to come home with her, where she hopes to help him with his pasty complexion and those nasty nicks he's given himself with his razor-sharp fingers. Soon Edward's skill with topiary sculpture and hair design make him popular in the neighborhood--but the mood turns just as swiftly against the outsider when he starts to feel his own desires, particularly for Peg's daughter Kim (Winona Ryder). Most of director Tim Burton's movies (such as Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman) are visual spectacles with elements of fantasy, but Edward Scissorhands is more tender and personal than the others. Edward's wild black hair is much like Burton's, suggesting that the character represents the director's own feelings of estrangement and co-option. Johnny Depp, making his first successful leap from TV to film, captures Edward's childlike vulnerability even while his physical posture evokes horror icons like the vampire in Nosferatu and the sleepwalker in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Classic horror films, at their heart, feel a deep sympathy for the monsters they portray; simply and affectingly, Edward Scissorhands lays that heart bare. --Bret Fetzer

2) Amazon.com
Edward Scissorhands achieves the nearly impossible feat of capturing the delicate flavor of a fable or fairy tale in a live-action movie. The story follows a young man named Edward (Johnny Depp), who was created by an inventor (Vincent Price, in one of his last roles) who died before he could give the poor creature a pair of human hands. Edward lives alone in a ruined Gothic castle that just happens to be perched above a pastel-colored suburb inhabited by breadwinning husbands and frustrated housewives straight out of the 1950s. One day, Peg (Dianne Wiest), the local Avon lady, comes calling. Finding Edward alone, she kindly invites him to come home with her, where she hopes to help him with his pasty complexion and those nasty nicks he's given himself with his razor-sharp fingers. Soon Edward's skill with topiary sculpture and hair design make him popular in the neighborhood--but the mood turns just as swiftly against the outsider when he starts to feel his own desires, particularly for Peg's daughter Kim (Winona Ryder). Most of director Tim Burton's movies (such as Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Batman) are visual spectacles with elements of fantasy, but Edward Scissorhands is more tender and personal than the others. Edward's wild black hair is much like Burton's, suggesting that the character represents the director's own feelings of estrangement and co-option. Johnny Depp, making his first successful leap from TV to film, captures Edward's childlike vulnerability even while his physical posture evokes horror icons like the vampire in Nosferatu and the sleepwalker in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Classic horror films, at their heart, feel a deep sympathy for the monsters they portray; simply and affectingly, Edward Scissorhands lays that heart bare. --Bret Fetzer

3) Description
Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon lady took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward's fantastical adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Touching and effective, but not a classic   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
This movie would have worked much better as a short than a full-length film. To say this is a classic is preposterous. It has a very strong, but limited vision. The characterizations are clear, as is the moral tale, the color palets, the dichotomies. But please, this is not genius. Like Eraserhead, the limited vision of the movie becomes tedious at times. Several aspects (such as Price's role, several scenes of the frustrated housewifes, Anthony Michael Hall) are mundane. The goth appearance of Depp is striking for 1990. Burton's stop animation works are a much better realization of his creativity.

2) Tim Burton classic   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love this story! I enjoyed it when it first came out. Now I am sharing it with my 15 yr old daughter who had never seen it but loves anything directed by Tim Burton. She was quite happy with my suggestion. And Johnny Depp is always nice to look at.

3) Poor Edward!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I don't recall when I'd ever seen such a messed up movie. Don't take that the wrong way, I loved the movie, I think Johnny is awsome, but the story is just flat out depressing (not that I was thinking/hoping for kittens, rainbows, and horses mind you, this is afterall a Burton project). I did thuroughly enjoy it though, it truely is a great little classic Burton film in all apspects of those words. If you've never seen it, I suggest you do especially if you are a big Burton fan. You WILL NOT be dissapointed, sad for the outcome may be but not with this movie. It's a definite keeper. :)

4) Will tug at your heart and make you laugh and cry   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This movie is superb. Johnny Depp's character of Edward Scissorhands is one of the sweetest most misunderstood creations of all time. Johnny is such a wonderful actor and you truly believe that Edward is real. Tim Burton is a genius and this movie proves it. Anyone can enjoy this movie and maybe learn something about our own hearts and biases at the same time.

5) Edward scissor hands   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Product came promptly, packaged well, and in perfect condition. My fiance loved the movie. Would definitely buy from the seller again.