Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Innocence is what he knows. Beauty is what she sees.
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 7 December 1990 |
| Genre | Fantasy, Drama, Romance |
| Director | Tim Burton |
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder and Dianne Wiest |
| Runtime | 105 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 7.7/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 90% · Metacritic 74/100 · TMDB users 7.7/10 |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $86 million worldwide |
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What kind of watch this is
Tim Burton’s 1990 film runs 105 minutes. The tone is delicate, built on the tension between a strange, unfinished creation and the glossy, manicured world he enters. It is a fantasy, drama, and romance that treats its central character with a kind of fragile reverence. The hook is not the magic, but the social awkwardness of being fundamentally different in a neighborhood that demands conformity. It feels less like a movie and more like a childhood memory of a house that looked perfect from the street but had broken things inside.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes sits at 90%, a figure that suggests the fairy tale landed soft. Metacritic is more conservative, landing on 74 out of 100. Peter Travers called it the year’s most comic and haunting fantasy. Rita Kempley saw a dark yet heartfelt portrait of the artist. The consensus is warm, though not uniformly. It is a film that trusts its audience to feel the sting of its own innocence.
How it did with audiences
$20 million in, $86 million out worldwide. That is a comfortable margin in a business where most films pretend to be art while trying to be profitable. Users on TMDB rate it 7.7 out of 10, a number that suggests people still care enough to click the button. Joe Roth at 20th Century Fox decided against hyping it as an E.T.-sized blockbuster, letting it find its place instead.
Where it left its mark
Burton has called it his most personal work, a sentiment that usually signals a director who finally stopped performing for the audience. It also marked his first team-up with Johnny Depp and cinematographer Stefan Czapsky, a combination that defined the director's visual language for years. The film’s footprint extends into unlikely places, from an extinct lobster named after Depp to a Cadillac commercial featuring Timothée Chalamet. Even Family Guy couldn't resist a cutaway gag about Edward’s delicate touch. It proved that a creature feature could anchor a career.
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Sources
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