"What do you think of when you think of a Tim Burton movie? His movies have always had a larger-than-life feeling, whether they depict evil Martians invading the Earth, the Caped Crusader defending Gotham, or two ghosts trying to haunt their house's new residents. But in 1990, Tim Burton traded his extravagant aesthetic for what could be his smallest movie ever - and it's definitely his most beautiful and underrated. It deserves to be a Christmas classic as much as The Nightmare Before Christmas."
"Edward Scissorhands is probably so magical because it's when Burton started working with the actor who would become his go-to star, Johnny Depp. In the movie, Depp plays Edward, a humanoid android created by a mysterious Inventor (Vincent Price) who slowly made him more and more human, but passed away before he was able to finish the hands, leaving Edward with just a combination of blades and scissors."
"But when Avon saleslady Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest) discovers Edward, she decides to take him home to her suburban family, including her daughter Kim (Winona Ryder). Edward finds it difficult to communicate, but his hands allow him to create magnificent topiaries and, later, haircuts, which allow him to find a sense of purpose. But when he falls for Kim, their romance has a dark and deadly end."
Tim Burton shifted from large-scale fantastical aesthetics to an intimate, visually poetic film in 1990. Edward Scissorhands centers on Edward, a humanoid created by an Inventor who dies before finishing his hands, leaving blades and scissors. Avon saleslady Peg Boggs brings Edward into her suburban household, where his scissor-hands craft topiaries and haircuts that give him purpose. A budding romance with Peg's daughter Kim grows, but it leads to tragic consequences. The story adopts a Christmas fairy-tale framing, culminating in Edward carving an ice sculpture that creates snow, renewing Kim's faith and underscoring the film's bittersweet magic.
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