![]() There's an obvious contrast between the brightly coloured town and the dark rooms of the castle but also one between the bright town and its inhabitants who are scornful or mocking. But "Edward Scissorhands" is also a movie of contrasts. The second one that shows Edward's fall, following a burglary in which he was inconveniently involved in, he becomes the town's bĂȘte noire (and the movie becomes painful) Tim Burton tells this modern fairy tale by introducing a lot of poetry, and during his movie, he tries to create an aesthetic beauty and he succeeds in, especially with the gardens of the castle, Edward's sculptures and Edward himself is good-looking in spite of his scissorhands. This modern fairy tale links skilfully elements from the basic fairy tale (the castle) and elements from the social life (Peg's job as representative for a cosmetics firm) and it can be divided into two parts: the first one that epitomizes Edward's rise: thanks to his scissorhands that give him gifts as a hairdresser and a gardener, he becomes the idol of the town. "Edward Scissorhands" appears like a more serious, more mature and even touching movie. You could have thought that Tim Burton would rest on his laurels, following "Batman"'s huge commercial success. Reviewed by dbdumonteil 9 / 10 the rise and fall of Edward Scissorhands and the inhabitants of a small town ![]()
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