1990 · romance · fantasy · drama
Edward Scissorhands
Directed by Tim Burton1h 45m1990
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Our read: Edward Scissorhands (1990) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive romance · fantasy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, gentle romance / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- inventive
- tender
- signature
- intimate
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