Perhaps the most original movie fantasy creation of the year: an icon of tenderness and artistic alienation that clings, stickum-like, to your mind's eye and the softest, most woundable parts of your mass-culture heart. [7 Dec 1990, Calendar, p.F-1]Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
A witty comedy of manners that arcs into poignance, this is a Christmas movie only a Grinch could hate... One of the brightest, bittersweetest fables of this or any-year. [10 Dec 1990, p.87]Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lawrence O'Toole
Simple, funny, gorgeous, sad, and sweet, perfect for playing over and over.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
Like a great chef concocting an exquisite peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich, Mr. Burton invests awe-inspiring ingenuity into the process of reinventing something very small.Read Full Review »
Edward Scissorhands isn't perfect. It's something better: pure magic.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
If the script were half as witty as its production design and Danny Elfman's score, the film might be a classic; instead, it recalls the “Beetlejuice” half that doesn't have Keaton. [7 Dec 1990, Life, p.4D]Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
Tim Burton remains the Wizard of Odd with this eye-filling if problematic confection.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The disappointment is that Burton has not yet found the storytelling and character-building strength to go along with his pictorial flair.Read Full Review »
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