Released nearly 20 years ago, "Edward Scissorhands" tells the story of Edward played by Johnny Depp. Edward is a creation who, before his maker can give him real hands, has scissors for hands. After a woman meets him upon trying to sell make up door to door, Edward emerges from his reclusive state to be taken in by her family and falls in love with her teenage daughter played by Winona Ryder."Edward Scissorhands" was the first release to team up director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp who would later go on to release an additional half dozen movies together.
While the film was performed well with critics and at the box office, "Edward Scissorhands" has since developed a cult following, of which I am a part of. I enjoy this movie now just as much as when I was a kid and large reason for that is the music. All of the music in the film was scored by Danny Elfman who is known for his work on many Tim Burton films as well as for scoring the theme for "Desperate Housewives."
While many people have already seen this movie, there are always a few stragglers who haven't. To those people I say: Watch it. It doesn't matter whether or not you like Tim Burton, or whether or not you like Johnny Depp. Just watch it. I guarantee Edward will live on as one of the most likeable characters you will ever watch.
(And it should speak volumes that Johnny Depp speaks less than 200 words in the whole film despite playing the main character.)
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