Edward Scissorhands (1990) Reaction & Review! FIRST TIME WATCHING!! 

The inventor was none other than the amazing, the magnificent, the scary and terrifying😈 Vincent price. Michael Jackson fans are definitely gonna remember him as the narrator for his music video THRILLER

One of the most beautiful scores and films ever. Such a bittersweet ending. Always makes me cry :'(

Kinda surprised you didn’t immediately recognize Vincent Price as the inventor! He was a great horror film actor from the golden age of the B movie, and was even the inspiration for the look of Dr. Strange, the Marvel comic character. He was the king of the off the wall fun horror films of the 50s, and starred in The Abominable Dr. Phibes, which inspired the story of Mr. Freeze’s reimagining in the Batman: The Animated Series. If you’ve never seen much of his work, I highly recommend Theater of Blood, The Fly (the original), and honestly too many to name here. He was also the creepy voice in Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

I'm glad you appreciated the score but you missed out on the heart of the film. This isn't a kids movie and it's not a story, it's a fable and kids of all ages can get something from it. It's not just a fish out of water scenario, it's the pure natural man who confronts the rigors of civilization with its pastel houses (not genuine primary colors), the gossiping, misplaced values, envy, lust, etc. Edward doesn't know their rules so he follows his heart, he would do the right thing instead of the legal thing. This certainly has a depth lacking in the "Batman" movie you think is better than this, depth of feeling and philosophy that lends it more re-watch-ability than a stylized action film. Edward's world is more black and white but it's also more beautiful. He tried to bring that beauty into the civilized town (like Prometheus) but they could not understand or accept him.

When I first showed this to a young friend, and she asked me what sort of movie it was, I replied, "A Fable". I still don't think there's a better description of Edward Scissorhands.

Love this movie. Such a classic. The music is it’s own character in the film. Johnny has such a range. Truly one of the greats.

RIP, Vincent Price, 1911-1993. This was his last film as an actor.

One of the reasons I love this movie is because I almost stumbled on to the set (while shooting on location in central FL). I was at the shopping plaza, where Edward was going to open a shop, to go to the ATM. I was looking at the purple van (which seemed out of place) while going up to the walkway (without looking at the walkway), and then turned my head and saw Burton in his chair (on a track, moving backwards) and Edward walking towards me. . I had no clue it was Johnny Depp at the time. When I watch that scene it is like a time warp.

I think if we look at everything from Edwards perspective he is more “POLITE” rather than naive. I think to us and everyone in the town “society as a whole” Edward is perceived as naive. But he admits he knew he was breaking into Jim’s house and was only doing it because he was asked to by Winona’s character. He leaves the Salon as soon as the horny neighbor crosses the limits of his politeness because the situation makes him uncomfortable. When we meet him he has been alone for who knows how long. A nice woman engages with him and invites him back with her. I think he was desperate for compassion and companionship. We even see his inventor the Great Vincent Price teaching him all about societal etiquette. Just because he presents to everyone including the audience as completely innocent doesn’t mean he is not as multifaceted as any other person. When he is upset in front of people he says nothing and keeps his head down. When he is upset by himself you see him demonstrate the anger that is boiling inside as he scratches walls and cuts off his “normal” clothes. I don’t think he feels like he can express any other feelings besides polite gratefulness in front of people because on one hand he is grateful to have a community around him and societal etiquette also dictates NOT expressing “unpleasant” emotions. Jim escalates everything and proves consistently that he will not stop. When someone leaves you with no choice, then you are defending yourself. Which in our society is considered justifiable. (Not saying it is right) You can look at it like Edward just not fitting in with society but I see it as society not being (Good Enough) for someone like Edward.

I think you’ll appreciate the score. Winona Ryder was my favorite actress for many years. I’m happy to see her getting back to acting. She’s very talented.

The inventor was played by Vincent Price, horror legend (and one of Tim Burton's favorite actors, one of his early movies was titled Vincent)

I saw this as an adult, I think it is a beautiful, memorable movie, good for all age viewers.

“Edward Scissorhands” is a fantasy , but it’s not really a children’s film. Despite moments of whimsy, I always saw it as a darker commentary on the superficiality of suburbia and the way society often treats those that are different.

If I was a director, having Vincent Price appear in my movie would be quite an experience..

If you want to see Burton beyond the obvious goth, dark style most people associate him with in his work, you definitely need to react to his best works in “Big Fish” and “Ed Wood” as well as “Big Eyes”. Big Fish is my personal favorite for him. I think it’s his best work he’s ever created and probably his most personal.

Just hearing "old" Winona Ryder starting the story and the first strains of the music and I'm fighting back tears. It's "triggering," in the best way, bringing back a rush of memories of how strong the emotions were that this movie made me feel when I first saw it.

I recently saw an interview with Danny Elfman, where he said that the script was like nothing he had read before, which gave him unlimited possibilities of where to go with the music. I believe he said it was one of his favorite scores of his own for this reason.

Another enjoyable reaction - a bit short for my liking, but enjoyable nonetheless. :) It's interesting that you kept referring to it as a kids movie. I never perceived it that way, For me personally it feels more like a fairy tale for teens and adults, with elements of a "family film", but essentially for anyone really.

Props to Burton for getting Vincent Price to do this movie. RIP. The neighborhood where this was filmed built in the 60’s that’s why the houses have that look. They actually had all the houses painted the bright colors and the shrubs done. Several years after filming the home owners would keep the shrubs and houses in this condition. I never saw anyone from movie but I did see the custom van a couple of times.

Maybe you didn't know him, but the incredible actor who played Edwards' creator was Vincent Price. Vincent Price was an amazing horror movie actor back in the 50's. One of my favorites is a 1953 film, "House of Wax".

Shan, this was not marketed as a kid's movie... it was rated PG13!

I have seen a few reactions to this film, and, to my surprise, Vincent Price, who portrayed the inventor in this film, is never mentioned. He was a wonderful actor known for his many roles, as well as an art collector and cook. He was mostly known for his horror movies of the 60s and 70s. This film would be his last onscreen role, as he passed away 3 years later.

An absolute masterpiece. A classiccinema christmas fairy tale.

I highly recommend the Tim Burton movie "Sleepy Hollow" from 1999.

There's an interesting parallel between Tim Burton casting his childhood hero Vincent Price in the late years of his career (not only in Edward Scissorhand, but also in his short "Vincent") and B-movie director Ed Wood giving work to his childhood hero Bela Lugosi. I'm sure that when Tim Burton directed Ed Wood's semi-fictionalized biopic he felt that relationship very deeply, and it shows.

Regarding your question, I don't think Jim's character would have stopped trying to kill Edward and, possibly, Kim; therefore, he needed to be removed from the plot.

Interesting you went to Pinocchio rather than the more obvious Frankenstein. (The humans are always the true monsters, especially in Tim Burton) The fairy tale that it is drawing more from is "Beauty and The Beast." In a reversal, The Beast must come out of his castle, down to the people and win them over. He does win the love of The Beauty, but the town turns against him. Jim had to die because... He's *Gaston.*

You're one of the best RU-vid reactors I've come across. Your deep knowledge of actors, composers, and directors, along with your insightful analysis, always enhances my appreciation of the movies. Keep up the fantastic work! 👏🔥

"Big Fish" is Tim Burton's masterpiece. It is immaculate. You will love it.

This movie was the last film Vincent Price was in. He was a wonderful actor. May he rest in peace.

A true classic

When I was a kid this was the only movie that made me cry every time I watched it.

I loved the soundtrack so much I had to buy it, and I listen to it while it's snowing any chance I get. Really makes winter feel more magical.

Your cadence with "what the fuss" really made me lol

I always think of the film as a modern fable. Shan, I hope you saw that Edward was a metaphor for the artist as an outsider, someone who doesn't fit in, but does incredible work, like Tim Burton!

Saw this film once when it first came out at the drive in. I was only 13 so I did not it appreciate it but I do remember Johnny Depp being absolutely amazing.

"I am not complete." Fun Fact: Edward (Johnny Depp) says only 169 words in the film.

"I think this is set in the... 60s? Maybe?" You probably got this by the end, but the timeframe is intentionally kept vague and inconsistent to add to the storybook, dreamlike quality of the story. I doubt Tim Burton ever thought of it any more specifically than "the American suburbs, a few decades back". Great reaction as always, Shan. You're absolutely one of the very best reactors on RU-vid, and it should be said more often. Few others match your level of attentiveness, focus on storytelling and filmmaking techniques, and insight of critique.

I actually never thought of this movie as just "a kids movie", more like a movie for both young and older. Enjoyed the reaction, keep it up! 🙂 also this movie: * I'm not crying, you're crying * 😭😭😶

You should watch Ed Wood, not gothic, but the story of the worst movie director! One of my Burton's favourites, along with this one and Batman.

Wow cant believe that your only seeing this now. Such a beautiful film. Also the Jock boyfriend Jim is the red hair geek in every teen 80's movie ..Pretty in pink Breakfast club And so many more.

I first watched this movie a little over a decade ago when I was 16 and I had a profoundly personal experience with it. I avoid anything to do with it unless I'm ready to watch it again lest it make me too emotional lol. It's rare I feel I can "relate" to a movie, but the fear of screwing up everything you handle whether physically or otherwise and how this movie captures that is "relatable" in the purest sense of the word. It's a beautiful piece and a former #1 favorite movie of mine, and in my top 50 to this day.

Out growing something means givin up on.

I've never thought of this as a kids movie. Teens maybe. And Boomers like me because we grew up in those suburban neighborhoods, with Avon calling.

I as an adult still enjoy the film. Edward scissorhands is Tim Burton. The neighborhood is society and how the view artistic/different people.

"I thought this was be supposed to be a kids movie". No it was just supposed to be a regular movie. Burton didn't make kids movies, not in the sense Disney or Pixar do, nor was this marketed as "for kids" (regardless of PG rating allowing it or not). Whimsical movies for adults, like a pop version of someone like Fellini or Wes Anderson, yes.

I’m in agreement with you on Tim Burton’s catalog, Ed Wood is his best movie and Pee Wee’s Big Adventure is still my favorite.

One of the best movies ever made!! Absolutely brilliant in every way!

That was a random movie I saw on TV and I end up falling in love with it

Kids movie? Edward Scissorhands is not a kids movie. Tim Burton always called this film a fairy tale for adults. It was an indictment of suburbia with themes that would have been lost on kids. It's a fairy tale for adults.

Ive warched many of your reviews and therefore I cannot recommend enough to you that you see ED WOOD, which I think is easily Tim Burton's greatest film. It is not intended as a "literal" biography of the director Ed Wood, but burton wanted t capture the essence of the man. Martin Landau won an Oscar for playing Bela Lugosi. It pretty much sticks to the basics of Ed Wood's life but presented in an affectionate way, and it's also a love letter to filmmakingr itself. The chief irony is that Burton has crafted a superbly made film about the world's least talented, most clumsy filmmaker. Ed Wood is masterfully filmed, edited, shot and scored. The scene with Ed Wood and Orson Welles is amazing. Please please please watch Tim Burton's Ed Wood. Howard Shore does the score.

Prob my favorite tim burton film. Tho ‘Big fish’ is an underrated gem too

Another childhood favorite of mine, so many memories with this one.

This was the last film that Vincent Price was in before he died.

I've seen it posted elsewhere but I gotta give my support for Burton's movie Big Fish. I think it's his best work (outside animation.)

R.I.P. Alan Arkin

You really *really* should of watched this movie in late November, as it had very strong winter time in the suburbs leading up to Christmas vibes in aspects of the movie. Edward is a mechanical being, like a homonculus or golemn, a twist on Frankenstein's monster...

I'm baffled that somebody told you this was a kids movie, and I'm even more confused that you still think it is after watching it.

Not a kids movie. Not sure why you thought that Shan. It's rated pg13.

I've never heard anyone refer to Edward Scissorhands as a kid's movie. Where did you hear that?

I only just realized that the inventor is Vincent Price. It's amazing that we don't see more of the master actor with Tim Burton

When i was a kid and I watched this movie on crt screen and on old vhs I never realized the beginning is miniature. :-D But every reactor mentions this on hd versions. 😀

PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE....aso directed by Tim Burton with a score by Danny E lfman. Saw it in a theater on my 30th birthday. Had the entire place to myself.

Vincent Price was apparently one of Tim Burton's childhood heroes. He appeared in a lot of B horror movies. I don't know if anyone else remembers that he was also the host of a children's TV show, "The Hilarious House of Frightenstein"? (A much younger Vincent Price played a cruel Egyptian taskmaster in "The Ten Commandments".) Saw this in my early 20s in a movie theater around Christmas. After that, a couple songs from this soundtrack became part of my Christmas playlist.

You need to watch Ed Wood, Its the best "non burton style" burton work! love that movie!

R.I.P. Alan Arkin, who played Bill Boggs, he took what could've been a forgettable role and made it super memorable with all his amusing dad-isms

My biggest surprise in your reaction is that you didn't invoke the totally appropriate word, "fairytale." Best. Mike.

I have a bucket list entry where I lie on a flat roof a hot summer night, looking at the stars while smoking a blunt and listening to the Ice Dance track from this soundtrack.

Shan: "I would've liked it if I had seen it when I was under 10" This was a PG-13 movie and wasn't marketed as a "kid's" movie... and certainly not for kids under 10.

Who said it was a kid's movie? It's rated PG13 so it's not really meant for younger kids.

For such a fantastical film it brought some real emotions. Edit: I don't think Edward understood death. He described The Inventor as going to sleep and not waking up.

Another great reaction. The inventor of Edward was the one and only Vincent Price

Get ready for something beautiful 💘

Vincent Price was the villain Egghead in the 60s Batman series. I’m guessing Burton musta been a fan of Price as he was in a lot of gothic theme movies in his glory days as well.

The Avon lady didn’t care about his hands having scissors noticed his face.

One of my favorite Tim Burton films. I think Big Fish is my favorite. I highly recommend watching it!

Equal parts Frankenstein and Beauty and the Beast if the Beast instead lived among the town, Edward Scissorhands is great for its music and tone, but also with its commentaries; the town quickly and easily turned on Edward when he was no longer exploitable, even the guy who told him that he isn't handicapped later identifies him as a 'cripple', the mob of public opinion can be more inhuman than an artificial creation. The color palette is also intentionally loud because of the suburban lure that it's 'better' than Edward's gothic castle, and yet it becomes obnoxiously colorful to show how fake most of the townspeople are, it's only really the family and the police officer who treat him like a person throughout. It was also sadly Vincent Price's penultimate movie, and the last movie he physically appeared in before his death (Since 'The Thief and the Cobbler' was animated, also unfinished it took nearly 30 years)

I dissagree about the movie being more appreciated if you watch it as a kid. This movies, disugised a fairy tale brings social commetaries about how social communities treat people who are "different", te diference could be base on any aspect: sexuality, religion, ethnic, country birthplace, political religion, or jus that difference could just mererly be that the individual have a sensibility and a vision of the life and the wold that does not fit with the the other´s one. Those are universal and very adult issues. You mentioned Pinnochio but actuallly it´s a fairy tale who mixed that story with the Frankenstein´s one. About Edward Killing, I think it was necessary in order to show how Edward los his naivety at the end of the movie and that he is not an all-white character but he has a little darkenss inside. That made is more human becaus everyoneone of us we have it.

I've been a fan of Tim Burton for a long time but when I look over the catalog of films that he has directed, surprisingly few are on my best films list. For Burton, I find that perhaps the best for me are Edward Scissorhands, Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The Batman films were OK in my book. Ed Wood is actually kind of fantastic. Even Planet of the Apes, which was a reimagining, was good if you can get over the departure from the classic.

BIG FISH is my favorite Burton film and it's his highest ranked one on IMDB as well

I see your point. It made an impact on me as a kid.

This, Sweeney Todd and Beetlejuice were a one watch for me! "Powder," "Fallen" and either "The Dirty Dozen" or "Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers!"

A great modern fairy tale.

Fun fact: Johnny and Winona were engaged during the filming.

Shan, have you seen Big Fish? In my opinion, it's the best movie Tim Burton ever made. Really worth a watch.

Tim Burton's best work is Nightmare Before Christmas and this a close second, but that's mostly because the music in both are sooooo good.

Just here to comment on that beautiful GMT👍

My favorite Tim Burton film and Danny Elfman score ❤

Don;t forget Pee Wee's Big Adventure for non-Gothic Burton and plenty of Elfman.

Other Tim Burton films I've enjoyed: "Sweeny Todd", "Big Fish", "Ed Wood", "Sleepy Hollow", and "Pee Wee's Big Adventure"

Last Man on Earth is a great Vincent Price to watch 👍 🎥🍿

Above all else he wanted to protect Wynonna. That is why he killed the guy. Too dangerous to be left alive. My opinion.

Big Fish and Miss Peregrines home for Peculiar Children Are a must see..

Great folk tale. You called it. It's a modern blending of Pinocchio crossed with Beauty and the Beast. Except instead of Beauty going into the Beast's world, the beast came to Beauty's world. BTW, it was never intended to be for children. it was pg 13, for adolescents, and nothing was inappropriate for that age range, bud.

Amazing classic Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall and Vincent Price (In his last film role) thank you Shan great reaction excellent👍👍👍

For me, instead of me saying I've outgrown something, I like to say "I got everything I needed out of it at that time"

I find Edward Scissorhands could be considered a modern Fairy Tale

If you want a mystery that's also very cool, stylised black & white film, try The Third Man.

Awww, this is a sweet movie. Eager to see your reaction.

This movie is what a Medieval fairytale would be like if those kinds of stories were told in late 20th century American suburbia.