What is Edward Scissorhands about?
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
A gentle, unfinished creation finds bittersweet love and acceptance in a pastel, whimsical suburban world.
Melancholy and dreamlike. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Edward Scissorhands parents guide
It stays inside its PG-13, with no sex or nudity and mild language.
Rated PG-13, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 7.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- None noted
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Directed byTim Burton
StarringJohnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Robert Oliveri
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