Edward Scissorhands
2025-12-28
Toronto, ON

I know for sure I watched this at some point as a kid, but going into this screening I didn't remember much other than the visuals of a pastel cookie cutter suburbia. Funny I remembered that more than Edward himself. But the suburbia thing works really well here, as a kind of satire of hollow suburban life to make you sympathize even more with Edward and his alienation. Because you know damn well his arrival is just about the most interesting thing that's ever happened in those parts. It figures no one thought to check out what was going on up on that hill until then, and of course it was an Avon lady that finally did. And the way these high school coded characters are handled makes Burton's loner angle pretty clear here.

Watched on 35mm at the TIFF Lightbox. Part of their Family Films series. Not quite sure I would call it a family film, but I'm not complaining!