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100
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Los Angeles Times Michael Wilmington
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]
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100
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Entertainment Weekly
Simple, funny, gorgeous, sad, and sweet, perfect for playing over and over.
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100
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jay Scott
A classic... Edward Scissorhands is a sharp salute to the oddball in all of us.
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80
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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.
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80
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
Amusing and inventive.
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75
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Edward Scissorhands isn't perfect. It's something better: pure magic.
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63
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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]
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60
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Washington Post Rita Kempley
Tim Burton remains the Wizard of Odd with this eye-filling if problematic confection.
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50
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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.
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25
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Great to look at but not much fun to watch... An emotionally uncommitted picture that's smirky and mawkish, by turns, and at heart, empty. [14 Dec 1990, Daily Datebook, p.E1]
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