Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands, 1990. A man with scissors for hands is taken in by a suburban family.

Directed by Tim Burton. Written by Caroline Thompson; story by Burton & Thompson. Starring Johnny Depp.

Concept: 3/4 (Good)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent). Lots of great characters, but I have to take a point off for pointless villainy.
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 3/4 (Good)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent). Depp and Alan Arkin are great. But then there's Winona Ryder.
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). The style and the sense of humor are fun (and of course Tim Burton has been trying and failing to recapture it for more than two decades). The attempt to force drama in the second half is tedious.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.8/4 (Good)