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Edward Scissorhands
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #424
- IMDb #523
- Google retired #1019
- Rotten Tomatoes #373
- Metacritic #718
- Letterboxd #775
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #798
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #405
- Metacritic Critics #1131
- Metacritic Audience #318
- Criticker #759
- Douban #157
- Kinopoisk #313
- AlloCiné #36
- Trakt #419
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Lowest is Criticker on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92.
See the most agreed on films →A scientist creates an artificial man but dies before giving him hands, leaving him with scissors for hands. A kind-hearted Avon lady discovers him living alone in a Gothic mansion and brings him to her colorful suburban home. He struggles to fit into the community with his unique talents and dangerous appendages.
Details
- Director
- Tim Burton
- Writers
- Caroline Thompson, Tim Burton
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 7 December 1990
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $20.0M
- Box office
- $86.0M
- Awards
- 1 win, 2 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →1 win from 3 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 63rd Academy Awards 1991 | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Stan Winston | Nominee |
| 63rd Academy Awards 1991 | Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Ve Neill | Nominee |
| Hugo Award 1991 | Best Dramatic Presentation | Winner |
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3 awards — Edward Scissorhands
×| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Stan Winston | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Ve Neill | Nominee |
| Best Dramatic Presentation | Winner |