'Edward Scissorhands'

Tim Burton has done what every filmmaker, writer, musician or artist has ever wanted to do: Found his own voice.

I mean, if you consider every movie director the past 100 years and wondered how many had a style, who were true auteurs of the filmmaking craft, Burton is there.

You can watch a film without knowing who directed it and know if it is a Tim Burton film. Even "Big Fish" which isn't dark, has a sentimentality, a freshness and a darkness that breaths just below the surface despite it's brightness and joy that you know it's Burton.

"Edward Scissorhands," on the other hand (zing!) is typical Burton. It's extremely dark, but in a very whitewashed, senile, suburban kind of way. Stripe the parts about the old castle and the ending and it's a lot like "Big Fish" with the color schemes, lighting and general feel.

I liked this movie. Johnny Depp delivers an extremely likable monster and the co-stars (especially the parents and neighbors) pull off really good contrasting (corrupted) yings to Depp's yang.