No Venus In Furs

Posted on November 25th, 2003 by mike


If you’re hankering for a movie about an awkward yet lovable “outsider” type who wanders into a pastel mock-up of Middle America and cajoles the straights to get saucy, you’re in luck. It’s called Edward Scissorhands, and it’s been available on video for years. Renting it will absolve you of having to endure Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat, which is, in essence, Edward with a queasy mean streak, no concept of pacing apart from “faster,” and such a remarkable rift between its charming source material and its heinous cinematic realization that the producers may as well have skipped the hassle of securing licensing rights and simply called this mess Mike Myers: Asshole in Fur.


Critics do not like it, not one little bit. “Cat shit,” “kitty litter,” “a vulgar, uninspired lump of poisoned eye candy,” and “82 of the most wretched minutes ever imprinted on celluloid” are just a few of the poisonous words flung at this adaptation.

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