was the film criticized?
Yes, it received acclaim from critics and audiences.
Edward Scissorhands
received acclaim from critics and audiences. 
who plays the old lady in edward scissorhands UNANSWERABLE who is edward? He is an artificial humanoid who is an unfinished creation who has scissor blades instead of hands. is he a character from a film? No, it came from a drawing by then-teenaged director. who is this director? Tim Burton can you mention a few other characters ? An elderly woman, Peg Boggs, Bill, Kim etc who played the role of edward? Johnny Depp who worked on the music for this? Danny Elfman
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Edward Scissorhands [SEP] Critical response
"Edward Scissorhands" received acclaim from critics and audiences. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that the film holds a 90% approval rating, based on 59 reviews, with an average score of 7.67/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "The first collaboration between Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, "Edward Scissorhands" is a magical modern fairy tale with gothic overtones and a sweet center." Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 74 out of 100 based on 19 reviews from mainstream critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film a "A-" grade. Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" praised the piece by stating, "Burton's richly entertaining update of the Frankenstein story is the year's most comic, romantic and haunting film fantasy." He continued by praising Depp's performance stating, "Depp artfully expresses the fierce longing in gentle Edward; it's a terrific performance" and the "engulfing score" from Danny Elfman.