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Sex & Nudity

  • Kim's father mentions "glands" in reference to breasts, but the actual word is never used.
  • When Joyce takes Edward to the back of the salon there are mannequins with little to no clothes on.
  • Joyce invites Edward into her back room at her beauty salon and strips down, wearing a low cut dress. She climbs on top of him and kisses him too. He falls backwards and he runs away.
  • Joyce has a reaction when Edward cuts her hair. She moans lightly, and curls her toes.
  • Jim and Kim share a suggestive relationship, as they go camping together (no parental figure) and at one point, Jim tells Edward to warn if Kim's mom is coming. He says this as he and Kim head to her bedroom.
  • Kim and Edward share two tame, romantic moments.
  • Jim lifts Kim and you can see her butt in panties.

Violence & Gore

  • Edward accidentally cuts Kim's hand. She bleeds, but she's okay.
  • While pushing him away from a truck, a young man accidentally cuts the face of a boy as he is trying to help him. He has blood marks on his face, but he's okay.
  • A young man gently cuts his creator's face with little blood on his scissor.
  • A young man defends himself by cutting another young man's arm with blood seen on his jacket and on his hand after getting tackled to the ground and punched by him.
  • A young man pushes Edward away thinking he intentionally tried to hurt Kim.
  • Edward pops the bed and water sprays out of it while Kim screams in terror. This scene is meant to be funny.
  • Edward falls down after drinking lemonade.
  • A young man cuts accidentally his own face. He has blood, but he's okay.
  • Some punches between young men.

Profanity

  • Several uses of 'Damn'.
  • 1 use of dick, ass, Jesus, oh my god, screw and bastard 6 uses of shit 1 paired with bull, hell and damn

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some characters drink alcohol, while another drives drunk, nearly hitting a child. There is also a mild use of smoking seen at the barbecue scene.
  • Edward drinks whiskey after being told that its lemonade. Later throws up off screen.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Edward's appearance is mostly black with black leather, messy hair, pale face with a few scratch marks, and scissor blades for fingers. But he is harmless, gentle and likeable.
  • The tone of the movie overall is melancholy and somewhat dark.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • Edward describes his visit to the salon with Joyce by saying "showing me the back room where she took all of her clothes off".

Violence & Gore

  • Edward stabs Jim and falls out of a window to his death.
  • Edward gets mad when he sees Jim by scratching the window curtain. Later, he is seen scratching the hallway walls as he storms into the bathroom. He is then seen looking at himself in the mirror scratching the bathroom walls.
  • Jim shoots Edward while he and Kim dodges. Kim grabs his arm and shoots the ceiling which causes small bit of the ceiling to fall on Edward. He shoves Kim away. Jim kicks him and beats him with a stick a few times. Kim grabs a wooden stick and knocks him down and puts Edward's fingers on his neck as a threat. Seconds later, Jim slaps her and kicks her away. Edward stabs Jim and falls off his mansion. Jim is shown dead with minimal blood on his shirt.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Edward has a flashback where the inventor gives him real hands as a present but dies in front of him from natural causes before he can give him real hands.
  • Edward gets tricked by Jim by locking him in his house as Jim and his friend including Kim escape. He struggles to get out. The police arrive and the doors become unlocked. He comes out of the house and is told to put his hands up so he does. The police think he is holding weapons and threatens him to shoot fire but is save by the neighbours. He then gets arrested.
  • Edward gets tricked into robbery set up by Jim. He gets arrested.
  • Edward gets mistreated by the entire neighbourhood after being tricked into robbery.

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