《剪刀手爱德华》是一部关于机器人的现代童话。它讲述一座古堡中住着一位发明家，制造出了各种东西，最后还造出了一个机器人，并给他起名叫爱德华。发明家对这件作品倾注了全部的心血，他甚至教授爱德华人类的礼仪和诗歌，何时微笑何时沉默。然而，没有等到机器人最后完成，发明家就去世了，留下已有人类心智却残留着一双剪刀手的爱德华独自在古堡生活。不知过了多少岁月，一位推销化妆品的中年女子佩格误闯城堡，发现了形象古怪的爱德华。好心的佩格没有被爱德华惨白的肤色和张牙舞爪的剪刀手吓倒，而是怜其孤独，把他带回了自己的家。
该电影中有如下这些经典的台词：
01.Edward:Goodbye
Kim: I love you
爱德华：再见
金：我爱你
02.Kim: Hold me.
Edward: I can't.
金：抱着我。
爱德华：我不能。
03.Jim: Forget about holding her hand, man. Think about the damage he could do to other places.
吉姆：忘掉牵着她的手，小伙子。想想他在其它地方可能带来的危险。
04.Kim: You see, before he came down here, it never snowed. And afterwards, it did. If he weren't up there now... I don't think it would be snowing. Sometimes you can still catch me dancing in it.
金：你看，在他来以前，这里从来没有下过雪，但后来下雪了。如果他不在那儿，我想就不会下雪了。有时你会看见我在雪中翩翩起舞。、
05.Esmerelda: I can't believe you sheep have strayed so far from the path of righteousness!
Edward: [Walking towards Esmerelda] We're not sheep!
伊斯蒙瑞达：我不相信绵羊会迷失正道那么远。
爱德华：我们不是绵羊。
06.Peg Boggs: How was it?
Edward: It was great. She showed me all the wallpaper and where everything is going to go.
Peg Boggs: Well that's nice.
Edward: And then she brought me in the back room where she took all her clothes off.
佩格：怎么样。
爱德华：很好啊，她把所有的墙纸都给我看，还看了其它所有的东西。
佩格：真不错。
爱德华：然后她把我带到后边的房间里，脱光了所有的衣服。
07.Edward: I knew it was Jim's house.
Kim: Then... why did you do it?
Edward: Because you asked me to.
爱德华：我知道那是吉姆的房子。
金：那么，为什么你那样做?
爱德华：因为是你让我做的。
08.Edward: Kevin, you wanna play scissors, paper, stone again?
Kevin: No!
Edward: Why not?
Kevin: 'Cause it's boring. I always win!
爱德华：凯文，你想再玩剪刀、石头、布吗?
凯文：不!
爱德华：为什么不?
凯文：因为我已经厌烦了，我总是赢!Kim's granddaughter:You still could go.
09.Kim:No,sweetheart.I'm an old woman now.I would rather he remember me the way I was.
金的孙女：你还是可以上去看看啊。
金：不!亲爱的。我现在已经是个老妇人了。我只愿他记得我当初的样子。
