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While only a modest success at the time, in part because of the strange premise and perhaps because ''Home Alone'' effectively commandeered the holiday movie season that year (both were 20th Century Fox releases, as it happened), it's since gained a large fanbase, and turned out to be the first of seven (so far) collaborations between Burton and Depp. In 2005 it was adapted into a ballet by British choreographer Matthew Bourne.

 

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The ballet adds a lot of characters to the neighborhood that weren't in the movie, and it gives Esmeralda a husband and two children.

* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Edward is speculated as being a metaphor for autism and related diseases. One particularly notable thing is the way the film portrays people's ''reactions'' to him. While one might see the fascination most of the neighborhood has with him as being parodic of the stereotype of 1950s suburbanites being closed-minded, it's perfectly apt considering the timeframe when the movie came out. In the post-[[Rain Man]] world of the late-80s and early 90s there was widespread interest in the savant abilities possessed by some autistics.