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O’Hara attributed the film’s enduring popularity to its universal themes, often present in Burton’s work, of the well-meaning outsider who “just wants to be appreciated and loved.”

Jack is “a freak, but not a freak,” she shared Daily news. “He’s a sweet soul. Like Edward Scissorhands and so many characters in Tim’s movies. So yeah, the art, the music and the sweetness of it.”

Sarandon had a similar attitude, says People in 2023, “A lot of young people come up to me and say, ‘This was a movie that made me feel like I belonged,’ because it was so strange and at the same time so beautiful, and its message was so positive. And as it turns out, in return, they are now watching with their children.”

Jack was “perceived as dark but is really light,” Burton said Empire in 2023. “That’s the kind of thing I love, whether it’s Scissorhands or Batman, characters that have that. It represented all the emotions that I had. I was perceived as this dark character when I wasn’t feeling that way . So it was a very personal character.”