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Thanks to the carelessness of a cute little dog, newlyweds Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin are killed in a freak auto accident. Upon arriving in the outer offices of Heaven, the couple finds that, thanks to a century's worth of bureaucratic red tape, they're on a long celestial waiting list. Before they can earn their wings, Davis and Baldwin must occupy their old house as ghosts for the next fifty years. Alas, the house is now owned by insufferable yuppies Catherine O'Hara and Jeffrey Jones.
Mar 30, 1988 Wide
Jun 26, 1997
Warner Bros. Pictures
All Critics (43) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (37) | Rotten (8) | DVD (18)
Beetlejuice means something good: that imaginative artists can bring a fading genre back from the dead.
Luckily, Keaton pops up from his grave to liven things up when the antics pitting the good ghosts against the intruders become a trite cat & mouse game.
An appealing mess.
[The] actors, not surprisingly, are limited by the stupidity of their material.
Not since Ghostbusters have the spirits been so uplifting.
The joy of Beetlejuice is its completely bizarre -- but perfectly realized -- view of the world.
Early Tim Burton is creepy, dark fun for tweens and teens.
With its sophisticated yet accessible blend of comedy and the macabre, I knew Beetlejuice was likely to be one of those films I would never tire of. But a classic? It's been 20 years. I'm willing to throw that blue ribbon on it.
Quite possibly the most bizarre and flat-out surreal effort of Tim Burton's career...
Daylight comes to Beetlejuice in this anniversary DVD, but apparently the bonus features wan' go home.
Tim Burton's imagination jumped into the saddle and held onto the bridle with Beetlejuice.
...inventive and funny, something that has eluded Burton for a while now. (Blu-ray Edition)
...weird and unorthadox and innovative and clever, but the main thing is that it's funny.
The character of Beetlejuice is hazy because the writers can never decide if he's a villain or an anti-hero...
One of [Burton's] flat-out funniest films, with Michael Keaton giving a performance for the ages.
A surreal, demented delight.
A minor classic.
Darkly humorous and visually inventive, Burton's second film, which deservedly won the Makeup Oscar, fulfilled the promise he showed in his debut, launching a brilliant career with Batman and other original movies, many of which starring Johnny Depp.
Very clever black comedy full of great characters and situations.
Some of the most surprisingly enjoyable viewing in years.
Day-o. You say day, you say day, you say dayyy-oooo. This movie is very comical. Winona Ryder's Lydia Deetz, is so odd and interesting which equally balances out between Baldwin & Davis's Adam and Barbara, a couple who are normal and have never been able to have a baby. Michael Keaton kills it as Beetlejuice and is
March 2, 2008
Super Reviewer
Beetlejuice was met with mixed response upon release and is now rightfully a classic to the horror comedy genre. And of course, Tim Burton's overlooked talent at the time was like the unrecognisable talent of Led Zeppelin in the sixties and seventies, the world wasn't ready for them yet, the world wasn't ready for Tim
October 29, 2011
Super Reviewer
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