Beetlejuice

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Beetlejuice

PG

1988

1h 32m

Comedy

Fantasy

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After Barbara and Adam Maitland die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When the unbearable Deetzes and teen daughter Lydia buy the home, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away without success. Their efforts attract Beetlejuice, a rambunctious spirit whose help quickly becomes dangerous for the Maitlands and innocent Lydia.

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Critics Consensus

Brilliantly bizarre and overflowing with ideas, Beetlejuice offers some of Michael Keaton's most deliciously manic work - and creepy, funny fun for the whole family.

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Owen Gleiberman

Boston Phoenix

08/22/2024

At the end, you feel exhilarated, because the cunning way Burton works is part of the joke. His innocent deviousness lifts you up high, like helium.

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Lynn Darling

Newsday

08/22/2024

2/4

It's the apparitions that are the real stars: They're gross, gaudy and appropriately horrific.

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

08/22/2024

2/4

While Beetlejuice will make absolutely no sense to those who demand coherence from a film, all viewers will delight in its dizzy, postliterate, postmodern style.

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Jack E. Wilkinson

United Press International

Jun 12

Michael Keaton plays Beetlejuice as a dirty old ghost, a raunchy, freelance spook who quickly proves more trouble than he's worth. It's an off-the-wall performance in an off-the-wall picture.

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Noah Berlatsky

Everything is Horrible (Substack)

Jan 16

Beetlejuice famously presents itself as a joyride of mystical weirdness. But when you actually rewatch it, it comes across as an oddly sincere embrace of drab suburban conventionality.

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Max Allen

Horror Movie Talk

Dec 4

10/10

Beetlejuice is a fantastic movie. And Michael Keaton who plays Beetlejuice is the best part. He’s funny and inappropriate and pretty much exactly what you would expect some asshole to become if he had a few hundred years to stew in his undead filth.

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Armando

05/18/2025

Awesome seeing this in theaters. It's a classic.

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Eric A.

10/27/2023

It was a nice, fun movie. Winona Ryder was especially enjoyable, as were Geena Davis and Michael Keaton. Ah, and "Mr. Rooney" from Ferris Bueller's Day Off (sorry, don't remember his name).

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Ben W

10/19/2023

Classic! Great movie!

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GreenScreenGrin

10/07/2022

Classic Tim Burton film, still one of his best!

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Ann-Marie

10/02/2022

It holds up over time. Still funny, still interesting, great cast, fun movie.

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Gary

10/25/2021

Been a Fan Since I was little it was a Great Experience Seeing it on The Big Screen for the first Time

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Synopsis

After Barbara and Adam Maitland die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When the unbearable Deetzes and teen daughter Lydia buy the home, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away without success. Their efforts attract Beetlejuice, a rambunctious spirit whose help quickly becomes dangerous for the Maitlands and innocent Lydia.

Director: Tim Burton
Producer: Michael Bender, Richard Hashimoto, Larry Wilson
Screenwriter: Warren Skaaren, Michael McDowell
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Geffen Pictures, The Geffen Company, Warner Brothers
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 30, 1988, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 15, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $73.5M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)