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| Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: March 30, 1988 |
Starring:
Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton
Summary:
What's a couple of stay-at-home ghosts to do when their beloved home is taken over by trendy yuppies? They call on Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), the afterlife's freelance bio-exorcist to scare off the family – and everyone gets more than she, he or it bargains for! [Warner Bros]
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The story almost comes off the rails, but Beetlejuice’s charm lies more in the execution. The movie is crammed with visual invention and snappy comedy. The afterlife is richly imagined as a macabre bureaucracy. The living world is no less outlandish, especially with those eye-popping interiors and costumes.
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By the time this irresistible treat is over, it has created some of the funniest moments and most inspired visual humor and design we may expect to experience at the movies all year. [30 Mar 1988]
For all the film's popped eyeballs and severed limbs, Beetlejuice retains an innocence that makes the grotesque humor very appealing. Burton has captured the sweet ghoulishness of a 12-year-old pouring over horror comics, dreaming of the greatest Halloween costume ever invented. [30 Mar 1988]
Elaborate special effects ruin the whimsy of this haunted house movie. The filmmakers parcel out the horrific gags so tirelessly they lose sight of the tale they're telling. This is one ghost story that needed an exorcism. [30 March 1988, p.C8]
It's two hours of your life wasted, time once spent that can never be regained. Don't go. Don't do it. [30 Mar 1988]
Aug 3, 2015
A hilarious classic from Tim Burton that still continues to bring laughs even in its cast is absolutely perfect especially Michael Keaton who is hilarious as beetle juice, the sets and visuals in beetle juice are also a treat to look at
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Mar 2, 2011
Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton are all great and Winona Ryder and more are all very, very good. So original and Tim Burton was fantastic with direction.
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Nov 29, 2019
I love this movie. It holds a special place in my heart. Maybe that's because it's truly original, maybe it's because it's really fun or maybe because it's so well done as a whole. More than likely, it's because of all of these things.
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Mar 11, 2007
Hilarious. Dark. Scary. Did I mention Hilarious? Tim Burton never fails...except with "Planet of the Apes", maybe.
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Oct 31, 2017
Beetlejuice is a really entertaining movie with an interesting concept and lots of funny moments. Michael Keaton gives a great performance. It is a little too silly for my taste but overall is still an enjoyable movie.
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