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Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

1988
Comedy
Fantasy
1h 32m
Michael Keaton is the name in laughter from the hereafter as an obnoxious poltergeist conjured up to bedevil an unwanted family of oddballs. (Warner Bros)
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Beetlejuice

1988
Comedy
Fantasy
1h 32m
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Rated 26 Feb 2020
90
92nd
I still can’t believe Tim Burton was pulled apart by gorillas on the set of Planet of the Apes, what a fabulous career cut short, glad we never got to see him become a tired boring joke.
Rated 25 Dec 2017
89
86th
The kind of genuinely oddball film that Burton would become known for even after decades of crappy attempts at tentpole franchises. It's easy to imagine this being a disaster as it's absurd & cartoonishly "dark", without ever giving the impression that the characters' choices don't matter. Unlike most of Burton's later choices, it's also unpredictable, swiftly paced (if anything it moves almost too fast), & genuinely imaginative in its storytelling choices (& not just production design).
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
90th
A severely underrated performance from Michael Keaton and a movie that bursts with creativity. The cast is phenomenal too.
Rated 17 Oct 2009
5
80th
I do not understand the low scores I'm seeing across my kumpels. Early favorite of mine and time has possibly made it better, especially compared to Burton's latest output.
Rated 16 Mar 2009
86
83rd
The calypso scene is priceless. A cheesy, funny, surreal farce of life after death with inventive set designs popping continual surprises. Ryder is striking as the misunderstood teen, while O'Hara is hilarious as the yuppie art poseur.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
71st
One of the most creative films of the eighties. Great cast and funny script. The chemistry between Baldwin and Davis is supringly good. Catherine O'Hara is always great. And then there is Keaton. Wow is he good here, he out "Jim Carreys" Jim Carrey before he was Jim Carrey (does that make sense? I dunno).
Rated 29 Aug 2011
86
83rd
If you watch this and then watch Batman you will start to feel bad for Michael Keaton because you realize that Tim Burton replaced him with Johnny Depp. Sad.
Rated 28 Jan 2010
4
34th
Someone told me its amazing. Didn't influence what I thought of the movie, just the person.
Rated 19 May 2009
75
67th
One thing I noticed right away about Beetlejuice (1988) is that the death scene that begins the movie is done much better than any Hollywood horror movie has done recently. It's not bloody or brutal - instead it's just a happily married couple in the prime of their lives suddenly dying in a car accident. It's something that could honestly happen to anybody, and I find that pretty creepy. Good movie. I recommend.
Rated 03 May 2017
74
68th
Quite a fun little spooky comedy, with bags of charm and some likeable performances. Burton's style really works here, as does Elfman's score, and Keaton clearly has a blast as the titular weirdo. It seems to have aged pretty well, too. Mind, if this ever gets remade, it should be chock full of nudity, violence and screaming.
Rated 26 Dec 2011
25
7th
Tiresome and witless special effects extravaganza that tries awfully hard to convince the viewer how imaginative and hilarious it is, apparently with success, judging from the general opinion of the film. It was many years before I finally saw this (in 2011), but having done so it seems like nothing more than an early confirmation of my view of Burton as a director with very little to convey beyond his purportedly "dark", "cool", "twisted" vision. Even the lovely Geena Davis doesn't help.
Rated 27 Aug 2008
85
79th
One of the weirdest comedies ever, and weirdly timeless, too. Great and strange melange of ideas and a style all its own. This one's an odd classic.
Rated 24 Jul 2009
72
57th
Awesome makeup and interesting practical effects that only adds to the dirtiness of the tone. The problem with the film is it tries to have a plot when it should just be vignettes. Personally, Keaton didn't impress me: he was imitating Jerry the Homeless Man down the street from my apt. The real star of this show was Danny Elfman's music, which really doesn't get any better than this.
Rated 18 Jul 2014
20
4th
My general feelings about the way people have rated this movie can be simply conveyed with the prefix 'over-'.
Rated 24 Jan 2012
70
65th
It was more fun when I was young but this is an interesting bit of film. Great cast and the legacy of Tim Burton begins. I have to assume that every emo kid everywhere owes just about everything to Winona Ryder in this role.
Rated 02 Aug 2021
85
83rd
Even after all those years it is still funny, has great plot and good acting. Music is also pretty fun. Classic for sure.
Rated 20 Jul 2007
70
66th
I had a HUGE crush on Winona Ryder in this film. In fact, I think I even had a thing for Beetlejuice... I was a weird kid. But that's not the point. I love the spooky, dirty aesthetic of the film, and if this is considered to be a children's movie, then that's completely fucked. Fucked and AWESOME.
Rated 03 Mar 2007
88
96th
A great classic of horror comedy, I have come back to Beetlejuice many times and it is always splendid. The set pieces, the flawless cast, the stunning visual style, Danny Elfman's ingenious score and two timeless Harry Belafonte songs.. all of it is really, really good.
Rated 26 May 2019
46
9th
Burton's first 'blockbuster' hit is largely a scattered, wearying mess, with too many story threads and overtly quirky characters mugging for attention. Davis and Baldwin fare best and deliver genuinely good performances by serving as everyman ballasts, but Keaton's 'Beetlegeuse' (an original and disarming creation) is given little to do, often left literally muttering at the corner of the screen, and Ryder & Co. have so many ostentatious ticks that they probably deserve their own solo movie!
Rated 29 Mar 2021
100
92nd
I love this movie!
Rated 31 Mar 2015
90
90th
Truly the bomb. Definitely one of the weirder movies you will ever watch, yet not to fault. Beetlejuice sports a heartfelt story and cool direction by Tim Burton, and still yet amazing performances, by all, yet namely Keaton. One of the finer films of the 80's and one of the finer Burton films.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
69th
Beetlejuice is one of Tim Burton's more Burtonesque films, and he was clearly shaping it to how he wishes to see the world. It's funny and clever, and Michael Keaton does a good job as the over the top and greedy ghost with the most. Really good!
Rated 21 Sep 2010
69
73rd
Good score, good sight gags, good performances. One of Burton's better.
Rated 14 Oct 2016
75
84th
Like many of Burton's early films, Beetlejuice is a collection of impressive set pieces tied together by a rickety plot. But it is also a wildly creative horror-comedy hybrid that marked the arrival of a truly unique authorial voice. Blending live action with a defiantly retro use of stop motion animation, Beetlejuice is visually dazzling, boasting great production design, a memorable Elfman score, solid performances, and a career defining turn by Keaton as the ghost with the most.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
76
62nd
It stands the test of time. Michael Keaton is great as the obnoxious undead human extreminator. Plenty of memorable scens. While it's not in my top list of films, it's still a good past time.
Rated 10 Apr 2021
20
20th
marginally better than Beetleborgs, i'll give it that
Rated 27 Jun 2012
68
51st
Even though it's not quite as great as some of us might like to think it was during our childhood, it has some seriously fantastic moments (Calypso & waiting room scenes) and equally fantastic makeup and costumes. Nothing here is quite as funny as Burton's plans for a sequel though. Go Wiki it and try not to laugh.
Rated 06 Nov 2019
70
53rd
Beetlejuice: "Because if I tell you, you'll tell your friends, your friends are callin' me on the horn all the time, I gotta show up at shopping centers for openings and sign autographs and shit like that and it makes my life a hell. Okay? A living hell."
Rated 30 Mar 2007
80
68th
Typically strange and funny TIm Burton movie. And WInona Ryder is such a babe
Rated 26 Jul 2020
90
89th
You know what they say about people who commit suicide? In the afterlife, they become civil servants.
Rated 26 Mar 2007
77
69th
Winona Ryder is fucking hot. I can say that because she's older than I am. Classic film.
Rated 02 Nov 2018
61
36th
A lot more bizarre than I was expecting, and a lot less Michael Keaton than I was expecting. The story was fun, and some of the gags worked well, but many more of the gags fell completely flat. It is interesting, but not worth of its status as a semi-classic.
Rated 25 Aug 2021
80
57th
A classic for sure, but just not that big of a Tim Burton fan.
Rated 28 Nov 2021
95
95th
Another for the category of classic must watch
Rated 21 May 2012
6
34th
This movie doesn't hold up as well as I thought it would, but the likable performances by Ryder, Baldwin and Davis, along with the stunning effects work, hold it together. Beetlejuice (the character) is by FAR the most annoying and grating part of the film. The ending just falls apart.
Rated 28 Oct 2022
4
43rd
There are some clever colorful / gothic visuals and creative special effects stuff, but overall the movie was just… a little much for me. No big shock as most Burton movies are. Picturing Danny Elfman flapping his arms like a spastic cartoon conducting this score, making sure the trumpets “bum-BUM bum-BUM bum-BUM bum-BUM” in repeat at the proper 180 BPM tempo. Haunted house movies have never been my genre, as true for horror comedy as it is for straight horror.
Rated 04 May 2010
19
18th
The worst of Tim Burton....at least that I've seen.
Rated 01 Nov 2016
4
70th
I'm a sucker for any movie with as killer a cast and set design as this. Michael Keaton, of course, nails it, but literally every member of the cast brings their A-game. And who couldn't fall in love with Winona?
Rated 25 Sep 2008
85
91st
One of those films that proves that keaton can be underrated at times, this is really his vehicle. Burton wisely allows him to go nuts and the whole gothic aftelife thang works really well. There are some great supporting roles, particularly ortho and the social worker... "Gee Coach, I don't we made it through that crash..." GOLD!
Rated 15 Jul 2007
6
55th
Pretty good, a little overrated though.
Rated 17 Feb 2010
80
83rd
Wonderful gothic fantasy from Burton in his prime.
Rated 04 Apr 2015
74
69th
Updating my score with a review. Same score, new review. The creativity in this film blows me away and gets better with repeat viewings. The esthetic is what people have come to expect from Tim Burton, a fine middle between Hot Topic and 60's horror. The scene in the waiting room always cracks me up -- shrunken head man is my favourite shit!
Rated 30 Jun 2021
87
45th
The perfect movie. A comedy that has everything you need in a Tim Burton. Super great cast, will always be an iconic and quirky film.
Rated 05 Nov 2008
70
16th
Excessively weird.
Rated 06 Aug 2010
85
88th
Rewatched October 2016. A grab-bag of ideas that gel really well. Keaton's only real stab at playing this type of character still is amusing, while many similar roles by the likes of Jim Carrey and Robin Williams now are grating and tired.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
24
8th
A crappy movie of impressive mediocrity.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
71
41st
Tim Burton before he burnt out. Alec Baldwin before he was Alec Baldwin. Zaniness ensues.
Rated 20 Feb 2010
87
74th
So far it's the only depiction of the after-life that I can actually kind of get behind.
Rated 08 Jan 2009
55
20th
Cheesy in all aspects of the word.
Rated 13 Mar 2020
85
96th
☆ I actually really dig this movie. How adorable is little Winona Ryder? Super cool visuals, love the practical effects, and the general vibe of the whole thing is really compelling and easy to watch. Love it. ☆
Rated 12 Nov 2011
90
64th
I would have liked a bit more of an explanation for the spell what’s-his-name was reading in the last act. Also would have loved more Beetlejuice. I still love it. Keaton is excellent, Ryder is a mood, and the Maitlands are also very likable and well acted. The camp, score, production, world-building and direction all just seam together perfectly even when they perhaps shouldn’t. One of the better Tim Burton movies. Make my millennium!
Rated 18 Jan 2009
80
67th
Probably Tim Burton's most overlooked film in his catalog other than Ed Wood, and the precursor to Michael Keaton becoming Batman, Beetlejuice is a fun movie about a wily ghost who can't be controlled and what happens to those who try and beat him at his own game. This was also the start of TIm Burton's descent into fantastic gothic cinema. And Winona Ryder makes a really hot goth chick, even if she's just pretending to be one in the movie.
Rated 16 Jun 2013
25
13th
My whole life is a darkroom. One big dark room.
Rated 17 Jun 2009
78
73rd
An excellent movie, made far before Tim Burton made it his personal mission in life to destroy other peoples classic movies.
Rated 06 May 2018
45
29th
One hilarious scene does not save a movie. There are really great moments here and the story is something cool, but the movie is inconsistent and over the top unnecessarily. It leaves a little to be desired.
Rated 21 Oct 2020
90
57th
One of the most original movies of all time.
Rated 15 Aug 2007
87
78th
I can't explain why I enjoyed this movie. Maybe it's just because I want to be Winona Ryder.
Rated 23 Oct 2019
64
56th
I appreciate movies that embrace their own silliness, goofiness and cheesiness.
Rated 12 Jun 2012
90
82nd
One of the best comedies ever filmed. Beetlejuice is an amazing character, though not on screen for anything length of time but still leaves an impression. The casting for this movie is perfect, but the person that steals the show is Catherine O'Hara as the neurotic, sculptor wife. It is an amazing performance that deserves recognition.
Rated 26 Apr 2009
85
68th
Great special effects, make-up and costumes along with a hilarious performance from Michael Keaton, one of Tim Burton's best films.
Rated 19 Feb 2013
99
90th
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Rated 28 Oct 2022
50
15th
I can see why this has lasted as a Halloween classic - it’s campy and wildly weird - but it fails to secure a place in the canon for this first-time viewer.
Rated 26 Apr 2009
65
33rd
Hiyo.
Rated 26 Jul 2010
84
63rd
This movie is awesome, Danny Elfman's score is so different for a film from the 80's. Very, very entertaining stuff.
Rated 07 Mar 2024
8
87th
Wacky characters all act against logic, except the two ghosts who are trying to haunt them and be "normal". It's a fun inversion of tropes. The movie's namesake character is secondary really, it's more about the cute ghosts and the eccentric family in their house. This movie convinced me that Tim Burton was a genius, which was the start of a long series of disappointments. I just really vibed with Beetlejuice. Still very rewatchable 35 years later.
Rated 26 Mar 2008
72
50th
Classic. Michael Keaton is great in this film, e is always great when he is in a comedy.
Rated 19 May 2009
100
75th
classic! very funny,Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice A funny yet evil poltergiest..a must see
Rated 21 Dec 2011
79
50th
My favourite thing about this movie is the ridiculous visual parts - they don't make 'em like this any more!
Rated 07 Aug 2014
90
96th
Perhaps Tim Burton's daffiest film. The screenplay upholds a dream-like sense of logic that directly feeds into the film's manic energy and bizarre surprises. Michael Keaton's outrageous turn as the title character tends to dominate the conversation in regards to the performances in the film, but the whole cast is superb; Catherine O'Hara, Sylvia Sidney, and Glenn Shadix round out a fabulously in-tune ensemble.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
78
17th
eh... a little too weird for me
Rated 11 Oct 2007
90
66th
Winona Ryder should play more weirdos. It really works for her.
Rated 14 Oct 2008
92
81st
Love characters
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
53rd
Prelude to NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Rated 01 Jun 2008
83
65th
Ridiculous, hilarious, and amusing portrayal of a haunting gone wrong by a recently dead couple.
Rated 24 Jul 2017
65
72nd
I had forgotten what a good Tim Burton film looks and feels like. There is no sense of the self-indulgent and forced parodies that his latest films have become - on the contrary: the film feels fresh and easy, light-hearted and energetic. It has wonderfully inspired stop-motion animation and special effects, costumes, german-expressionism-esque sets and a superb cast. Wynona Ryder is cute and gives a hint of her persona in Stranger Things to come. Keaton is the bomb. Also skinny Alec Baldwin.
Rated 03 Oct 2013
90
84th
I am sure that part of my score comes the fact that this movie was inextricably linked to my childhood. I watched the movie over and over again. I watched the cartoon every week. I even had a couple of the action figures. The cast is perfect. The story is funny, heartwarming, and creepy in that Tim Burton way. This is one of Michael Keaton's best performances. The soundtrack is something that I have always thought was wonderful and, usually, I am not one to comment on soundtracks.
Rated 07 Aug 2018
85
57th
One of Tim Burton's finest original efforts with purely awesome setpieces and design.
Rated 31 Dec 2008
12
40th
Rated 17 Jun 2012
7
22nd
Despite what Criticker says, my 92 means "a movie you should see." Hilarious movie featuring fantastic writing and outlandishly wicked humor.
Rated 20 Apr 2007
95
98th
This is one of the best movies of the 80's for sure. Michael Keaton is way to underrated as an actor. A movie so ahead of its time I think its the best Burton movie i've ever seen and to this day even after seeing it 50-100 times its still great.
Rated 23 Feb 2010
70
44th
"Beetlejuice, beetlejuice...Beetlejuice!"
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
68th
A classic introduction to the madness of Tim Burton. Winona Ryder is perfect here.
Rated 23 Aug 2015
75
68th
Pretty good!
Rated 22 Jul 2009
70
59th
"Gothic" comedy about a ghost "helping" a family in need.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
84th
Nice fuckin model! Seriously, it's the best thing Tim Burton ever did. Creepy and gross and funny in equal doses.
Rated 15 May 2012
75
55th
You might say it's one of Burton's most honest films, underneath it all. Good semi-horror comedy that's very much of its era. Funny enough for most of the runtime and occasionally hilarious.
Rated 14 Oct 2008
74
40th
Quite the original movie. It became a generational phenomenon, even spawning its own Saturday morning cartoon.
Rated 16 Jan 2007
85
97th
for me this is the best tim burton movie great imagination beetlejuice s excellent u can enver forget once u saw it
Rated 22 Jan 2017
85
86th
Outrageous comedy from Burton at his peak, showcasing wonderful wit and great performances all around. Keaton is far and away the best, stealing the show every time he's on screen, which isn't enough! Elfman's earworm score is great, too. Really wish this Burton had stuck around longer before becoming whatever he is today.
Rated 13 Jan 2013
97
92nd
Beetlejuice is one of the most fun movies you will ever see, and is a delight with its great premise, hilarious dialogue, inspired visuals and wonderful score. It's a must-see movie.
Rated 25 Feb 2007
86
68th
A classic
Rated 10 Jan 2010
86
94th
Keaton's best role, and he's been Batman AND Birdman. The Harry Belafonte dinner party scene is a classic.
Rated 14 May 2015
86
62nd
This movie was good good good
Rated 02 Jun 2008
90
60th
I love this movie, but it's definitely not horror.
Rated 01 Aug 2012
45
21st
Sporadically amusing gimmick stretched into a feature film.
Rated 11 May 2009
6
48th
One of the better Burton movies. Keaton is pretty good chewing the scenery and Baldwin was born to play the winking straight-man role, but the middle of the film drags.
Rated 24 Sep 2010
92
72nd
classic
Rated 11 Aug 2017
77
75th
winona ryder'ın ilk filmlerinden biri olmasına rağmen hep hayal kırıklığına uğratacak diye izlemeyi erteliyordum, ama hata etmişim. fikrin cılkını çıkarmadan eğlendiren, pratik efektleri haliyle eskimiş duran -ama yine de bugünkü kötü cgi kullanımına oranla tercih edilir olacak- burton'un yaratıcılığını kaybetmediği zamanlardan keyifli bir seyirlik.
Rated 22 Mar 2008
83
77th
The beginning of my love affair with Tim Burton. Pee Wee was just foreplay.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
50th
One hell of an entertaining flick. I can wait to get to the afterlife.

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