Beetle Juice (Beetlejuice)

Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton

A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a "bio-exorcist" in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house.

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PG, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Tim Burton

Released: March 30, 1988

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DVD Released: June 26, 1997

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  • May 9, 2009
    Beetlejuice is spooktacular, original and again beautifully dark and twisted, I absolutely love the spooky, kooky design of everything, its sheer Burton gold in every sense, I love it. The soundtrack is awesome and the effects are cheesey yet lovely haha and as for Keaton....he's... ...( read more )
  • December 8, 2008
    "Say it once... Say it twice... But we dare you to say it THREE TIMES"

    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 ... ...( read more )
  • November 9, 2008
    This movie I watch every Halloween, for some reason it always just as good.
  • October 6, 2008
    Adam: What are your qualifications?
    Betelgeuse: Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY... ...( read more )
  • September 20, 2008
    Beetlejuice is Tim Burton's follow-up to the amazingly good Pee Wee's Big Adventure in which a couple played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis play the perfect Norman Rockwell couple who are recently deceased and sentenced to 125 years in their countryside home. They run into troub... ...( read more )
  • June 29, 2009
    a great old movie. funny, alittle action and some drama (though not alot) one of my all time favorite movies

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View more Beetle Jui... reviews at RottenTomatoes.com
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie is all anticlimax once we realize it's going to be about gimmicks, not characters. full review

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  • debrashazamdavey2
    November 12, 2008
    have this on dvd and all the casts did a fanastic job!
  • muttssbs
    July 11, 2007
    this was such a wierd movie! it was good though! i seem 2 b atracted 2 movies that were made in the 80s! lik the goonies! but i lik them. wierd but good movie. nothin scary though
  • demeternomijudit
    June 29, 2007
    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice :-)
    A good little movie.I like movies with spirits and haunted houses.
  • PANTERASSSVANGHO
    June 1, 2007
    the movie!
  • PANTERASSSVANGHO
    June 1, 2007
    is a very,very,very fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • VampireGeek
    May 14, 2007
    Love this film a classic but brilliant for its time
  • maul2491
    April 28, 2007
    great film even though i havent seen it in a while
  • dusbazmrv
    April 4, 2007
    a classic!I love the songs.
  • tweetybird16
    January 30, 2007
    i luv that movie iused 2 watch it wit my dad wen i was little...lol...!
  • InsanityInABox
    January 2, 2007
    This is an amazing film!
    You can't help but love it!
    I could wacth it over and over again

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