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

Release Date: March 30, 1988

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DVD Release Date: June 26, 1997

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  • September 9, 2009
    Michael Keaton has never been better. Everyone else has. Good film though!
  • August 23, 2009
    Certain merit in this film remembering that it wasn't made with todays illustrious CGI and model making that Tim Burton would create for any of his films released in the future. Yet you can still distinctly tell it is a T.Burton movie and I think Winona Ryder takes the show to ma...( read more)ke it a much better film.
  • July 6, 2009
    I totally agree with Roger Ebert's review, which begins with, "The movie is all anticlimax once we realize it's going to be about gimmicks, not characters." I've just now, in my 20's, seen this movie for the first time. I haven't been living under a rock so I have seen pictures...( read more) and clips from the movie, but I am surprised how little of the movie was what I expected. It seemed custom made to be adapted into the Saturday morning cartoon that came in the special features of the DVD. But it was not nearly as funny or charming as I was led to believe by everyone who has enjoyed it since the 80's. I had no idea Beetle Juice, the character, was a ghostly genie-like guy who can grant supernatural assistance to the ghosts of Baldwin and Davis. I had no idea that he was miniature (like a genie would be in a bottle) and lived in a model of the town where Baldwin and Davis live in their house's attic. I don't think I ever realized that Winona Ryder befriends the ghosts and Beetle Juice in this movie. The movie definitely shows Burton's creativeness, but it was all so weird, and in this case that didn't make me like it any more.
  • 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) perfect as the wicked, disgusting raspy voiced ghoul.
    This film never looses its charm, I just wish Burton had made another.
  • 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)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. Horrified at the prospect of sharing space with these obnoxious interlopers, Davis and Baldwin do their best to scare O'Hara and Jones away, but their house-haunting skills are pathetic at best. In desperation, the ghostly couple engage the services of a veteran scaremeister: a yellow-haired, snaggle-toothed, profane, flatulent "gonzo" spirit named Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton). The problem: Beetlejuice cannot be trusted-especially when he falls in love with O'Hara and Jones' gloomy, black-clad teenaged daughter Winona Ryder.

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    Tim Burton's most twisted nightmarish movie ever is a hilarious high water mark for late eighties comedy. A great cast puts in wonderful performances. Baldwin, Davis, O'Hara, Jones, Goulet, Ryder, and especially Keaton in his most memorable character.

    If you enjoy Tim Burton films, you will recognize his style. Angled camera work and sets with obtuse, geometric shapes, not to mention the dark, murky mood with something bright and colorful hidden beneath it all. If you're into Tim Burton and basically any kind of satirical humor, you will love Beetlejuice. If you're a nun, you'll probably need to recite a few Hail Mary's after seeing this! Either way, it's worth the viewing for all the laughs it brings!
  • November 7, 2009
    Dumb ass movie, but classic
  • November 4, 2009
    Una joya en el género!
  • November 3, 2009
    One of my all time favourite movie! Again, Burton did a very impressive work!
  • November 3, 2009
    an old movie that scared me the first time but the second time I enjoyed it. ILY Tim Burton.
  • November 3, 2009
    One of my all time favs!!!!

Critic Reviews


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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