Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice (1988)

  • 81% of critics liked it
    (43 reviews)

  • 77% of users liked it
    (834,346 ratings)

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 to a century's worth of bureaucratic red tape, they're on a long celestial waiting list.… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Warren Skaaren
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 30, 1988 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine

    Beetlejuice means something good: that imaginative artists can bring a fading genre back from the dead.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Luckily, Keaton pops up from his grave to liven things up when the antics pitting the good ghosts against the intruders become a trite cat & mouse game.

  • , Time Out

    Some of the most surprisingly enjoyable viewing in years.

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    An appealing mess.

  • Janet Maslin, New York Times

    [The] actors, not surprisingly, are limited by the stupidity of their material.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Alice S


    Michael Keaton is a raucous and hilarious precursor to Johnny Depp's drunken gay pirate. However, the story of ghosts trying to exorcise the living is top-heavy, taking too long to start, and the zany parts, while visually stylistic, don't really push the narrative along -… More

  • Directors C


    Beetlejuice was met with mixed response upon release and is now rightfully a classic to the horror comedy genre. And of course, Tim Burton's overlooked talent at the time was like the unrecognisable talent of Led Zeppelin in the sixties and seventies, the world wasn't ready… More

  • Cassie H


    Day-o. You say day, you say day, you say dayyy-oooo. This movie is very comical. Winona Ryder's Lydia Deetz, is so odd and interesting which equally balances out between Baldwin & Davis's Adam and Barbara, a couple who are normal and have never been able to have a baby.… More

  • Unknown H


    Michael Keaton never gets enough respect for the movies he has made, same can be said for Alec Baldwin and Wynona Ryder but this movie is an integral part of my childhood and will always place those actors at the top of my lists.

  • Alexander D


    I simply could not stop laughing throughout this hysterical thrill ride of a movie. "Say it once, say it twice, but I dare you to say it a third time!" Michael Keaton is absolutely hilarious as Betelgeuse, a fast-talking motor-mouth who looks like the Joker from the newer… More

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