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Beetlejuice

Play trailer 1:26 Poster for Beetlejuice PG 1988 1h 32m Comedy Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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After Barbara and Adam Maitland die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When the unbearable Deetzes and teen daughter Lydia buy the home, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away without success. Their efforts attract Beetlejuice, a rambunctious spirit whose help quickly becomes dangerous for the Maitlands and innocent Lydia.

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Brilliantly bizarre and overflowing with ideas, Beetlejuice offers some of Michael Keaton's most deliciously manic work - and creepy, funny fun for the whole family.

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Owen Gleiberman Boston Phoenix 08/22/2024
At the end, you feel exhilarated, because the cunning way Burton works is part of the joke. His innocent deviousness lifts you up high, like helium. Go to Full Review Lynn Darling Newsday 08/22/2024
2/4
It's the apparitions that are the real stars: They're gross, gaudy and appropriately horrific. Go to Full Review Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer 08/22/2024
2/4
While Beetlejuice will make absolutely no sense to those who demand coherence from a film, all viewers will delight in its dizzy, postliterate, postmodern style. Go to Full Review Noah Berlatsky Everything is Horrible (Substack) Jan 16
Beetlejuice famously presents itself as a joyride of mystical weirdness. But when you actually rewatch it, it comes across as an oddly sincere embrace of drab suburban conventionality. Go to Full Review Max Allen Horror Movie Talk Dec 4
10/10
Beetlejuice is a fantastic movie. And Michael Keaton who plays Beetlejuice is the best part. He’s funny and inappropriate and pretty much exactly what you would expect some asshole to become if he had a few hundred years to stew in his undead filth. Go to Full Review Adrian Martin Film Critic: Adrian Martin Jul 30
3.5/5
This film is heaven – perhaps the only kind of heaven open to us these days, a non-transcendental heaven constituted wholly of material exchanges between energy-sources, memory banks, particles of popular culture. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Armando May 18 Awesome seeing this in theaters. It's a classic. See more Eric A. 10/27/2023 It was a nice, fun movie. Winona Ryder was especially enjoyable, as were Geena Davis and Michael Keaton. Ah, and "Mr. Rooney" from Ferris Bueller's Day Off (sorry, don't remember his name). See more Ben W 10/19/2023 Classic! Great movie! See more GreenScreenGrin 10/07/2022 Classic Tim Burton film, still one of his best! See more Ann-Marie 10/02/2022 It holds up over time. Still funny, still interesting, great cast, fun movie. See more Gary 10/25/2021 Been a Fan Since I was little it was a Great Experience Seeing it on The Big Screen for the first Time See more Read all reviews
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Tim Burton

Director

Michael Keaton

Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice)

Alec Baldwin

Adam Maitland

Geena Davis

Barbara Maitland

Jeffrey Jones

Charles Deitz

Catherine O'Hara

Delia

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Synopsis After Barbara and Adam Maitland die in a car accident, they find themselves stuck haunting their country residence, unable to leave the house. When the unbearable Deetzes and teen daughter Lydia buy the home, the Maitlands attempt to scare them away without success. Their efforts attract Beetlejuice, a rambunctious spirit whose help quickly becomes dangerous for the Maitlands and innocent Lydia.
Director
Tim Burton
Producer
Michael Bender, Richard Hashimoto, Larry Wilson
Screenwriter
Warren Skaaren, Michael McDowell
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Geffen Pictures, The Geffen Company, Warner Brothers
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 30, 1988, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 15, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$73.5M
Runtime
1h 32m
Sound Mix
Surround
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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