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Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

Fantasy · Comedy · 1988

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

Movie details

Beetlejuice

“In this house... if you've seen one ghost... you haven't seen them all.”

1988 Fantasy · Comedy 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.4 / 10

Community rating

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Beetlejuice?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Tim Burton

Written by

Michael McDowell · Larry Wilson · Warren Skaaren

Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin

Adam

Geena Davis

Geena Davis

Barbara

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

Lydia

Catherine O'Hara

Catherine O'Hara

Delia

Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Jones

Charles

Michael Keaton

Michael Keaton

Betelgeuse

Glenn Shadix

Glenn Shadix

Otho

Court is in session

Put Beetlejuice on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.