Beetlejuice
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A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
What critics thought
Tim Burton's film landed mostly well with critics at the time, though it was far from a unanimous celebration — the same anarchic energy that delighted some struck others as exhausting. The central fault line was Keaton's Betelgeuse himself: some found his manic presence the whole point, while Ebert and Siskel felt his overbearing antics in the second half dragged the film down and compared it unfavorably to Ghostbusters. The film's visual invention drew broader agreement than its comedy did.
“too much of a not very good thing”
Chicago Tribune
“tries anything and everything for effect, and only occasionally manages something marginally funny”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
Accolades
Genres
Fantasy, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Tim BurtonDirector
Alec BaldwinAdam
Geena DavisBarbara
Winona RyderLydia
Catherine O'HaraDelia
Jeffrey JonesCharles
Michael KeatonBetelgeuse
Glenn ShadixOtho
Sylvia SidneyJuno
Patrice MartinezReceptionist
Dick CavettBernard
Robert GouletMaxie Dean
Maree CheathamSarah Dean
Danny ElfmanComposer
Michael McDowellWriter
Larry WilsonWriter
Thomas E. AckermanCinematographyBeetlejuice
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
What critics thought
Tim Burton's film landed mostly well with critics at the time, though it was far from a unanimous celebration — the same anarchic energy that delighted some struck others as exhausting. The central fault line was Keaton's Betelgeuse himself: some found his manic presence the whole point, while Ebert and Siskel felt his overbearing antics in the second half dragged the film down and compared it unfavorably to Ghostbusters. The film's visual invention drew broader agreement than its comedy did.
“too much of a not very good thing”
Chicago Tribune
“tries anything and everything for effect, and only occasionally manages something marginally funny”
Janet Maslin·The New York Times
Accolades
Genres
Fantasy, Comedy
Cast & Crew
Tim BurtonDirectorAlec BaldwinAdamGeena DavisBarbaraWinona RyderLydiaCatherine O'HaraDeliaJeffrey JonesCharlesMichael KeatonBetelgeuseGlenn ShadixOthoSylvia SidneyJunoPatrice MartinezReceptionistDick CavettBernardRobert GouletMaxie DeanMaree CheathamSarah DeanDanny ElfmanComposerMichael McDowellWriterLarry WilsonWriterThomas E. AckermanCinematographyStream
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