Beetlejuice

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Beetlejuice

PG

Released Mar 30, 1988

1h 32m

Comedy

Fantasy

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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 (Winona Ryder) 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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Critics Consensus

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

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.

Aug 22, 2024

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Lynn Darling

Newsday

It's the apparitions that are the real stars: They're gross, gaudy and appropriately horrific.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 22, 2024

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

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.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 22, 2024

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Adrian Martin

Film Critic: Adrian Martin

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.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 30, 2025

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

Much of what would become the Burton aesthetic came to prominence with this film.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 6, 2025

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Simon Gallagher

Screen Rant

In 1988, Michael Keaton needed only 17 minutes to create one of the best and weirdest characters in Hollywood history.

Rated: 4.5/5

Sep 19, 2024

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Armando

Awesome seeing this in theaters. It's a classic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/18/25

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Eric A.

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).

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/27/23

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Ben W

Classic! Great movie!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/19/23

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GreenScreenGrin

Classic Tim Burton film, still one of his best!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/07/22

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Ann-Marie

It holds up over time. Still funny, still interesting, great cast, fun movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/02/22

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Gary

Been a Fan Since I was little it was a Great Experience Seeing it on The Big Screen for the first Time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/25/21

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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 (Winona Ryder) 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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