Beetlejuice (1988)

Masterful Movie

Disapointment

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

Blistering performances.

Beetlejuice is one of the finest movies from the '80s, and it's got that classic Tim Burton vibe that we've been missing since Sweeney Todd and Frankenweenie came out; and this movie has all that stylistic and visual goodness that Burton would apply to Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood and Batman Returns. Beetlejuice helped demonstrate Burton's ability to make dark and somber set-ups into funny romps that can still make for some spectacular stuff on the big screen.Beetlejuice is dark fun and great pop-cinema for everyone to enjoy. Watch this classic if you haven't already.

Beetlejuice is a quirky offbeat dark comedy from the late 1980s starring Michael Keaton and directed by Tim Burton. Alec Baldwin and Geena Davies play a recently deceased married couple who are living in their beautiful home as afterlives. They collaborate with a crazy ghoul named Beetlejuice to drive away any other people who come to stay there. The casting is really good and Michael Keaton was at the top at this time. Production design, as usual is the case for a Burton film is really good and darkness and morbid overtones are seeping through the frames. Tim Burton is not everyone's cup of tea and even his most accessible films aren't universally adored. So watch Beetlejuice with these things in mind.

Neither Keaton nor Burton have ever been better. Everywhere you look in this show you will see amazing performances. Winona is natural and weird, Alec and Geena are adorably confused, and Catherine OHara!!!!! The most wonderful!!!The creativity, originality and artistry make it so the effects don't seem dated even though they're old. If anything, it gets weirder with every passing year. This is the perfect Halloween movie for every age - so much fun!

BeetlejuiceThe effort that went behind the production design, costume design and the creativity on details is definitely plausible but it also makes it more painful for the viewers as it fails to seek attention on any page of the script and that's what holds this feature from joining the bigger league. Tim Burton; being infamous for its explicit vision on creating eerie world fails to execute it on screen as anticipated. On performance level, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis holds on to their parts but the real game changers are Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton. Having said that, Beetlejuice has a crystal clear reasoning and a genuine upbeating soul in the characters that helps audience surviving the feature along with some humor sprinkled around here and there.