This was the movie that made Tim Burton a household name for me. I watched this so many times as a kid, it borders on creepy/psychotic. Michael Keaton is inspired as the "Ghost with the Most" and Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis have great fun as the dead couple who have to deal with the gaudy new family that move into their house. Winona Ryder is equally amazing as the dark, Gothic girl (decades before emo). I love this movie so much, I can't even verbalize it into words. So I'll have to settle for: "It's showtime."
5 Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice's out of 5
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5 out of 5 too.
Michael Keaton is absolutely brilliant in this. I can't get over it. I watched this the other and just can't get over all the subtle "icky" things he does with his face and body. Genius. Pure genius.
I never thought about it before. Emo before there was emo. I should dock points for that, but I won't.
5 Adam! Why did you build that? out of 5
budarc! budarc! budarc! (It's me time)
What better way to commemorate the 13th anniversary of "In a Nutshell" than with a revival post for old times' sake?
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
36 years later, everyone's favorite trickster demon is back! And this time, he's NOT going Hawaiian (?). One of the most anticipated releases of my inner child, it feels appropriate to nut this one after the franchise has been dormant for so long. The results are mixed, to be sure, but enough of it works and there's plenty to enjoy, if you hold your memories of the original in high regard. If nostalgia is more your speed, this will stoke your childhood delights. Keaton, as in the original, is the highlight and major draw here (BJ remains a lovable miscreant as ever), but Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Monica Bellucci and Jenna Ortega each bring something to the table. One only hopes it won't be so many years before the gang all gets together once again.
3 cakes left out in the rain out of 5
P.S. cuckoo and IU, if you ever see this reply, message back!
P.P.S. God, it bothers me so much that I typed 1989 instead of 1988 in my original review.
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