Beetlejuice: Critic Reviews

[The] actors, not surprisingly, are limited by the stupidity of their material.

Not since Ghostbusters have the spirits been so uplifting.

The joy of Beetlejuice is its completely bizarre -- but perfectly realized -- view of the world.

The movie is all anticlimax once we realize it's going to be about gimmicks, not characters.

An appealing mess.

Luckily, Keaton pops up from his grave to liven things up when the antics pitting the good ghosts against the intruders become a trite cat & mouse game.

Beetlejuice means something good: that imaginative artists can bring a fading genre back from the dead.

Early Tim Burton is creepy, dark fun for tweens and teens.

With its sophisticated yet accessible blend of comedy and the macabre, I knew Beetlejuice was likely to be one of those films I would never tire of. But a classic? It's been 20 years. I'm willing to throw that blue ribbon on it.

Quite possibly the most bizarre and flat-out surreal effort of Tim Burton's career...

Tim Burton's imagination jumped into the saddle and held onto the bridle with Beetlejuice.

...weird and unorthadox and innovative and clever, but the main thing is that it's funny.

The character of Beetlejuice is hazy because the writers can never decide if he's a villain or an anti-hero...

One of [Burton's] flat-out funniest films, with Michael Keaton giving a performance for the ages.

A minor classic.

A surreal, demented delight.

Darkly humorous and visually inventive, Burton's second film, which deservedly won the Makeup Oscar, fulfilled the promise he showed in his debut, launching a brilliant career with Batman and other original movies, many of which starring Johnny Depp.

Very clever black comedy full of great characters and situations.

Some of the most surprisingly enjoyable viewing in years.

a vehicle perfectly tailored for Burton's peculiar eye

funny and completely twisted