- Film Review
- Reviewed By Alan Jones
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4 out of 5
This refreshingly flaky fantasy from director Tim Burton is a landmark supernatural comedy that ingeniously showcases monstrously zany special effects, demonic one-liners and offbeat performances. Michael Keaton (who would reunite with Burton the following year for Batman) is amazing as an irritatingly unstable freelance exorcist. He's called in to help recently deceased Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin rid their new home of human pests, led by Catherine O'Hara's fantastically pretentious artist whose ugly creations come to life in a particularly memorable scene. Winona Ryder also impresses in an early role as the goth stepdaughter with an affinity for the dead. Burton's marvellously imaginative view of the afterlife as a ghoulish extension of mundane earthbound problems is a visionary masterstroke crammed with wit and invention.
Plot Summary
Horror comedy starring Michael Keaton, Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin. After Barbara and Adam Maitland are killed in a car crash, they find themselves trapped as ghosts in their beautiful home. When their peace is shattered by the arrival of a disagreeable yuppie family, the Maitlands enlist the help of a spiritual "bio-exorcist" known as "Beetle Juice".
Cast and crew
Cast
- Betelgeuse
- Michael Keaton
- Barbara Maitland
- Geena Davis
- Adam Maitland
- Alec Baldwin
- Delia Deetz
- Catherine O'Hara
- Lydia Deetz
- Winona Ryder
- Charles Deetz
- Jeffrey Jones
- Maxie Dean
- Robert Goulet
- Juno
- Sylvia Sidney
- Otho
- Glenn Shadix
- Bernard
- Dick Cavett
- Jane Butterfield
- Annie McEnroe
- Receptionist
- Patrice Martinez
- Janitor
- Simmy Bow
- Ernie
- Maurice Page
- Old Bill
- Hugo Stanger
- Little Jane
- Rachel Mittelman
- Grace
- Susan Kellermann
- Beryl
- Adelle Lutz
- Sarah Dean
- Marie Cheatham
- Preacher
- Tony Cox
Crew
- Director
- Tim Burton
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