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A glossy, very Tim Burton sequel that runs on nostalgia, macabre whimsy, and scattered comic set pieces more than on a tightly built story. It has enough visual invention and returning-cast charm to entertain, but the sequel machinery and crowded plotting make it feel more like a playful reunion than a fully… Read more
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Wed · 1h 45m
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
Tim Burton
Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara
A glossy, very Tim Burton sequel that runs on nostalgia, macabre whimsy, and scattered comic set pieces more than on a tightly built story. It has enough visual invention and returning-cast charm to entertain, but the sequel machinery and crowded plotting make it feel more like a playful reunion than a fully satisfying follow-up.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is built like a haunted house full of old props: some rooms still work beautifully, others are there because the audience remembers them. Burton leans hard into the franchise’s rubbery afterlife imagery, deadpan grotesquerie, and carnival-like chaos, and the movie is at its best when it’s simply letting those textures breathe.
The cast helps a lot. Returning players slide back into their rhythms, and the newer additions give the film a little extra mischief and generational friction. But the story keeps stopping to juggle subplots, cameos, and bits, which makes the whole thing feel less like a momentum-driven sequel and more like a string of elaborate detours.
If you’re here for mood, design, and a few very funny visual ideas, it delivers. If you’re hoping for the kind of sequel that deepens the original’s emotional or narrative stakes, this one is more content to be a lively, slightly overstuffed encore.
Sydney🚀 (3★) · 24032 likes
I get it Tim if I was dating Monica Bellucci I would also write her into my movie for no reason
Emma 🔆 (3.5★) · 19737 likes
Willem Dafoe is having more fun than anybody on this planet
coolguytim (3.5★) · 15310 likes
justice for bob
MnmMan (3★) · 15218 likes
I hope this franchise goes on for way too long, overstays its welcome, and keeps the same naming scheme. Would love to see Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, the squeakquel
ram<3 (4★) · 12550 likes
it doesn’t matter how old winona ryder is, she’ll always be that goth queen
legacy and inheritance, family reunion, afterlife chaos, gothic whimsy, generational tension, identity and reinvention, grief with comic relief, nostalgia and fan service
horror-comedy, gothic fantasy, legacy sequel, macabre humor, afterlife, family drama, quirky visuals, dark whimsy, 1980s franchise revival