*** out of **** Here's a movie that goes big and attempts to re-write the rules of an age-old genre and emerges with delightfully mixed but exciting results. In "Beetlejuice", a nice young couple (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) plunges head-first to their watery deaths when a cute little dog causes their car to swerve off the path right when they're about to enter a covered bridge, into the cold stream below. Strangely enough, they return home safely but with no memory to how … more
So fun and so campy - you don't see much originality like this in films anymore. I haven't seen it in years, but I remember watching it over and over, never tiring of the antics. Plus, I just adore Winona Ryder... or I did during that phase of her career anyway ; )
I am not a real Tim Burton fan; I find his work too dark, literally and metaphorically. However, I loved Beetlejuice. I could not stop laughing. I think it is Michael Keaton's best work. The sound track is great as well.