Indeed, in a film that so gleefully satirizes and undermines any attempts to impose order on existence, Betelgeuse can be regarded as a subversive savior.

Full Review | Dec 12, 2023

Though a lot of [Burton's] moves don’t connect, enough of them do to make this spotty, dissonant movie a comedy classic.

Full Review | Sep 15, 2023

Tim Burton's Beetlejuice is a farce that's blessedly lunatic.

Full Review | May 8, 2023

Beetle Juice is founded on...absurd juxtapositions--none funnier, if you ask me, than when an undead football team calls the ancient, gravel-voiced Sylvia Sidney "coach."

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 3, 2022

An exciting, hilarious, extremely outlandish, oftentimes touching, otherworldly adventure that is utterly unlike anything else.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 2, 2022

Outlandish, but rich with imagination, Beetlejuice is likely to charm the life out of anyone with its lively display and ghoulish delights.

Full Review | Oct 14, 2021

"Beetlejuice" is so exuberantly batty, so outrageously zany, it makes "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" seem as somber as "Ironweed."

Full Review | Oct 26, 2020

Keaton shines in this role, breathing life (pun intended) into an immature and manipulative ghost.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 1, 2020

Beetlejuice only manages to entertain from time to time, but it keeps us interested in the future projects of such a peculiar filmmaker. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Mar 30, 2020

The story almost comes off the rails, but Beetlejuice's charm lies more in the execution. The movie is crammed with visual invention and snappy comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 25, 2018

Beetlejuice seems above all categorization, a fearlessly original piece of work.

Full Review | Oct 16, 2018

For sheer off-the-wall audacity, Tim Burton's demented Beetlejuice certainly demands respect, even if it's more enjoyable in concept than in execution.

Full Review | Apr 5, 2018

Beetlejuice is so memorable and iconic because Burton took chances and dared to be different.

Full Review | Original Score: 10/10 | Mar 30, 2018

The movie's such a riot of invention we let him take it more or less anywhere.

Full Review | Mar 30, 2018

[Tim] 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.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 30, 2018

An overly ambitious special-effects comedy obviously influenced by the success of Ghostbusters.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 30, 2018

Betelgeuse doesn't fully emerge until the film is half over, but Michael Keaton makes a strong enough impression in the role to explain why the picture is named after his character.

Full Review | Mar 30, 2018

Starting with the title, not much about this movie makes sense. That's what's fun about it.

Full Review | Mar 29, 2018

Amazingly, it all still feels fresh, even though Burton has since become something of his own franchise since.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 29, 2018

The film is a dazzling display of director Tim Burton's unique pop culture sensibility.

Full Review | Mar 29, 2018