Movie · 2024 · Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 1h 45m · PG-13 · English
Curator score: 3.0/10 (1.2M ratings)
The ghost with the most is back.
Overview
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.
Ratings
Curator score: 3.0/10
IMDb: 6.6/10
Letterboxd: 3.18/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 75%
Metacritic: 62
TMDB: 6.9/10
Director
Tim Burton
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures, Geffen Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, Tim Burton Productions, Tommy Harper Productions, Domain Entertainment
Cast
Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti, Nick Kellington, Santiago Cabrera, Burn Gorman, Danny DeVito, Sami Slimane, Amy Nuttall, Mark Heenehan, Charlie Hopkinson, Liv Spencer, Skylar Park, Jane Leaney, David Ayres
Where to watch
Amazon Prime Video, Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Curator Review
Verdict
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.
Best for
fans of Burton’s gothic-comic style
viewers who want a light horror-comedy with big production design
audiences attached to the original cast and world
people who enjoy episodic, gag-driven fantasy
Skip if
you want a fresh standalone story
you’re tired of legacy sequels and fan-service
you prefer horror or comedy with sharper pacing
you need emotional depth to outweigh the spectacle
Overview
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.
Worth noting
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.
Bottom line
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.
Top Letterboxd reviews
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