Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Warner Bros. | Release Date: September 6, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 61 Critic Reviews
Positive:
38
Mixed:
20
Negative:
3
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60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeSep 8, 2024
Realistically, it was never going to match the instant cult appeal of the original, but it has a lot of fun trying. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithSep 5, 2024
Aptly enough considering its title, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is two pictures in one: a dead section set with the living and a lively part that takes place among the dead. Read full review
60
ScreenCrushMatt SingerSep 5, 2024
It takes way too long — nearly an hour of a 105-minute movie — for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s actual story to emerge and for Keaton to take center stage again. Once he shows up, though, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice springs to life. Er, make that afterlife. Read full review
60
Christian Science MonitorTroy Aidan SambajonSep 5, 2024
The movie is infused with enough of Burton’s beguiling gothic vibe to kick off the Halloween season, but the plot holes are large enough for the Great Pumpkin to fill. Read full review
60
The Daily BeastBarry LevittAug 30, 2024
While Beetlejuice Beetlejuice doesn’t quite capture the irresistible magic of the original, it’s full of stylistic wonder and fun characters. Read full review
60
LooperAudrey FoxAug 30, 2024
There's enough here to win over audiences who loved the original film, particularly in its depiction of the endless bureaucracy of the Afterlife. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenAug 29, 2024
Still, powered by its own helter-skelter momentum and the wild-eyed Keaton, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice just about holds all its macabre threads together. It’s not Burton at his very best, but like its fiendish antihero, it does the trick. Read full review
60
EmpireJohn NugentAug 28, 2024
The film is strongest when it remembers it’s a Tim Burton film and has licence to get weird. While it’s slicker and less homemade-feeling than the 1988 vintage, there are still flashes of B-movie brilliance. Read full review
60
Total FilmJames MottramAug 28, 2024
It’s just a pity that the storytelling sprawls all over the place, with some plotlines (like the Beetlejuice/Delores discord) failing to pay off. But mostly Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a fun afterlife frolic. Read full review
58
Original-CinJim SlotekSep 5, 2024
In the end, all Beetlejuice Beetlejuice did for me was make me want to see the singular version again. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 6, 2024
The laughs — from sight gags, on-the-nose-casting (Burn Gorman as a priest named “Damien”), quirky Keaton, Ryder and O’Hara line-readings and the contributions of newcomers Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe — are hard to come by. Read full review
50
Rolling StoneDavid FearSep 4, 2024
Maybe our expectations were too high. Maybe we should have said his name — Burton Burton Burton — three times, and the filmmaker who did that beloved original would reappear, grinning maniacally and giving us something a bit less undead and a bit more alive. Read full review
50
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenSep 4, 2024
The screenplay, by the team of Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, is at once overstuffed—in this it resembles Burton’s Dark Shadows—and full of missed opportunities. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshSep 4, 2024
Certain qualities are undeniable, such as Keaton’s command of this character and O’Hara’s unique wit. Ryder has the heaviest performance lift, transitioning her character from teen to mom, but she finds her groove in the back half of the movie. But there’s something a bit bland and manufactured about this version. Read full review
50
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiSep 3, 2024
This belabored movie, which is much more serious than its predecessor and takes nearly an hour to take off, feels like it lasts a Day-O. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerSep 5, 2024
Burton and his writing team waste the opportunity of a sequel to fix the errors of the past, and instead double down on the most problematic elements of the original. Read full review
40
The TimesKevin MaherAug 29, 2024
Keaton commits fully to the puerility demanded by the title role. And yet the mania feels consistently forced. The fun is diluted. Read full review
40
The IndependentGeoffrey MacnabAug 28, 2024
You could claw together some brilliant short films from the best sequences here, but this 36-years-in-the-making follow-up should make us all question Tim Burton’s modern storytelling sense. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinAug 28, 2024
The baseline for these things should be a little higher than ‘doesn’t retroactively sour you on its predecessor’. Even today – never mind in another 36 years – it’s hard to imagine anyone with the option of watching the source plumping for thi Read full review
40
The GuardianXan BrooksAug 28, 2024
It’s a likable exercise in nostalgia; a joyride through old haunts. Burton’s underworld caper contains plenty of second-hand spirit; what it craves is fresh blood. What it needs is some substance. Read full review
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