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Keaton said in March 2014 that this is the only sequel he’s interested in making
Synopsis
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the afterlife. Jenna Ortega, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux and Monica Bellucci share why filming Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was an experience they’ll never forget. Tim Burton has said that this film would only be made if Michael Keaton returned to reprise his role.
Beetlejuice: I think it was Dostoevsky who said
The film makes a reference to “French physicist” Maria Sklodowska-Curie; she is, in fact, one of the most famous Polish scientists in history, often considered second only to Copernicus. Later, motherfucker. SPOILER: There’s a dedication in the end credits to Bob the Skinner, who died in the film. Featured on Late Night with Seth Meyers: Michael Keaton/Connor O’Malley (2024).
All I can really do here is speak my truth and not worry about whether people agree with it or not
MacArthur Park Written by Jimmy Webb Performed by Donna Summer Courtesy of Island Def Jam Music Group Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd. As a man who has a nine out of ten review for “Beetlejuice” logged into this site, I can only report that I found this sequel to be a bit (though not entirely) a mess. After the death of her father, Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder) returns to her childhood home, with her stepmother Delia (Catherine O’Hara), boyfriend Rory (Justin Theroux) and daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega). Lydia, still able to see ghosts, has been having visions of Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton), which only intensify when she returns home.
It feels like they’re just there so there’s an excuse for specific actors to be in the movie
But Betelgeuse has his own problems, related to the return of his vengeful ex-wife Delores (Monica Bellucci), who has the ability to extract the remaining souls of the dead – and render them “dead dead.” What I found really interesting was that for years, Burton and Keaton steadfastly refused to commit to a sequel unless the story was right. So for this to be the one they’ve come up with, it feels more like a package of ideas duct-taped together than an actual story. There are four main plot threads, two of which could have been exorcised (pun intended) partially, or even completely, without making much of a difference. It’s also a little too keen on recreating moments from the original, so there are two jokes that are slight variations on previous ones, and another song-and-dance possession scene that’s a strong moment but, again, just a rehash of the first film.
Keaton almost single-handedly drags the film down to being passable
They cleverly keep his character out of most of the film so that when he does appear, it’s a breath of life, but it’s a jolt the film needs all too often and I don’t think I found anything else funny about it. As you can tell from the score, despite how negative this review sounds, I wouldn’t say I disliked the film overall – but it feels too close to being the “greedy” sequel we could have had at any point in the last 30 years.
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