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Tim BurtonCamera:
Thomas E. AckermanMuziek:
Danny ElfmanActeurs:
Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Sylvia Sidney, Annie McEnroe, Tony Cox, Glenn Shadix (meer)Streaming (3)
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In the surreal, wonderfully cartoon-like comedy BEETLEJUICE, a childless couple, Barbara and Adam (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin), move to the country only to be killed in a car accident while passing over a quaint covered bridge. Their ghosts return to their beloved Victorian home, and find the HANDBOOK FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED, which not only lets them know they're dead, but comes in handy when they learn that they can continue to live in their house, even though a new family--from the land of the living--is moving in. The new owners, fresh from the city, are quite a strange group themselves, and include the overpowering hipster mom Delia (Catherine O'Hara), her pompous SoHo interior designer Otho (Glenn Shadix), her meek husband Charles (Jeffrey Jones), and their morose teenage daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder), who befriends the ghostly couple. Though the threesome attempt to scare Delia from ruining the house with redecoration and her unpleasant personality, their attempts fail. As a last resort, they call upon the services of the demented, terrifying, but hilarious "bioexorcist," "Beetlejuice" (Michael Keaton). (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
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Beetlejuice is a beautiful classic ghost story that remains popular thanks to Burton's other great films (and animated series). The old-school special effects are magical, the cast is wonderful: Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis as the dead husbands, Michael Keaton in a perfect mask, Winona Ryder as the ideal goth teenager, and Jeffrey Jones and Catherine O'Hara as caricatures of modern businessmen. And last but certainly not least the legendary Sylvia Sidney, who shone in the 1930s... A joy to behold. In its time, there was genre competition in the form of the similarly successful High Spirits, but there is no need to choose between them. Both ghost stories are evergreens.
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A playful supernatural flick from Tim Burton which, thanks to the lead actor, belongs to the worse part of his body of work. I can't help it, but Michael Keaton is an average actor who won't create an atmospheric effect with his overblown appearance and tons of overacting. Fortunately, the gems of the film are the scenes of the miniature city, the characteristically Danny Elfman score, and the perfect goth-depressed Winona Ryder. Still, my impressions during childhood were several classes higher.
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Tim Burton was still in his directorial development when Beetlejuice was made, and thus the film didn't appeal to me as much as his other later efforts. The film's bleakly colorful atmosphere is captured perfectly and is very much typical of most of Burton's other films. The visual effects were absolutely perfect for their time - especially the likeness of the snake and the worm. The portrayal of the deceased was also flawless, as was Danny Elfman's great score. In short, a film that is imaginative as hell and somewhat funny, and while it's not something memorable, it deserves the 4* from me for the solid technical workmanship and cast.
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Burton's morbid dissolution left quite a significant mark on pop culture, and I don't think it's that bold to claim that, similar to the end of the 90s with the Wachowskis, he may also be credited with bringing some subcultures into the mainstream. In the long run, he is therefore responsible for things like Evanescence, Emily the Strange, and your teenage daughter's cut forearm. Beetlejuice is his classic comedy of unusual contrasts at first glance, where the colorful wild world of the dead stands against the mundanely boring world of living adults. Essentially, it is a typically Reaganite conservative story about a heterosexual couple who have no children only because it hasn't happened yet, preferring to spend their vacation at home and in their free time crafting a detailed model of the city they live in, having to confront the snobbish artists from New York City with their ideas about art and design. Winona Ryder, representing the manic pixie girl for the stagnating millennials who grew up on Sisters of Mercy, carries her melancholic gothic position until her foster parents start taking proper care of her, turning her into a compliant schoolgirl. Just following the old folks saying that young people have a defined style only because they are neglected at home and get fixed overnight. And that rebellion through the fifties Jamaican calypso... well, as my uncultivated great-grandmother used to say, "I don't know."
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Before watching the sequel, I had to revisit the original—it’s been years since I last saw Beetlejuice. And yes, it still holds up beautifully. Tim Burton proved he was a genius back then, and I’m glad he showed Hollywood what he was capable of with this film. The sheer creativity, both in animation and ideas, combined with humor and fun, is unmatched. I can't help but wonder—how many directors today can pull off something like this?
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