Beetlejuice returns to television: did you say cult?

In 1988, Tim Burton signed a crazy comedy, “with a truly new tone”, Première congratulated him on its release.

In 1988, Tim Burton had not yet turned his Batmanneither Edward Scissorhandsso that its only reference with the public was the commissioned film Pee-Wee. “A remarkable first attempt”wrote Jean-Paul Chaillet in our pages, at the heart of his criticism of Beetlejuice. “He clearly hasn't lost his touch.”he continued, praising the director's talent for telling a highly original story, carried by actors (Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, Winona Ryder…) in top form and visibly delighted to have so much fun in his very particular universe.

To celebrate the release of its highly successful sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at the cinema, TMC will rebroadcast the original tonight. Here is our review of the 1988 film, also to (re)watch on Première Max.

“Burton confirms here, with brilliance, his taste for hysterical atmospheres and crazy situations. Beetlejuice is a comedy that offers perfectly delirious escapes on a very scathing black humor. This very explosive rereading of traditional ghost stories is, moreover, full of special effects (sometimes smoke and mirrors) and brilliant discoveries.”

Predicting, without spoiling it, that the calypso scene would become cult, he also greeted a “Hilarious and wild Keaton”then concluded that despite some script flaws (we get a bit lost in the plot), “Beetlejuice nevertheless retains a truly new tone. Let's bet that, for some, it will even have the allure of a cult film.”

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