Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a sequel to the dark fantasy horror comedy Beetlejuice.
Tim Burton comes back to direct but leaves the writing to Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Seth Grahame-Smith. Gough and Millar are best known for writing 2004's Spider-Man 2, and the hit series Smallville and Wednesday. While Smith is probably the worst writer on the team having written Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, though I will give it to him that he did write The Lego Batman Movie.
While Michael Keaton is the namesake for the movie, the main character is Lydia Deetz, played by returning Winona Ryder. She has a good character arch for a sequel that had a lot going on. There are two villains to deal with, and then there's the best addition Wolf Jackson played by the talented Willem Dafoe.
Burn Gorman has a small but memorable role as well as a cameo by Danny DeVito that people will remember. You might remember Gorman from Pacific Rim. Monica Bellucci fits the role but isn't given much to do.
The film is slow and full of nostalgia. It gets better as storylines are wrapped up and ends on a great note. Result: A-
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