If Tim Burton's Imagination Could Be Visualized, This Is What It Would Look Like

Rating: 8/10 (28 July 2008)

A delightfully macabre Tim Burton wack-fest.
Michael Keaton is off his rocker as the title character, a hyperactive ghost who's enlisted by gentle yuppies (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) to help rid their house of, er, "unwanted" guests.
The film is an orgy of production design and makeup effects, and gives viewers a peek into the head of Burton, a place I love to visit but where I'm not sure I'd want to live.
Also starring the drippy Winona Ryder as a drippy teenager, a role I'm sure she didn't have to step too far out of her comfort zone to play.
Winner of the 1988 Academy Award for best makeup.
Grade: A-