Dark, caring, and sometimes funny

Rating: Null/10 (5 December 2000)

The opening credits begin with the Geffen logo and a melancholic rendition of "Daylight comes... and me wanna go home." Immediately Danny Elfman's wild score chirps right in. At once, you realize that while Elfman promises a light-hearted fare, the sincere wish of going home and not being able to will underscore the movie.
When Adam and "Babs" complain to Juno they wouldn't mind sharing their home with people different than the Deitz's, Juno finishes their thought by saying knowingly, "With people more like YOU used to be."
So what is Beetlejuice about? It's really all about what makes a home. When you lose control of your home, is it still your home? As the old man once said, "Home is what you make it."
That said, while Betelgeuse comments that every time he sees "The Exorcist", he finds it funnier every single time he sees it, everytime *I* see "Beetlejuice", I like it more and more, and I see new things every time as well. The movie is fresh Tim Burton, because he became a parody of himself during and after "Batman Returns."