Michael Keaton at his best.

Rating: 9/10 (5 December 2007)

BEETLE JUICE is one of the funniest and most odd "family" films ever to have been made. There are pretty awesome special effects at work (sand worms, Beetle Snake, and a scene where Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin compete to see who can make a scarier face), tons of make-up, some legitimately eerie moments, and a hilarious performance by Keaton as the troublesome everyman ghost, Beetle Juice.
Classic Tim Burton combining humor and scares, the morbid and the silly, and the bizarre visual flair we've all come to know and love. Danny Elfman, as usual, makes the film sound just right, and Harry Belafonte's "Banana Boat Song" is used perfectly. Twice.
There's some blood and some creepy stuff going around: plenty of dead bodies(mostly doing and saying funny stuff) with all sorts of ailments, constant talk of the afterlife, some risqué jokes that will most likely go over the brow of your ten year old, and one of the best usages of the "F" word in cinema history.
Everything about the film is exceptional, and if you like your horror with some humor, look no further.