Today’s Prayer Focus
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
also known as “Beetlejuice 2,” “Beterböcek Beterböcek,” “Bitelchús Bitelchús,” “Ma Siêu Quậy,” “Os Fantasmas Ainda se Divertem - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” See all »
MPA Rating:
for violent content, macabre and bloody images, strong language, some suggestive material and brief drug use.
for violent content, macabre and bloody images, strong language, some suggestive material and brief drug use.
| Moral Rating: | Offensive to Extremely Offensive (not recommended) |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Supernatural-Horror Comedy Sequel |
| Length: | 1 hr. 44 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2024 |
| USA Release: |
September 6, 2024 (wide release) DVD: November 19, 2024 |
Relevant Issues
Dark horror comedy / Learn about spiritual darkness versus light
Betelgeuse is said to be a deceptive demon.
What does the Bible say about real demons?
Haunted house
What does the Bible say about ghosts?
Character recites an incantation from the handbook of the Recently Deceased
Psychic mediums claiming to communicate with the dead
Teenaged girl who dresses Goth and lists her mother in her contacts as “Alleged Mom”
Immortal soul and life after death
What is eternal life? and what does the Bible say about it?
What is eternal death?
Has death always existed?
What is the FINAL JUDGMENT? and WHAT do you need to know about it? Answer
| Featuring |
Michael Keaton … Betelgeuse, pronounced “Beetlejuice” Winona Ryder … Lydia Deetz Jenna Ortega … Astrid Deetz, Lydia’s teen daughter Catherine O'Hara … Delia Deetz Monica Bellucci … Delores, Betelgeuse’s ex-wife Justin Theroux … Rory Willem Dafoe … Wolf Jackson, a detective in the Afterlife Burn Gorman … Father Damien Danny DeVito … Janitor See all » |
| Director |
Tim Burton |
| Producer |
Tim Burton Productions Plan B Entertainment See all » |
| Distributor |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “This is a follow-up to the comedy ‘Beetlejuice,’ about a ghost who’s recruited to help haunt a house.
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia’s life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife, releasing Betelgeuse.”
- Violence: Extreme. Very dark, gory, and grotesque content for a PG-13 rating, and probably would surely have been given an R-rating with the same content in a non-comedic film.
Includes spurting and splattering blood scenes, exposed internal organs, intestines falling ouit, dismembered corpse, biting off the heads of chickens, newborn infant gnaws its mother’s leg bloody and murders the doctor, life sucked out of people leaving just their skin, fishes eating a corpse, a beating heart is tossed, plague corpses, etc., etc., plus the AFTER AFFECTS OF…
—Death by plane crash
—Death by shark attack
—Death by drinking drain cleaner
—Woman eaten by cats
—Death by head impalement
—Radiation death with melted face
—Death by venomous snakebites
—Death by rotating saw
—Death by murder with a kitchen mixer
- Profane language: “J*sus,” “G*d d*mn” (3), “Oh my G*d,” “G*d,” “H*ll,” “What the h*ll,” “D*mn”
- Vulgar/Crude language: F-word (+ 2 censored), “Sexy nature man,” “Horny handyman,” “A**,” “A**hole,” “A**wipe,” “Sh*t,” “Bullsh*t,” “Cr*p,” “P*ss,” “P*ssed”
- Occult: Film has an occult worldview, and some mockery of the Biblical worldview.
- Sex: Sexual comments, innuendoes and male leering. Suggestive but non-detailed sex scene. Kissing scenes.
- Drugs/Alcohol: Recreational use of prescription drug. Alcohol drinking. Father Damien appears to possibly be a drunk.
See list of Relevant Issues—questions-and-answers.
Positive
Positive—First, let me say that my “positive” rating is because I enjoyed the movie, not because it’s wholesome. It’s not! But with that out of the way—this was as good as the first movie! I’m looking forward to the obvious… a “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlej…” trilogy ender. Times have changed since the first movie was released way back in 1988, so there are a lot of things allowed—wait, no, encouraged—by Hollywood that were unthinkable back then.
This movie has more language, sexual situations, and gore than the first movie did. If you’re prepared to watch that (and to leave the kids home with a sitter), you’ll love this movie. Yes, it’s predictable, but it’s still worth it for a few surprises. Also, I was sad that Barbara and Adam Maitland weren’t included (not even a cameo!), but I was thrilled that they made the movie so well without having to employ Charles Deetz. This is sure to be a classic Halloween movie for years to come! Too bad they didn’t release it in October. I was surprised at the September release date.
Moral rating: Extremely Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 5
This movie has more language, sexual situations, and gore than the first movie did. If you’re prepared to watch that (and to leave the kids home with a sitter), you’ll love this movie. Yes, it’s predictable, but it’s still worth it for a few surprises. Also, I was sad that Barbara and Adam Maitland weren’t included (not even a cameo!), but I was thrilled that they made the movie so well without having to employ Charles Deetz. This is sure to be a classic Halloween movie for years to come! Too bad they didn’t release it in October. I was surprised at the September release date.
Moral rating: Extremely Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 5
Chrystal, age 47 (USA)
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Secular Movie Critics
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” would’ve been better off dead …With its limp humor, canned sentiment, and over-egged efforts to gross us out, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is a waste of a good cast and a defacement of a classic film’s legacy. …
Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair
…mostly pointless sequel… This belabored movie, which is much more serious than its predecessor and takes nearly an hour to take off… Burton’s imagination is on full blast for the first time in years. What’s still missing is his once formidable skill as a storyteller. …
Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post
…pleasantly weird and playful movie…even if an overstuffed narrative and the usual excessive nostalgia pandering stopping the fun dead. …[3]
Robert Kojder, Flickering Myth
…It’s a busy, chaotic, mixed bag of recycled material that just leaves us wondering why we bothered summoning this project back from the dead in the first place.
Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service
…a better-than-expected legacy sequel with its heart in the right place… at heart a story about a middle-aged woman coming to terms with her grief, featuring a mother-daughter arc whose resolution…
Dana Stevens, Slate
…overwrought and overweight… it’s a return to a familiar and darkly funny vision of death but also gets weighted with more serious moments that feel in conflict with Burton’s irreverent and campy take on gore and horror. …
Kofi Outlaw, Comicbook.com
…“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” has Michael Keaton and everything going for it, except the funny… near-complete absence of verbal wit… [1½/4]
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
…sequel is a disappointment, even while showing putrid glimmers of inspiration and instilling hope that Burton may someday return to original storytelling.
Brian Eggert, Deep Focus Review
…The new “Beetlejuice” is a ghost of its former self. …[2½/4]
Brian Truitt, USA Today
Astrid was well played by Jenna Ortega, not so much like her character on the TV show WEDNESDAY. She could use some working on playing the lighthearted part of a character still she did well as Winona’s successor. Naturally Winona Ryder slid right back into her role as Lydia. After an argument with her mom, Astrid went for a bike ride through town, learned a lesson in paying attention to traffic and met a neighborhood boy after crashing through the fence in his family’s yard. He slowly starts to romance her. Meanwhile, back home, Lydia’s having more visions of being terrorized in her teens by Beetlejuice, now named by her as a trickster demon.See all »
My Ratings: Moral rating: Better than Average / Moviemaking quality: 4