BEETLEJUICE (1988) **1/2 Great sets and original perspective on the confusion and drudgery of the afterlife. Michael Keaton is very good in a cowboy/exorcist/used-car-salesman sort of way and Winona Ryder straddles the line between spooky and winsome without adding too much sauce. The lines don't snap though and after a quick start the plot line settles for superficial if valid social commentaries, gross jokes and high-tech gimmickry masturbation. In spite of it all it manages to maintain the original feel and borderline appealing personality and Tim Burton had the good sense not to cast Jim Carrey in it.
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