Review of Beetlejuice (1988) by Matthias V — 26 Dec 2014

Cute but silly. Especially the last bit of it. I had never seen this one before and thought I would give it a chance even though I'm not a big Tim Burton fan to his movies.

This review of Beetlejuice (1988) was written by Matthias V on 26 Dec 2014.

Beetlejuice has generally received very positive reviews.

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