BeetleJuice is a fun film it is extremley fun and a large laugh hhowever the f word is usually expected in a 15 so atleast people know what to expect before they watch it also the scene where barbera rips her own face off made me jump when i watched it for the first time but it was just unexpected.furthermore i reccomend this and i think everyone who has children 12 and above should watch it
Beetlejuice
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Common Sense says
Creepy, dark fun.
Themes in this movie include: family relationships, loss, revenge
updated 09.22.09
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 9 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Beetlejuice was written by Scott G. Mignola
Parents need to know that there are some serious themes in this outrageous film: a young married couple comes to grips with the fact that they're dead, and a teenager contemplates suicide. Because of this, it's not suitable for children younger than 9. But there's nothing here that older kids can't laugh at.
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What’s the Story?
Swerving to miss a dog in the road, Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) drive off a bridge into a river. Arriving back home, they realize that not only are they dead, they're trapped in a sort of limbo in their own house. The cryptic "Handbook for the Recently Deceased" they've been left with offers little guidance. When a new family moves in and assertive Delia Deitz (Catherine O'Hara) starts remodeling, the ghosts decide they want them out. Their attempts to scare off the new inhabitants fail miserably, though. The only one who can see them is terminally morose Lydia (Winona Ryder), the Deitz's teen daughter. Sympathizing with the Maitlands' predicament, she summons Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton), "the afterlife's leading bio-exorcist," to their aid. It doesn't take her long to regret the decision.
Is It Any Good?
Tim Burton has an abnormal talent for capturing morbid, cartoonish imagery onscreen. There were glimpses of that sensibility in his grandly peculiar first feature, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, but that was only a teaser. In his follow-up feature, BEETLEJUICE, a wild burlesque of a movie, Burton lets all of his snakes out of the bag. The wriggliest of those snakes is Beetlejuice himself. Played by Michael Keaton, he's a scum-covered, bug-eating ghoul dressed in something akin to a soiled umpire's uniform. Kids and adults alike will find it hard to resist him. Keaton gives such pungent life to the title character, and to the movie as a whole, that it's no wonder Burton defied Hollywood logic and cast him as the unlikely star of his next film, Batman, and the grittier Batman Returns.
A few other things you'll see in this movie that you won't see anywhere else include a room where the recently deceased mingle while waiting to see their afterlife case workers, and Dick Cavett and company dancing as puppets of the supernatural to Harry Belafonte's "Day-O."
Movie Details
Studio: Warner Bros., Director: Tim Burton
Run time: 92 minutes
Theatrical release: 3/30/1988, DVD release: 6/25/1997
MPAA Rating: PG for creepy, dark humor
Run time: 92 minutes
Theatrical release: 3/30/1988, DVD release: 6/25/1997
MPAA Rating: PG for creepy, dark humor
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I rate this title on for age 12 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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I rate this title iffy for age 9 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
good movie
good movie to see with the older kids
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I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
scary for younger kids
this movie is great. yes, there are some parts that will scare younger kids, such as a woman ripping off her face and her eyeballs popping out, and beetlejuice turning into a snake and throwing people around the room. yes it does say f***ing, which surprised me because it was a pg movie. if you dont want your child to hear that, cover their ears when beetlejuice kicks over a tree. overall a fun and entertaining movie.
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I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
Funny, original, great for Halloween parties
Another masterpiece by Burton that's 100% un-reapeatable but totally imitatable. Creepy and awesome. Some strong language and the whole theme's pretty dark. Like I said, great for parties, for some reason teen chicks love this type of quirky movie. Watch it!
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I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
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- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
teens
i think it is appropriqate for some ages but it does sa y the f word. and you can hear it!
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I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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Good for older kids
i loved this movie but my younger brother brought his friend over when we watched it and well he didn't really like it. Proves to me that tim Burton movies are really good but u either love them or hate it
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I rate this title iffy for age 4 and give it
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- Inappropriate language
its kinda disgusting and has bad words but i thought it was funny
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I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
- My concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
Creepy but fun
Beetlejuice is good but it has some bad words like the S word and F word. It's about two people who died and they meet this dead guy called Beetlejuice because they wanted to get rid of the family that moved in to their house. The people who died are husband and wife and they got Beetlejuice out by saying his name 3 times. But Beetlejuice gives everyone a hard time. You have to watch to find out if they get rid of him - or NOT!
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I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate language
Perfect for tweens and up.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!! It does have mild cursing and parts that could totally freak out young children. Wait untill your 8 years old but when you see it you'll LOVE IT!!!
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
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- Inappropriate language
Fun scary
Made my 10-year-old laugh, but some parts are 'gross' and a little creepy, even though it is not too creepy.
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I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
okay?
i used to like it when i was littler but now i hate it. girl rips off her face
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I rate this title off for age 13 and give it
great movie but a lot more than the review says
great, witty, and entertaining movie. i only take issue with the inaccurate description provided by common sense. there are several sexual references ("sexual perverts" and moaning mistaken as active sex by teenager for two examples). there's a lot of swearing - s**t, god d*** (many of this), hell (not just as the place), and one f***. there are some very, though comic in context, scary images (face ripped off, bloody toothed monster, people cut in half, etc). there are also many (8) references to suicide. it's just for an older crowd than 9 years old.
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I rate this title off for age 13 and give it
great movie but a lot more than the review says
great, witty, and entertaining movie. i only take issue with the inaccurate description provided by common sense. there are several sexual references ("sexual perverts" and moaning mistaken as active sex by teenager for two examples). there's a lot of swearing - s**t, god d*** (many of this), hell (not just as the place), and one f***. there are some very, though comic in context, scary images (face ripped off, bloody toothed monster, people cut in half, etc). there are also many (8) references to suicide. it's just for an older crowd than 9 years old.
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I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
Honestly, it was a great movie when I was younger...
and it still is today! I distinctly remember seeing this when I was 6, 7, maybe 8(?), and it didn't bother me. My mom wouldn't let me keep watching it if that were the case. Some kids are better with kind of stuff than others. Geena Davis was one of the first actresses I remember because of this movie. It was my first Tim Burton movie, out of the many I have seen today. Anyway... This movie is a lovely story of a young couple whose lives take an interesting turn, as in they lose them. They soon meet bio-exorcist Beetlejuice, who keeps them on their toes, while a yuppy family tries to move in to their house. Their daughter befriends the couple. All in all it's a really funny movie and if your kids have seen any of Tim Burton's other movies and liked them they will love this. Most of the "inappropriate" jokes will go over their heads, some still go over mine!
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I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
it can be scary for little kids
it is a great movie. it was pretty funny not to funny.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
good movie,just good
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
Good movie
I like it but not one of the better movies. 10+
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
Read the kids' reviews!
The kids noticed and cared more that there was a whore house in this movie than the adults did! My husband and I debated letting our kid see it, and were thinking it was ok, but then he remembered that scene. Also, I would rather not expose my son to people smoking. Dead people I'm ok with, just not smoking ones! Oh, and use/abuse of prescription drugs and alcohol, too. Man, the more I remember about it, the less appropriate for children it seems.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
What do you mean PG?
I live in England and it is a 15 over here! for 1 thing beetlejuice says the f-word when they are leaving the model town. he also visits a whore house that the woman with the slit throught put in there on purpose. Maybe you have the cut version because it is definately not as sugay and sweet as you say. 9 years old, gimme a break
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