Beetlejuice Beetlejuice directed by legendary film producer Tim Burton known for his children’s movies such as “Nightmare Before Christmas” brings a sequel to his original film Beetlejuice, 1988. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice takes place in the future after the events of the first film with most of the original cast reprising their roles.
Lydia who is now a grownup played by Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz and Beetlejuice played by Micheal Keaton. It also new characters to the film starring, Jenna Ortega who plays Lydia’s daughter Astrid, Arthur Conti as Jeremey Frazier who is seen as a love interest for Astrid. Character Rory who is Lydia’s current husband played by Justin Theroux and Monica Bellucci as Delores.
The movie follows Lydia who is still haunted by the trauma she experienced from Beetlejuice. In this flash forward film Lydia is married to show producer, Rory with a teenage daughter. Together Lydia and Rory host a talk show about other people’s ghost experiences. After Lydia´s her medication wears off she starts seeing hallucinations, after attempted comfort from her husband, tragedy strikes! Lydia is told by her stepmother, Delia, that her father had died in a shark accident. Lydia is faced with a reliving nightmare of her childhood but this time with her teenage daughter, Astrid. Lydia and her daughter have a straining mother-daughter relationship, but especially Astrid’s biological father is out of the picture.
To review, the movie has a better more dynamic plot than the original with the added new characters and many plot twists and turns to the story. With a starting strong conflict that is resolved by movie the end of the film through heartwarming moments and the comedy, which is similar to the original with the same level of humor with changes of modern references. The movie can stand by itself and does not require seeing the first film as it gives a good recap of the events of the first film while also breathing new life into the story making it its own thing entirely without heavily relying on the plot of the original movie.
