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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’: What The Critics Are Saying About Tim Burton’s Sequel Starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder & Jenna Ortega

The first reviews are coming in for Tim Burton's sequel starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega starrer

The film’s stars were out in force with Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Jenna Ortega, Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci, Justin Theroux and Catherine O’Hara treading the carpet alongside director Tim Burton. IGN called the film a “charming if unnecessary legacy sequel”: “While it features a whole lot less story than the original – which got by on its wry tone and imaginative production design despite being narratively insubstantial – each decision Burton makes here is simply geared towards cartoonishly macabre fun in the vein of its predecessor. Vanity Fair was unimpressed, deriding the movie as “yet another legacy sequel that serves as a sad testament to the original film’s ingenuity,” and the UK’s Daily Telegraph also wasn’t a fan, calling it “nostalgia bait of the worst kind…Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara return to the franchise, but even they don’t seem enthusiastic about this messy, pointless follow-up.”

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