by Max Scheinin Read more of Max's work at http://www.garfieldlib.com/yanews/july97/max/max.html
Tim Burton is one of a kind.
Over and over again he takes bizzare premises and makes blockbusters.
Beetlejuice isn't a perfect movie--but it's an entertaining one. It's uneven and poorly maintained and badly edited and the main character ( Beetlejuice played by Michael Keaton ) should have been completely rooted out. I love this movie. It's offbeat, but so is all his work. And it has a genuine sense of wit.
Here's the movie's outline: Two young lovers who have just been married move into a house. In these first moments there's a lovely little sense of whimsy and magic. One day they go to town to pick up some groceries. As they're riding back they ram into the side of a bridge. Their car is balanced over the side of a river courtesy of a plank of wood. There's a dog on the other side, holding them up. Then he hops off and - boom! - down they go. Yep, they're dead in an instant and they don't know it.
I don't want to go into detail but this is a marvelous comedy about the afterlife--a good rental for when you're feeling bizzare.
Grade: A-
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