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Director Tim Burton brought his trademark macabre style to Massachusetts and Vermont towns last summer when he filmed scenes for “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the long-awaited sequel to 1988’s “Beetlejuice.” Oscar nominee Michael Keaton is back as the malevolent poltergeist, this time vacillating between friend and foe to three generations of Deetz women: Delia (Catherine O’Hara, “Home Alone”), daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder, “Stranger Things”), and granddaughter/newcomer Astrid (Jenna Ortega, “Wednesday”).
Astrid is convinced that Lydia, who has become a TV psychic, has never actually seen ghosts, and is playing along for profit and to please her simpering, controlling boyfriend (a very funny Justin Theroux). Astrid’s doubts quickly dissipate when they return to Winter River, Connecticut for the funeral of Delia’s husband (played by Jeffrey Jones in the original).
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” plays out more like long-form sketch comedy than movie, with storylines picked up and abandoned at a furious speed. But it’s infinitely more fun watching a slightly disjointed and completely demented pastiche than a staid legacyquel robotically hitting fan service benchmarks.
