The ghost with the most (plotlines) returns in an overstuffed, but fun sequel.
sequel into existence, and you can feel every one of the countless script drafts written in the intervening decades in the finished film’s plot, which is overloaded with superfluous characters and needless subplots. The movie, , is credited to just three writers , but many others contributed to its development, all of whom struggled for decades to find a plausible and satisfying reason to reunite
The first film certainly did not demand a sequel. But Keaton’s Beetlejuice and the movie’s vision of the afterlife — which looks like an extremely imaginative haunted house at a grungy traveling carnival — remain etched in fans’ minds after all this time. The pull of those elements were enough to get made despite the obvious script difficulties. And even with a clumsy story, those two key elements — Keaton and the realm of the “Recently Deceased” — work just as well in 2024 as they did in 1988.
As in the first film, Keaton is less of the star than the instigator of chaos. The story centers instead on the Deetz family, primarily Ryder’s Lydia and her eccentric stepmother Delia an oily Svengali type who exploits Lydia’s ability to see and communicate with ghosts by pushing her to host a TV show about haunted houses.Lydia is uncomfortable with celebrity, and equally uncertain about a union with Rory.
, Jeffrey Jones. That sets off a slew of additional storylines.
What do all these plots have to do with one another? Oddly, not very much. Several of them could be removed from the film entirely with no negative impact on the overall film — except perhaps for the fact that they would cut back on Keaton’s number of scenes, and he is the clear standout among the cast. While all the actors look happy to be quirking it up in director intricately designed underworld, most of them get very little material to work with.
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