Fantasy, Comedy  •  1988  •  92 min  •  Older Kids (7+)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Beetlejuice poster

Beetlejuice (1988)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low

Viewer Rating
7.5

Overview

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.


Starring Cast

Alec Baldwin  •   Geena Davis  •   Michael Keaton


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

The film is primarily an apolitical supernatural comedy exploring themes of displacement, family, and the clash between traditional and avant-garde lifestyles, without explicitly promoting a specific political ideology.

Diversity: Low
Confidence: High

The movie features a predominantly traditional cast without any explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on supernatural comedy and family dynamics, with no critical portrayal of traditional identities or engagement with diversity, equity, and inclusion themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "Beetlejuice" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on heterosexual relationships and supernatural events, with no elements that could be interpreted as queer representation.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "Beetlejuice" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate, resulting in a net impact rating of N/A.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

Beetlejuice (1988) is an original film, not an adaptation of pre-existing material or a reboot of legacy characters. All characters were created for this specific movie, thus there is no prior canon from which a gender could be swapped.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

Beetlejuice (1988) is an original film, not an adaptation of pre-existing material. The characters were created for this movie, establishing their initial on-screen portrayals as their canonical race. Therefore, no character's race was changed from a prior established version.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.4
The Movie Database logo
7.4

Critic Ratings

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8.3
Metacritic logo
7.1

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