Beetlejuice sequel lands impressively rare Rotten Tomatoes score feat-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has finally hit cinemas, decades after the original film’s release in 1988 (Picture: Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

With the hotly anticipated Beetlejuice sequel finally in cinemas – 36 years after the original – fans appear to have all reached the same verdict on the new Tim Burton movie.

In Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the wise-cracking, self-proclaimed ‘Ghost with the Most’ (Michael Keaton) is back once more after three generations of the Deetz family return to their house in Winter River after an unexpected family tragedy.

And by ‘the same’, it really couldn’t be closer after an incredible turn of events on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.

For fans who have flocked to see Beetlejuice 2 already have awarded it highly so far with an excellent score of 82%, at the time of publication, on the platform’s audience reaction scale now known as the Popcornmeter.

Co-incidentally, that is exactly the same score the audience gave the first Beetlejuice film on Rotten Tomatoes too – 82%.

Over 250,000 fans have so far shared their rating for the original, while on its third day of international wide release, it’s over 5,000 audience members for the sequel.

The sequel sees Lydia Deetz’s (Winona Ryder) life then turned upside down when her rebellious teenage daughter, Astrid (Jenna Ortega), discovers the mysterious model of the town in the attic and the portal to the Afterlife is accidentally opened, releasing Betelgeuse once more.

Fans have praised the new quirky comedy horror movie, which also stars returning actress Catherine O’Hara alongside Willem Dafoe, Monica Bellucci and Justin Theroux, as ‘wacky, wild and fun’.

‘It was absolutely fantastic and hilarious,’ enthused fan Jacob S, while Andrew P praised it as ‘a nice homage to the original’ and Chrostopher C declared: ‘Great fun! Tim Burton is back.’

‘Very nostalgic and fun,’ added Tammy B – hitting on a large part of what fans wanted after so many decades between the two Beetlejuice movies.

So far, fans have rated the sequel exactly as highly as the first movie (Picture: Everett/Rex/Shutterstock)

In the Tim Burton movie, Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder, second R) returns to Winter River after a family tragedy with her daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega, second L) (Picture: Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

‘Not enough stars. Very Tim Burtonesque. Honoured the original while adding in some beautiful insanity,’ wrote Robert M.

However, others were less impressed and offered only the faintest of praise in their observations.

‘I was hoping for something more, but it’s hard to catch lightning in a bottle twice,’ shared Moviefan, while an anonymous viewer called it ‘not a complete waste of time’.

Among critics there is a little more discrepancy in score, with the Tomatometer for Beetlejuice resting at 83% – so higher than fans’ ranking – from 115 reviews.

For its sequel, 248 reviews so far have places the sequel a little lower (but still certified fresh) at 76%.

Most audience members have lavished Beetlejuice 2 with praise for its nostalgia, among other elements (Picture: Moviestore/Rex/Shutterstock)

In Metro.co.uk’s four-star review of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the movie is praised as ‘a return to unhinged creative form’ for filmmaker Burton, while Keaton is ‘brilliant as always in a role that fits him like a glove’.

Discussing his return to form, Burton told reporters at Venice Film Festival – where the film premiered – that he had become ‘disillusioned’ with the movie industry before working on the Beetlejuice sequel and Netflix TV series Wednesday.

‘The past few years I’ve got a little bit disillusioned with the movie industry I would say,’ he told reporters, including Metro.co.uk. ‘And so I just realised, if I’m going to do anything again, I just want to do it from my heart and [make it] something that I want to do.’

Director Burton previously said he has been ‘lost’ after a string of failures before coming back to work on the Beetlejuice sequel and TV show Wednesday (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock)

Burton compared himself to Lydia’s character in the movie with how ‘sometimes your life takes a little bit of a turn’.

‘I lost myself a bit, so for me this movie was a re-energising. Getting back to the things I love doing, the way I love doing it and the people I love doing it with,’ he added.

‘I realised that’s the only way for me to be a success, is that I have loved doing it. I got a little bit lost along the way, but now with this one I feel it didn’t matter how it turned out, I just enjoyed and loved making it with all those people.’

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is in cinemas now.

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