Is Beetlejuice actually good?

Beetlejuice sits in the 80.2% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 80.2% of them.

How does Beetlejuice compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Beetlejuice lands in the 78.2% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Beetlejuice's score based on?

493 calibrated reviewers stand behind Beetlejuice's score.

1988

global pct

80.2

Film · 1988 · Films · 1980s

Beetlejuice

Name: Beetlejuice
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Released: 1988
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Cast: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara

Scored from 493 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

80.2%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

78.2%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

97.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

493 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A recently deceased couple hires a mischievous and vulgar ghost named Beetlejuice to scare away the new residents of their home. When his chaotic antics spiral out of control, the couple must navigate the afterlife's bureaucracy while dealing with their ghostly con artist and increasingly disturbing schemes.

Tim Burton directed Beetlejuice, a comedy, fantasy and horror film from 1988. Its comedy subtype is Dark Comedy. It stars Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis. It is rated PG. The runtime is 92 minutes. It was made in the United States.

493 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 507 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.

ComedyFantasyHorror

Is Beetlejuice (1988) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 493
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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