Nabil Khan’s review published on Letterboxd:
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What makes a sequel truly great? When it can find the balance between evoking the heart of its predecessor while being inventive enough to set itself apart. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice succeeds in that regard.
The film finds Lydia, Her Stepmother Delia, Her Daughter Astrid, and her manager/lover Rorey drawn back to her child hood home when her father dies. The film has a strong emphasis on relationships. Good, bad or otherwise. Lydia and pretty much everyone else all have unique relationships to contend with with Lydia as well as their own character arcs. At 105 Minutes the film uses its time usefully and expeditiously. We have callbacks. We have new characters and some different scenery. But as always it all boils down to the ghost with the most. Michael Keaton returns as if he never left poking fun at old things and new alike. The film makes us want more and with the right story a 3rd film doesn't seem impossible. Definetly fun for new and old fans alike. Saw this in 4DX and it was a fun experience. I'm 50/50 on if this movie is better in it or out of it. You decide!
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