As is the case with many sequels (save for "Toy Story 2" and "Shrek 2"), "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" wasn’t anything to write home about.
While it wasn’t the worst follow-up film I’ve seen, it certainly didn’t do much justice to its iconic ’80s predecessor. "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"'s lackluster quality effectively boiled down to being stuffed with far too many, largely disjointed plotlines — including a wildly underused Monica Bellucci as the sutured ex-lover of the titular crusty poltergeist (Michael Keaton) — and an unsettling ending scene that saw Jenna Ortega’s Astrid birth a bloody Beetle-fetus.
