NetflixBeetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.8
Overview
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Netflix
HBO Max
Apple TVBias Dimensions
Political: Strong Right
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixHBO MaxApple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film explicitly and deliberately maintains a politically incorrect and irreverent tone, refusing to conform to modern sensibilities, which directly critiques a core tenet of progressive ideology.
The film has drawn criticism for its lack of racial diversity, predominantly featuring white actors, and does not appear to incorporate explicit DEI-driven casting or narrative critiques of traditional identities. The casting choices reflect a traditional approach to representation.
Secondary
The film utilizes Christian iconography and biblical allusions, such as the sign of the cross, Pearly Gates, Fires of Damnation, and the Adam and Eve narrative, to define its fantastical afterlife and antagonist. Beetlejuice's negative reactions to Christian symbols and his role as a tempter implicitly affirm these concepts as representing a force of good or purity that he opposes.
Based on available information, 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' does not explicitly feature LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's primary focus lies elsewhere, resulting in no identifiable LGBTQ+ depiction to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
No information indicates that any canonically established character from the original 'Beetlejuice' has been portrayed as a different gender in this sequel. Key returning characters maintain their original genders, and new characters do not qualify as gender swaps.
No established legacy characters from the original Beetlejuice film have been recast with actors of a different race in the 2024 sequel. New characters, even if related to legacy characters, do not qualify as race swaps under the provided definition.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.6
7.0
Critic Ratings
7.5
6.2
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