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Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Casper: A Spirited Beginning

5.4

Casper: A Spirited Beginning

PG·1997·90m

Summary

Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a proper ghost.

Crew

Director

Sean McNamara

Book

Joseph Oriolo

Book

Seymour Reit

Screenplay

Thomas Hart

Screenplay, Story

Jymn Magon

Story

Rob Kerchner

Story

Thomas McCluskey

Reviews

r96sk

r96sk

January 24, 2022

4

<em>'Casper: A Spirited Beginning'</em> is rather rubbish, not that that is of any surprise.

It's a stripped back version of the original in every way possible, with the animation - which, admittedly, isn't the greatest in the 1995 release - particularly standing out as being awful. The cast are OK, if entirely forgettable - perhaps with the exceptions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_McGill" rel="nofollow">Chuck McGill</a>, Michael McKean, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Lion_King_(franchise)_characters#:~:text=and%20kill%20him.-,Mufasa,-%5Bedit%5D" rel="nofollow">Mufasa</a>, James Earl Jones.

Let's see what <em>'Casper Meets Wendy'</em> cobbles together...

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$3,500,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

workaholic
prequel
fish out of water
single father
teacher student relationship
ghost
live action and animation
father son relationship
direct to video