Why it may be worth watching
- Casper: A Spirited Beginning combines Adventure and Family elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Steve Guttenberg, Lori Loughlin, Rodney Dangerfield.
- Viewers currently rate it 5.4/10 from 345 votes.
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Casper: A Spirited Beginning
It's a whole new scream!
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.
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Cast
Steve GuttenbergTim Carson
Lori LoughlinSheila Fistergraff
Rodney DangerfieldMayor Hunt
Michael McKeanBill Case
Brendon Ryan BarrettChris Carson
Jeremy FoleyCasper (voice)
Bill FarmerStinky (voice)
Jess HarnellFatso (voice)
Jim WardStretch (voice)
Pauly ShoreSnivel (voice)
James Earl JonesKibosh (voice)
Shannon ChandlerJennifer
Steven HartmanBrock Lee
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Is Casper: A Spirited Beginning right for you?
Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Adventure, Family, Comedy. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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Themes and topics
workaholichalloweenprequelfish out of watersingle fatherteacher student relationshipghostlive action and animation
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r96skExternal review ·
<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=…
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<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...
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