Casper (1995) DVD

Casper

Casper the ghost was created in 1940 by Joe Orolio. This is the live-action/animated family feature film starring the friendly young spook. In it, greedy heiress Carrigan Crittenden (Cathy Moriarty) inherits the haunted Whipstaff Manor and discovers that the house contains a treasure, which is closely guarded by three nasty ghosts. She invites ghost therapist Dr. James Harvey, and his daughter Kat, (Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci) to move into the eerie mansion and get rid of the supernatural creatures.
The nephew of the three spirits is Casper, a friendly but lonely ghost who becomes Kat's pal. Casper takes Kat to his father's secret lab where he once attempted to bring Casper back to life with a special machine. Carrigan eavesdrops on their conversation and decides to become a ghost herself, in the hope that she will get the booty more easily. Then she can use the machine to change back to a human. However, Carrigan doesn't realise that you can't flirt with the afterlife.

Starring	Cathy Moriarty, Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Eric Idle
Director	Brad Silberling
Studio	UNIVERSAL PICTURES VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 36 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy
Language	DVD: English
Hearing-impaired	English
Released	DVD: 01 Jan 2004 Production year: 1995

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With comic books and cartoon series full of muscle-bound superheroes vying for big-screen superstardom, it's nice to see a gentler character making such an impact in his first film outing. Here, Casper the Friendly Ghost is doing his bit to make Whipstaff Manor a homelier place for lonely Christina Ricci to live, but it's his ghoulish uncles Stretch, Stinkie and Fatso who scare up all the fun in this enchanting family comedy. Although the movie is dominated by special effects, Cathy Moriarty's hissable villainy nearly steals the show. Once just won't be enough for most youngsters.
- Radio Times
- Posted 29 Jan 2006
An unpleasant attempt to revive a comic-book character, both sickly with sentiment and tasteless in its attitudes to life and death; the special effects are spectacular, though.
- Halliwell's Film Guide
- Posted 02 Mar 2006
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

Excellent Family Film

This is such a good family film - my kids enjoyed it so much. So did I for that matter!

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- - A customer from Northampton, England
  - Posted 15 Feb 2005 11:41
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Casperific

Brilliant family fun. This had my little ones in stitches. Well worth a look.

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- - A customer from Nottingham, England.
  - Posted 13 May 2005 22:33
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