Casper: A Spirited Beginning

1997

1h 30m

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5.4/10

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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.

Directors

Sean McNamara

Writers

Jymn Magon(story by)

Jymn Magon(screenplay by)

Thomas Hart(screenplay by)

Stars

Jeremy Foley

Brendon Ryan Barrett

Steve Guttenberg

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Casper (voice)

Chris Carson

Tim Carson

Sheila Fistergraff

Johnny Hunt

Jennifer

Bill Case

Principal Rabie

Stretch (voice)

Stinky (voice)

Fatso (voice)

Snivel (voice)

Kibosh (voice)

Angie Lyons

Grocer

Brock Lee

Danny

Leon

Directors

Sean McNamara

Writers

Jymn Magon(story by)

Jymn Magon(screenplay by)

Thomas Hart(screenplay by)

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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...

r96sk24 Jan, 2022