Casper (1995)

United States of America

Fantasy, Comedy, Family

The Harvey Entertainment Company, Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment

Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Malachi Pearson, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, Joe Alaskey

Brad Silberling

Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver

Taglines: Seeing is believing.

friendship, afterlife, supernatural, halloween, bullying, treasure hunt, based on comic, friends, teenage girl, ghost hunting, super power, psychiatry, ghost, disorder, young heroes, imaginary, mischievous children, ghost child, mischief, unfinished business

Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.

Reviews:

Author: Wuchak
***Fun, silly ghost flick with Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci and Cathy Moriarty*** A ghost-whispering paranormal expert and his daughter (Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci) move into a dilapidated mansion on the coast of Maine that’s haunted by a friendly ghost and three mischievous ones. Cathy Moriarty plays the venal heir of the mansion and Eric Idle her assistant. “Casper” (1995) delivers the goods if you're in the mood for a "spooktacular" Goosebumps-like horror film that's fun & silly and not scary at all. It's like Scooby-Doo but without the dog and the teens are tweens. “Monster Night” (2006) and “Ghostbusters” (1984) are other reference points, but I prefer “Monster Night,” which has a similar plot, but is all-around more entertaining (even though it cost significantly less) and has a superior assortment of good-lookin' women, young and older. With “Caspar” there’s Moriarty, but she plays the biyatch antagonist. There’s also ricci, but she was only 14 during shooting, although she’s effective in the role. The movie runs 1 hour, 40 minutes and was shot at Universals City, California, with establishing shots of Rockport, Maine. GRADE: B-/C+