Casper
Young but lonely ghost Casper has spend most of his years in the afterlife living in an old mansion with his three mischievous uncles, while hoping to find a friend. Lucky him, one day, a 'ghost psychiatrist' and his daughter move to the house and Casper is innocently attracted to the young girl. But they are here to rid the house of ghosts...
25 March 1924, Amarillo, Texas, USA
23 December 1963, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
8 July 1979, California, USA
7 September 1946, Evansville, Indiana, USA
17 April 1952, Troy, New York, USA
5 January 1980, Burbank, California, USA
15 December 1980, San Diego, California, USA
8 April 1986, Orange County, California, USA
April 18, 2007
The high-tech animation is completely persuasive; nothing else is.
May 20, 2003
Casper's movie is not the cleverest one around, but its hero may be the most lovable.
July 06, 2010
A fairy tale with the soul of a rerun.
January 02, 2011
Haunted house tale not as mild as the cartoons.
April 18, 2007
Once the audience has become inured to the wide-eyed protagonist and impressive digitized effects, there's little sense of wonder or awe to be found.
July 16, 2010
Only Ricci, strange gothic child that she is, gets close to shining next to the animation.
June 18, 2002
This doesn't usually happen to me, but 15 minutes before the end of Casper I suddenly realized that if I didn't take a deep breath, I was going to start sobbing.
July 16, 2010
t's aimed squarely at the tinies, but there is charm enough here to make it bearable for adults too.
June 24, 2006
The set design, however, merely disguises what is in fact an intimate and likeable picture.
July 18, 2007
he's a friendly little guy ain't he
October 18, 2012
Never cloying or abundant with cutesy dialogue...
April 18, 2007
It's not clear why Steven Spielberg's Amblin decided to make a live-action entertainment starring the least interesting and most saccharine of all 50s cartoon characters.
