Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
1h 30m | PG-13
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.
Director: Sean McNamara
Studio: The Harvey Entertainment Company
Genre: Adventure, Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Video: 720p
Cast
Jeremy Foley
as Casper (voice)
Brendon Ryan Barrett
as Chris Carson
Steve Guttenberg
as Tim Carson
Lori Loughlin
as Sheila Fistergraff
Rodney Dangerfield
as Johnny Hunt
Shannon Chandler
as Jennifer
Reviews
<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...