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Summary: "Scream or Sugar?"
Review: Casper the friendly ghost lives in an old mansion along with 3 other ghosts. When a ghost chaser (Bill Pullman) and his daughter (Ricci) enters the mansion to get rid of the ghosts, Ricci becomes friends with Casper. Meanwhile, Pullman focuses on the 3 other ghosts that "live" in the mansion. This is first "normal" role for Christina Ricci, who was in the Addams Family movie as Wednesday.
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Summary: greatest kids movie
Review: this is a great movie for kids. I even love it
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Summary: irresistable fun
Review: This movie in which a ghost chaser(Pullman) and his daughter (Ricci) move into an old haunted mansion,where Casper is living is incredibly fun every single time you watch it.A classic that will never get tired.
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Summary: fabulous, regardless of if you're 5 or 55 years old
Review: This is one of those movies that all of my friends have a copy of, and love it, but everyone's afraid of admitting they bought it for themselves. Even now, seven years after its release, the special effects look good, which is really saying something. The plot, while simple, is also touching, making it one of the best movies to watch after a bad day in the big, bad, adult world. Everyone needs a laugh, even us grown-ups. However, I'm shocked that this isn't on DVD. Wait, no, appalled. Here I sit, with money burning a hole in my pocket, and I love this movie. I don't buy VHS anymore. But, I guess I'll just have to wait until the studio exec people remember this little $100 million plus box-office grossing film needs a DVD!!
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Summary: A great movie for kids and adults
Review: This is one of those uncommon movies -- like Toy Story -- that adults can really enjoy as well as their kids. There are enough subtexts and adult moments to make it more than "just a kid's movie." Kat's father, dealing with the loss of a spouse and also trying to raise a daughter on his own is a good example. I thought the special effects were pretty seamless, although I've never seen it on anything larger than a 27" TV. :) Definitely a highly-recommended movie.
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Summary: Seeing it is BOOlieving it!
Review: Who says there are no such things as ghosts? Not if there is the ghostly inhabitants of Whipstaff Manor in Friendship, Maine!
This desolate mansion is then, in the words of one of the members of the Ghostly Trio of Whipstaff, 'intruded' by Kat Harvey (Christina Ricci) and her eccentric father Dr. James Harvey (Bill Pullman), a ghost therapist. Carrigan Crittenden (Cathy Moriarty) had hired Dr. Harvey to exorcise the ghosts, including Casper the friendly ghost and his three obnoxious uncles, Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie, aspiring to gain Whipstaff's 'buried gold'.
Intertwining humour, all-time 'floating' fun and a modern Cinderella story, 'Casper' promises to please as a movie which is compelling, hilarious, captivating, heart-warming, witty and above all, truly 'fleshtastic'.
'Casper' is recommended for any audience, regardless of age. ... 'Casper' ... manages to appear endearing and ultimately special.
The magic of Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci as well as that of director Brad Silberling, executive producer Steven Spielberg, and other producers weaves between each and every scene to eventually lift us off our feet.
Above all, I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Casper is my all time favourite character. Truly fleshtastic. BOOlistic! You won't BOOlieve it until you see it.
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Summary: A Christina Ricci classic! But where's the DVD?!!!
Review: I'm a big animation fan, so naturally I love to see live action movies based on cartoon characters. Also, back when this came out I was totally in love with Ricci. Maybe it seems odd to give this film five stars, but then you have to commend them for making a good big budget movie about Casper. That had to be tricky. It's simple in some ways, I mean, you have the usual, greedy crook villain character that's in so many live-action cartoon movies, and you have the usual silly lines and some bad acting here and there, but there are so many good things about this movie too. The effects are great, as well as the music and the Haunted House. The voices are also excellent. Plus, there were a lot of cool cameos, which were really the best parts of the movie. Especially Dan Aykroyd in a very brief scene as Ghostbuster Ray Stantz. It was a little weird when we see Casper in the flesh at the end, looking older and acting smoother than he sounds and appears as a ghost. I also am not a big fan of Kat's mom at the end, but whatever. There are little bothers here and there, but it is still an excellent movie and definitely a fave. And definitely one of Ricci's best. I'll leave you with a synopsis, in case you haven't seen the film.
Casper is a friendly ghost who lives in an old mansion with his three rude, even abusive uncles. It's all very much a take on Cinderella. A mean, greedy woman named Carrigan has recently inherited the mansion and believes there is a treasure hidden in it, so she hires Dr. James Harvey to get rid of the ghosts so she can do a thorough search. The doc has a daughter named Kat, played by Christina Ricci, who Casper develops a crush on and makes friends with. The Doc tries to talk the ghosts into moving out, and Kat plans a big Halloween party, while Carrigan causes trouble. Various characters die, become ghosts, and even come back to life through the course of the film, leading up to thwarting the bad guys and having a very Cinderella-like ending. Very cute for the most part, and definitely the best Casper movie out there. Well worth getting a DVD of, so please, somebody, make one okay?!!!
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Summary: Funny, touching movie
Review: This funny, touching fantasy/comedy is excellent in every way. Perfect comic relief, perfect plot, perfect special effects, but a sort of anemic script. Besides that, it's wickedly funny, disgusting, touching, and a perfect Halloween movie, along with the hilarious 1993 "Hocus Pocus." This should top every Halloween movie list. Christina Ricci does one of her best performances in this, along with the 1999 "Sleepy Hollow" and the hilarious "Addams Family Values." But Bill Pullman pulls the laughs out more as the ghost psychologist. This should be counted as one of the most funniest movies of 1995. Rated PG for language and scary stuff.
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Summary: best film of the 90's and the 21st century!!!!
Review: I love this movie I've got it on video and I think Christina Ricci is a great actress in this movie also the characters are very cool you should get this it's a real treat!!!! WARNING: on the top it says 12 years old I'm actually 13
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Summary: "Remember me THis way" and "Can I keep you"
Review: I totally agree with the bottom two, if you keep going further down about Devon Sawa and Christina Ricci. I thought that was the sweetest thing ever and that is my favorite part...its so sad that casper can't stay longer though :( did u see the look on his face when it reached 10!
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