Eric Idle Dibs as Dibs. Chauncey Leopardi Nicky as Nicky. Spencer Vrooman Andreas as Andreas. Malachi Pearson Casper as Casper voice. Ben Stein Rugg as Rugg. Fred Rogers Mr. Rogers as Mr. Rogers archive footage as Mr. Joe Nipote Stretch as Stretch voice. Joe Alaskey Stinkie as Stinkie voice. Brad Garrett Fatso as Fatso voice. Garette Ratliff Henson Vic as Vic. Brad Silberling. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Furious that her late father only willed her his gloomy-looking mansion rather than his millions, Carrigan Crittenden Cathy Moriarty is ready to burn the place to the ground when she discovers a map to a treasure hidden in the house.
But when she enters the rickety mansion to seek her claim, she is frightened away by a wicked wave of ghosts. Many answers. You are not really buying into this riff, are you? How did little Casper die? You have hit on another important question in Casperology — is he really dead? The many books and films about him over the past odd years differ on this point. Casper, the very successful live-action feature film, presented him as a year-old boy called Casper McFadden who died of pneumonia, but the more wholesome s comic books suggested he was born a ghost to happily married ghost parents.
Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis.
You can help us help kids by suggesting a diversity update. Despite the s-style post-modern self-awareness going on throughout the movie, Casper is basically as friendly as he ever was in cartoons. Much fighting and three deaths of characters who are then shown as ghosts. Some characters willingly pass into the spirit world, thinking they can come back with the help of an invention. One of the characters falls off a cliff to her death.
Pratfalls and cartoonish violence from Casper's three cruel ghost uncles. Casper talks about how he died when he was a little boy. Ghosts vomit on a priest and turn his head degrees. A woman tries to run over her lawyer with a Range Rover. Casper's uncles bully him verbally and physically. Some innuendo, much of which will go over kids' heads, such as when Casper's mean uncles drop Dr.
Harvey's pants, and one comments, "You're no Marky Mark. Occasional profanity, which could be surprising for those expecting something more in line with the more wholesome original cartoon series: "bitch," "damn," "hell," "Jesus," "for Christ's sake. One of Casper's uncles kicks Casper with a Nike tennis shoe, the only time any ghost is shown wearing footwear of any kind.
Adult ghosts drink and act drunk. These same ghosts also smoke cigars. Cigarette smoking from the lead female antagonist. One of the lead characters is shown getting drunk and singing karaoke, encouraged by adult ghosts.
Parents need to know that Casper is a adaptation of the well-known cartoon series chronicling the adventures of the titular "friendly ghost. There are deaths here and much talk about the spirit world and grieving the loss of parents. The main character, Kat, sees one parent as a ghost, and another parent dies and comes back with the help of an invention.
Kat also has a crush on Casper, who died as a tween boy. Casper's ghost uncles can be crude and mischievous and they take Kat's father out drinking at a bar. There is some bullying -- Kat is verbally teased by the popular kids as the "new kid" in school, and Casper's uncles bully him too. There is some profanity: "bitch," "damn," "hell," "Jesus," "for Christ's sake.
Add your rating See all 25 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 19 kid reviews. The nasty Carrigan Crittenden has hired the doctor to rid her recently inherited property of its ghosts so she can hunt for the treasure hidden somewhere within its walls.
One of the ghosts, Casper, develops a crush on Kat, while his rowdy ghost uncles make life comically difficult for everyone. When the Harveys throw a Halloween party, Kat and Casper discover a "resurrection machine" built by Casper's father, as well as the "treasure. Throughout the film, Casper revealed small parts about his past to Kat, but there's far more about his life as a human that he left out. Considering Casper was a young ghost, it's assumed that he died at a young age, which is why he lives vicariously through Kat as she goes through high school.
While all the other ghosts from the graveyard spent their nights scaring people, Casper hung back to play with Ferdie. Ferdie was his only friend because he was the only one that wasn't afraid of him. But late one night, hunters came around and shot Ferdie, despite Casper's best efforts in trying to save him. It was equally as sad a moment as Disney's Bambi. The only good thing that came from Ferdie's death was that he turned into a ghost himself and was able to continue being friends with Casper.
Caspe r is the perfect movie to watch on Halloween night because of its elements of horror and comedy. In the movie, fans learn early on that Casper never really knew his mother. As it turns out, TV Over Mind notes that Casper's mom died during childbirth, leaving her husband to care for Casper alone.
Later on, fans see Casper helping Kat go through the attic for something to wear to her Halloween party, and she begins trying on his mother's clothes.
It's clear that rummaging through his old pre-ghost things stirred up a few emotions for the adorable ghost and he begins to remember more about his past. Fans don't hear much about Casper's life with his father, but being a single dad after losing his wife couldn't have been easy. Casper remembers what happened to his dad when looking around old boxes. After begging his dad for a sled, he spent all day and night outside in the snow — even though his father asked him to come in. Come nightfall, Casper got sick and his dad got "sad.
From the little information he gave, it sounds like Casper died from pneumonia. Knowing how heartbroken his dad was after losing his wife and now his son, Casper decided to stay with him as a ghost instead of crossing over so that his dad wasn't lonely.
Throughout the comic and cartoon world, Casper has always been known as Casper or Casper the Friendly Ghost.
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