Casper
Seeing is believing.
1995 • 100 min • Fantasy · Comedy · Family
Synopsis
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.
Our family guide
Best from age 7- 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 63 Audience · 4995 · 47%
Casper, a friendly young ghost, falls for Kat, the daughter of a ghost therapist hired to rid his mansion of its spectral residents. Their budding romance faces challenges from Casper's mischievous uncles and their spectral antics.
- Violence & peril
- 2/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 3/10
Heads up
- Some slapstick ghost antics
- Mild peril from ghostly pranks
- Discussion of death and ghosts
What it models well
- Friendship across differences
- Empathy and understanding
- Moving on from grief
Talk about it after
- What it means to be alive and dead
- Dealing with loss
- The importance of kindness
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Top billed cast
Director: Brad Silberling • Crew: Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver
Trailers & clips
Reviewer notes
RecommendedKids in Scotland of a certain age might just remember Glen Michael’s “Cavalcade”. This was a television programme on a Sunday afternoon that featured cartoons and one of the most popular of those was “Casper”, the friendly ghost. It was probably more popular because there were hardly ever any available and so when they were announced, it was always exciting.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersI remembered so much of this, and yet absolutely nothing of the plot. <em>’Casper’</em> is a film I must’ve watched so much as a young kid on video, the opening few scenes are very nostalgic. As noted though, I didn’t recall anything serious from this 1995 flick though. It’s a little deeper than I remember, with some adult themes touched on - the concluding scenes stand out in that regard.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers***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.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.3/10 (4,995)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $50,000,000
- Box office
- $287,928,194
- Franchise
- Casper Collection
- IMDb
- tt0112642
