Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)

Name: Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Director: Sean McNamara
Genre: Adventure, Family, Comedy, Fantasy
Released: 1997
Duration: 90 min

"It's a whole new scream!"

ThumbScore

👍 63%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.

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Director

Sean McNamara

Runtime

1h 30m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

5.5/10 (342 votes)

Cast

Steve Guttenberg as Tim Carson · 73% avg

Lori Loughlin as Sheila Fistergraff · 68% avg

Rodney Dangerfield as Mayor Hunt · 73% avg

Michael McKean as Bill Case · 70% avg

Brendon Ryan Barrett as Chris Carson

Jeremy Foley as Casper (voice)

Bill Farmer as Stinky (voice) · 77% avg

Jess Harnell as Fatso (voice) · 70% avg

Is Casper: A Spirited Beginning good?

It's divisive. 63% audience score, estimated from 342 TMDB ratings.

Overview

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. Wikipedia ↗