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Casper's Haunted Christmas

2000, Movie, NR, 80 mins

Casper's Haunted Christmas: Review

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Having proven himself to be a singularly unfrightening spirit, poor Casper receives an ultimatum from Kibosh, the Potentate of Poltergeists: Scare one human before Christmas or be banished to the Dark Zone. Furthermore, Kibosh strictly forbids Casper's uncles a/k/a the Ghostly Trio from interfering on the friendly ghost's behalf. Exiled to America's premiere yuletide-loving city, Chris, Massachusetts, Casper maintains his bonhomie, even after meeting Holly Jollimore, who detests this jolliest of seasons. Concealing his true mission, Casper convinces cynical Holly that he's... a talking snowman! Meanwhile, mistaken for holiday pageant actors, the Ghostly Trio — Stretch, Fatso and Stinky — become houseguests at the Holly residence. As Christmas fast approaches, the desperate uncles hire their nephew Spooky and train him to look and sound like Casper. Of course, he'll need to lose that Brooklyn accent to fool Kibosh. And Holly's liable to turn on Casper when she realizes that he's deceived her. Boasting a unique animation style with superior color saturation, this feel-good cartoon doesn't suffer from poorly drawn characters, but rather from a poorly drawn script. And while Casper himself is a benign role model who invariably promotes tolerance for misfits, the Ghostly Trio are another matter entirely. Intended as comic relief, they're wisecracking vulgarians who radiate a nastiness that's better suited to "Saturday Night Live" than kiddie fare. leave a comment --Robert Pardi
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