Casper (1995)
Directed by Brad Silberling
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.
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Director Brad Silberling's previous films -- "Casper," "City of Angels" and "Moonlight Mile" -- have all dealt with death as major themes; you may know that Silberling was dating actress Rebecca Schaeffer when she was killed by an obsessed fan in 1989, so it's understandable how his work would become flavored by thoughts of mortality.
Director Brad Silberling cut his teeth on special effects with his first ever feature film Casper, but with this movie he has proved himself a master in the craft.
As conceived by writer Robert Gordon ("Men in Black 2") and director Brad Silberling ("Casper"), it comes off as a very suitable kind of Tim Burton-lite, ably offset by the talented and capable Browning and Aiken (with the help of the adorable Hoffman twins) who give the film just the right level of empathetic naturalism.
Director Brad Silberling ("Casper") children's family tale is based on the offbeat children's books "The Bad Beginning," "The Reptile Room" and "The Wide Window" by Daniel Handler (the San Franciscan writes under the pen name of Lemony Snicket); Robert Gordon is the screenwriter.