Relies too much on visual style rather than plot

'Casper' is a children's movie based off the Casper the Friendly Ghost comic books and cartoons. This movie is not a bad adaptation but it puts too much work into visual style and not enough into plotting!

'Casper' features cutting edge visual effects and a great visual style. It features some decent acting from the lead roles (Christianna Ricci and Bill Pullman) but unfortunately it's not enough to save the boring plot and dull script. It has some funny moments and I love the appearence of Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) from 'Ghostbusters'  as he says "Who ya gonna call? Someone else!". However the movie just relies too much on visual style rather than plot!

5/10