The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
Animation · Family · TV Movie · 1988
Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are on their way to Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they've been hired as gym teachers. Once there, however, they find that not only is it actually an all-girl school of famous monsters' daughters but there's a villainess out to enslave the girls.
Movie details
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
“Hey there, it's the ghoul school!”
1988 Animation · Family · TV Movie 1h 33m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.4 / 10
Community rating
Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are on their way to Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they've been hired as gym teachers. Once there, however, they find that not only is it actually an all-girl school of famous monsters' daughters but there's a villainess out to enslave the girls.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Charles August Nichols
Written by
Glenn Leopold
Casey Kasem
Shaggy Rogers / Mirror Monster (voice)
Don Messick
Scooby-Doo / Scrappy-Doo (voice)
Glynis Johns
Ms. Grimwood (voice)
Susan Blu
Sibella Dracula (voice)
Patty Maloney
Tanis the Mummy (voice)
Pat Musick
Elsa Frankensteen (voice)
Marilyn Schreffler
Winnie Werewolf (voice)
Court is in session
Put Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.