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“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 Witch's Ghost
Comedy · Mystery · Family · 1999
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored to have been a witch.
Movie details
Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost
1999 Comedy · Mystery · Family 1h 10m
Critical arithmetic
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TMDB
7.4 / 10
Community rating
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored to have been a witch.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost?
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.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Jim Stenstrum
Written by
David A. Goodman · Rick Copp · Davis Doi · Glenn Leopold
Scott Innes
Scooby-Doo / Shaggy (voice)
Mary Kay Bergman
Daphne (voice)
Frank Welker
Fred (voice)
B.J. Ward
Velma (voice)
Tim Curry
Ben Ravencroft (voice)
Kimberly Brooks
Luna (voice)
Jennifer Hale
Thorn (voice)
Court is in session
Put Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost 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.